Artaxa digramma ( Boisduval, 1844 )

Wang, Houshuai, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiaoling, 2011, Notes on the tribe Nygmiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nanling National Nature Reserve, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2887, pp. 57-68 : 62-63

Artaxa digramma ( Boisduval, 1844)

( Figs. 12 , 33 )

Bombyx digramma Boisduval, 1844: 508 .

Artaxa sastra Moore, 1859: 351 .

Euproctis digramma: Hampson, 1892: 477 ; Chao, 2003: 406. Nygmia digramma: Swinhoe, 1922: 484 .

Artaxa digramma: Holloway, 1999: 60 .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 16 mm. Forewing yellow with two pale transverse lines medially, shaded grayish at middle of dorsum,apex with black spots; hindwing paler than the forewing. Male genitalia ( Fig. 33 ): Uncus short, rather triangular, with a pair of acute processes on the lateral side; valva simple, tapering, slightly rounded apically; saccus triangular; aedeagus short, straight, with an unadorned vesica.

Material examined. 13, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong, 31.IV.2006.

Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan), Burma, India, Malaysia, Indonesia. Remarks: The species was reviewed by Holloway (1999).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 26. Adults of Nygmiini species. 1 – 2. Arna bipunctapex, 1. male, 2. female; 3 – 4. A. bicostata sp. nov., 3. male holotype, 4. female paratype; 5 – 6. Somena scintillans, 5. male, 6, female; 7 – 8. Orvasca subnotata, 7. male, 8. female; 9 – 10. Artaxa angulata comb. nov., 9. male, 10. female; 11. Euproctis sakaguchii, male; 12. A. digramma, male; 13 – 14. Toxoproctis croceola comb. nov., 13. male, 14. female; 15 – 16. Nygmia uniformis, 15. male, 16. female; 17 – 18. Euproctis montis, 17. male, 18. female; 19 – 20. E. telephanes, 19. male, 20, female; 21 – 22. E. yunnanpina, 21. male, 22, female; 23 – 24. E. piperita, 23. male, 24. female; 25 – 26. E. flavotriangulata, 25. male, 26. female. Scale bar = 2 cm.

FIGURES 27 – 34. Male genitalia of Nygmiini species. 27. Arna bipunctapex; 28. A. bicostata sp. nov.; 29. Somena scintillans; 30. Orvasca subnotata; 31. Artaxa angulata comb. nov.; 32. Euproctis sakaguchii; 33. A. digramma; 34. Toxoproctis croceola comb. nov..