Abrostola anophioides Moore, 1882

Hu, Yan-Qing, Yu, Yong & Huang, Zhen-Fu, 2021, Notes on the species of Abrostola Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae Plusiinae) from China, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4942 (1), pp. 141-145 : 142

Abrostola anophioides Moore, 1882

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Abrostola anophioides Moore, 1882: 148 . Type-locality: India, Darjeeling; Behounek et al., 2010: 19.

Specimens examined. 2 males, Nanchuan District , Chongqing, 828 m, 6.viii.2020, coll. Yanqing Hu & Yong Yu ; 1 male, Qianjiang District , Chongqing, 763 m, 13.viii.2020, coll. Yanqing Hu & Yong Yu ; 7 males, Longcanggou, Yingjing Country , Sichuan Prov., 18–23.vi.2016, coll. Min Wang ; 1 male, Qianfeng District, Guang’an , Sichuan Prov., 445 m, 7.viii.2020, coll. Yanqing Hu & Yong Yu.

Distribution. The species is known from the southern and south-eastern Himalayas ( Nepal, India, SE China), all parts of Indochina, the Guangdong and Fujian area, Taiwan, Hainan, and from Java ( Behounek et al., 2010). In this survey, we found that it also occurs in Chongqing and Sichuan of China.

Figures

FIGURES. 1–8. Abrostola spp., male adult & male genitalia. 1. A. abrostolina. 2. A. anophioides. 3. A. obscura. 4. A. proxima major. 5. A. triplasia. 6. A. ussuriensis. 7 & 8. A. wanglangensis sp.nov. 7. male adult (holotype); 8. male genitalia (holotype).