Eupithecia florianii, Mironov & Šumpich, 2022

Mironov, Vladimir & Šumpich, Jan, 2022, New species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China Part IX, Zootaxa 5219 (3), pp. 276-286 : 279-280

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:091A1ABF-85B7-47DE-9D9B-E24A495F45BA

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7417499

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C82487BB-FFCE-002D-489A-33B7CEC4FD5F

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Plazi

scientific name

Eupithecia florianii
status

sp. nov.

Eupithecia florianii sp. n.

( Figs 3 View FIGURES 1–6 , 9 View FIGURES 7–12 , 24 View FIGURES 22–26 )

Type material: Holotype, ♀, China, W. Yunnan, Salween valley mt., 2000 m, Luzhangzhen vill., 30 km Nord Liukuzhen, 25°58ʹ15ʺ N, 98°47ʹ40ʺ E, 16.xi.2017, A. Floriani leg. Gen. prep. J. Procházka 20169; Photo J. Šumpich 22/126 ( NMPC). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. We cannot attribute this species to any group. The holotype is worn, but the elongate discal dot and the narrow hind wings with a concave termen give it a distinctive appearance. The female genitalia are rather similar to those of Eupithecia amicula Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004 , but can be distinguished by the position and shape of the spines in the bursa copulatrix and also by the shape of the eighth tergite. The genitalia are very distinctive and could not be confused with genitalia of any other Asian species of the genus.

Description. Adult. ( Figs 3 View FIGURES 1–6 , 9 View FIGURES 7–12 ). Female. Wingspan 17.5 mm, fore wing 10.0 mm. Head and notum covered with ochreous scales. Fore wing elongate, costal margin almost straight, apex narrowly rounded. Ground colour pale brownish grey; transverse lines not visible, except for traces of five dark costal blotches; discal dot black, narrow and elongate. Hind wing paler, with shallowly concave termen in the middle and narrowly rounded apex; terminal area darker than rest of wing; discal dot narrow and elongate. Fringe missing on all wings.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 22–26 ). Bursa copulatrix with a large, membranous, spineless diverticulum near base. The other basal part has a row of large, stout spines and a sclerotized area; posterior ½ of corpus bursae covered with numerous small spines. Ductus bursae short, membranous, narrowed posteriorly. Colliculum not expressed. Antrum narrow, elongate, membranous. Tergite A8 rectangular, narrow and elongate. Anterior and posterior apophyses relatively narrow, elongate. Papillae anales rather short, narrow, apically rounded.

Male. Unknown.

Bionomy. Host plant unknown. The holotype was collected by light in mid-November at an elevation of 2000 m.

Distribution. China. Known from Yunnan province.

Etymology. This species is named in honour of the Italian lepidopterologist Alessandro Floriani (Milan, Italy) who collected the holotype of this species and many other Chinese moths.

Note. The single type specimen is very worn.

NMPC

National Museum Prague

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Eupithecia

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