Pachyodes leucomelanaria Poujade, 1895

HAN, HONGXIANG & XUE, DAYONG, 2008, A taxonomic review of Pachyodes Guen e, 1858, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae), Zootaxa 1759 (1), pp. 51-68 : 55

Pachyodes leucomelanaria Poujade, 1895

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Pachyodes leucomelanaria Poujade, 1895 , Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 1 (2): 58. Holotype ♂, [ China]: Moupin (MNHN). Archaeopseustes leucomelanaria: Leech, 1897 , Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20: 230.

Terpna leucomelanaria: Prout, 1912 , in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 129: 40.

Redescription. Head: Antenna bipectinate in basal two-thirds, filiform in terminal one-third, longest pectination about 2 times diameter of antennal shaft; filiform in female. Frons with ventral and dorsal margin dull white, black-brown at middle. Labial palpus dull white, not extending beyond frons. Vertex yellowish white. Thorax: Thorax with dorsum yellowish white, venter yellow. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewing length 27 mm in ♂. Wings white basally; streaks blackish, mixed with little reddish brown and yellowish brown. Forewing black-brown mixed with yellowish brown inside subbasal line; antemedial line black, straight; area between these two lines pale grey-green; outside antemedial line to most costal area (about onethird of wing) suffused with longitudinal striations, dull red mixed with black, expanded on apex, forming broad terminal band posteriorly; inside band with white submarginal line visible; discal spot black-brown, broad, long. Hindwing mostly white, suffused with small brown flecks; postmedial line ill-defined, brown above CuA 1; short dark bars on veins; large yellow patch on anal angle, intermixed with brown and black, narrowly extending anteriorly towards costa along outer margin; patch between CuA 1 and CuA 2 black, long narrow. Terminal line black, interrupted on veins; fringe dark-grey, paler between veins. Venter with wing base yellow intermixed with black brown; other parts similar to dorsum, but not suffused with yellow. Abdomen: Dorsum with yellowish white crests, edged with reddish brown mixed with black lines on each segment. Male and female genitalia unknown.

Material examined. CHINA: Holotype ♂, Moupin (Thibet), 1871, A. David ( MNHN, photograph in BMNH); Moupin, Kricheldorff Coll., VII.1890, Leech Coll. 1900-64, 1♂ ( BMNH).

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Figures

FIGURES 2–9. Moth of Pachyodes. 2–3, P. amplificata: 2, dorsum; 3, venter; 4–5, P. leucomelanaria: 4, dorsum; 5, venter; 6–7, P. ornataria: 6, dorsum; 7, venter; 8–9, P. pratti: 8, dorsum; 9, venter. Scale bar = 1 cm.