Sarbanissa mandarina ( Leech, 1890 )

Wei, Fu-Hong, Kishida, Yasunori & Wang, Min, 2019, A review of the genus Sarbanissa Walker, 1865 in China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae), Zootaxa 4648 (2), pp. 354-370 : 360

Sarbanissa mandarina ( Leech, 1890)

( Figs. 7 , 23 )

Seudyra mandarina Leech, 1890 , Entomologist 23: 110, TL: China (Chang Yang).

Zalissa mandarina: Leech 1899 , Trans. ent. Soc. 3: 213; Jordan 1914, in Seitz, Macrolep. World 3: 7, pl. le.

Seudyra mandarina: Hampson 1910 , Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 9: 434, pl. 146. fig. 10; Chen 1982, Icon. Het. sin. 3: 390; Chen 1993, Ins. Hengduan Mts. 3: 1033.

Sarbanissa mandarina: Chen 1999: 132 .

Material examined. 1 male. CHINA, Yunnan province, Weixi county , altitude 2160 m, 15-VII-2013, leg. Min Wang. 1 female. CHINA, 30-VII-2003, Sichuan province, Moxi county , Luding city, leg. Guo-hua Huang and Min Wang ( SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan about 50 mm. Forewing reddish brown, orbicular and reniform stigma brownish black, big and obvious. Hindwing with subterminal band wavy, submedial area with a black, longitudinal stripe, discal spot large and obvious.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by the following characters: forewing reddish brown with yellow scales, hindwing with discal spot quite big and subterminal band continuous from costa to anal angle, submedial area with a broad longitudinal stripe.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan) ( Chen 1999).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Sarbanissa spp.: 1, S. flavida (Leech), male, Sichuan (SCAU); 2, S. insocia Walker, male, Yunnan (SCAU); 3, S. albifascia (Walker), male, Hainan (SCAU); 4, S. longipennis (Walker), male, Yunnan (SCAU); 5, S. transiens (Walker), male, Yunnan (SCAU); 6, S. subalba Leech, male, Hainan (SCAU); 7, S. mandarina (Leech), male, Yunnan (SCAU); 8, S. bala (Moore), male, Yunnan (SCAU). Scale bar=1 cm

FIGIRES 18–23. Male genitalia of Sarbanissa spp.: 18, S. flavida (Leech); 19, S. insocia Walker; 20, S. longipennis (Walker); 21, S. transiens (Walker); 22, S. subalba Leech; 23, S. mandarina (Leech).