Elydnodes variegata (Leech, 1900)

Behounek, Gottfried & Kononenko, Vladimir, 2011, A review of the genera Elydnodes Hampson, 1913 and Antitrisuloides Holloway, 1985 with description of two new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution III, Zootaxa 3108, pp. 41-52 : 42

Elydnodes variegata (Leech, 1900)

( Figs. 1–3 , 15 )

Carea variegata Leech, 1900 , Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1900: 524, (Type-locality: West China, Cou-pim-sa, Chia-ting-fu [Holotype: female, BMNH, London]).

References: Hampson, 1913: 400, text fig. 101; Chen, 1982: 239, fig. 1738 ( Elydnodes ); 1999: 68, Pl. 1: 23 ( Elydnodes ); Poole, 1989: 355 ( Elydnodes ); Speidel & Kononenko 1998: 558 ( Elydnodes ).

Material examined. Photographs of the syntypes of Elydnodes variegata : 1 male, [ China] Chia-Kou-Ho 1700 ft. A.E. Pratt coll./ Leech Coll. 1900-64./ Type / Carea (?) variegata sp.n. Type male / Noctuidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 15804 male/ gen. prep. Hreblay N: 12027 male; 1 female, Kia-Ting-Ku 1070 ft. Native coll. June & July 1890 / Leech Coll./. Type / Carea (?) variegata sp.n. Type female / Noctuidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 10195 female (coll. BMNH, London). Other material examined: 2 males, China, Sichuan, 70 km W of Chengdu, leg. Murzin (coll. GR); 1 male, N Vietnam, 1600 m, Mt. Fan-si-pan (Nord), Cha-pa, Primary forest, 22˚17ʹN 103˚44ʹE, 25– 30.iii.1996, leg. V Siniaev & A. Schintlmeister, genit. Prep. 7368GB (coll. GB); 1 male, China, Sichuan, Prov. Qingchenqhou Mt., 70 km W Chengdu, 1500 m, 15–25.iii.2004, leg. loc. collector (coll. AB).

Diagnosis. Adult ( Figs. 1, 3 ). Wingspan: male 37–38 mm, female 43–44 mm. Head and thorax greyish-yellow, ground color of forewing greyish-yellow with olive basal and subbasal fields and greyish suffusion in apical part of costal field; basal line as black dots or line; antemedial line pale, arched basally, shadowed outside by reddishbrown; orbicular traceable, small, indistinct, reniform typical shape, formed by brown border line; medial shadow indistinct; postmedial line angled outward at vein M2, apical angle with oblique reddish-brown dash, following from apex and surrounded with greyish suffusion in costal area and triangular yellowish patch below; subterminal, terminal fields and lines not expressed, veins suffused with whitish; cilia reddish-brown. Hindwing pale, greyishyellow, cilia whitish. In male genitalia ( Fig. 15 ) uncus relatively short, pointed; juxta plate-like, valva gradually tapered apically; harpe moderate, oblique-transverse, flat, pointed. Aedeagus rather short, massive, vesica short, with basal divertilum and two apical diveticula, covered with minute setae. Female not examined.

Distribution ( Fig. 26 ). North India, South West China, Vietnam. Moths have been collected in March and June.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Elydnodes spp., adults. 1 – E. variegata, male, type, China (BMNH); 2 – Ditto, labels; 3 – E. variegata, male, Vietnam (GB); 4 – E. ornata, male, Philippines (ZFMK); 5 – E. ornata, male, holotype, Philippines (ZFMK); 6 – Ditto, labels. 7 – E. griseata sp. n., male, holotype, Thailand (AB); 8 – E. griseata sp. n., female, paratype, Thailand (AB).

FIGURES 15 – 17. Elydnodes spp., male genitalia. 15 – E. variegata, male, Vietnam, genit. Prep. 7369 GB (AB); 16 – E. ornata, male, Philippines, genit. Prep. 7369 GB (GB); 17 – E. griseata sp. n., male, holotype, genit. prep. 1 – 090311 VK, Thailand (AB).

FIGURES 25 – 30. Elydnodes and Antitrisuloides spp., distribution maps. 25 – Distribution area of the genera Elydnodes and Antitrisuloides; 26 – E. variegata; 27 – E. ornata; 28 – E. griseata sp. n.; 29 – A. catocalina; 30 – A. siamensis sp. n.