Hermonassa ellenae tapaishana Boursin, 1967

Gao, Biao, Han, Hui-Lin, Kononenko, Vladimir S. & Pan, Zhao-Hui, 2023, Five new species of the genus Hermonassa Walker, 1865 from Xizang Autonomous Region, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae), ZooKeys 1179, pp. 35-61 : 35

Hermonassa ellenae tapaishana Boursin, 1967

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Hermonassa ellenae tapaishana Boursin, 1967, Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 52: 27, pl. 1, fig. 6; Poole 1989: 504 (subsp.); Krusek and Behounek 1996b: pl. 79, fig. 1, pl. 80, fig 6.

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ [China] red label: Tapaishan im Tsinling, Sued Shensi, ca 3000 m, 17.8.1935 H. Hӧne / red label: Holotype/ white label: Hermonassa ellenae tapaishana Brsn. ♂, Holotype/. Deposited in ZFMK, examined.

Distribution and biology.

Hermonassa ellenae tapaishana is known only from its type locality, Tapaishan, Tsinling Mts, Prov. Shaanxi, China. The holotype was collected 17 August 1936 at an altitude of 3000 m. Except for the holotype, Boursin (1967) mentioned ca 20 specimens of both sexes, all collected in the same locality in July - August 1936.

Remark.

As mentioned by Boursin (1967) the male genitalia of H. ellenae tapaishana are identical with those of H. ellenae ellenae .

Figures

Figures 43 - 50. Hermonassa spp., adults, males 43 H. linzhiensis sp. nov., ♂, holotype 44 Ditto, ♀, paratype 45 H. pallidula (ZFMK) 46 H. hoenei, holotype (ZFMK) 47 H. ellenae, holotype (ZFMK) 48 H. ellenae tapaishana, holotype (ZFMK) 49 H. ellenae robusta, authentic specimen (ZSM) 50 H. oleographa.