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Sarbanissa cirrha Jordan 1912

Description

Sarbanissa cirrha Jordan, 1912

(Figs. 14, 28)

Seudyra cirrha Jordan, 1912. Gross-Schmett. Erde. 1 1: 27. TL: China (Taiwan).

Material examined. 1 male. CHINA, Taiwan, Sun Link Sea, Nantou county, altitude 1721 m, 9-VIII-2013, leg. Hsieh, C. B. (Taiwan).

Identification notes. Wingspan 41 mm. Forewing reddish brown, orbicular and reniform stigma brownish black with white edge. Hindwing with discal spot obscure and terminal band discontinuous with the inner edge zigzagging, anal angle with a big separated speckle.

Diagnosis. S. cirrha is similar to S. venusta (Leech), but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: in S. cirrha forewing reddish brown rather than reddish purple in S. venusta; in S. cirrha hindwing with discal spot obscure; in male genitalia, in S. cirrha valva with apex more acute, saccular process curved inwards, longer and thinner than in S. venusta.

Distribution. China (Taiwan) (Jordan 1912).

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 354-370 in Zootaxa 4648 (2) on page 358, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/3354939

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2013-08-09
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Sarbanissa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Jordan
Species
cirrha
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2013-08-09
Taxonomic concept label
Sarbanissa cirrha Jordan, 1912 sec. Wei, Kishida & Wang, 2019

References

  • Jordan, K. (1912) Noctuiform Phalaenae. In: Seitz, A. (Eds.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera. II. Division: The Macrolepidoptera of the Indo-Australian Fauna. Vol. 11. Verlag des Seitz'schen Werkes (Alfred Kernen), Stuttgart, pp. 1 - 496. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14991 3