Corresponding author: Dandan Zhang (
Academic editor: M. Nuss
A checklist of the 31 Chinese species of
Zhang D, Li J (2016) Two new species and five newly recorded species of the genus
Morphology and genitalia of
Important taxonomic contributions on
This study is based on the examination of specimens collected by using light traps. Terminology of the genitalia follows Biology Museum, Sun Yat-sen University Insect Collection, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University
Distribution. China (Hebei).
Distribution. China (Xinjiang).
Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Russia (Altai), France, Switzerland, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania.
Distribution. China (Taiwan).
Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Mongolia, Russia (Far East, Siberia, Altai), France, Lithuania, Poland.
Distribution. China (Tibet).
Distribution. China (Hebei), Spain, France, Herzegovina, Romania, Germany, Central Urals, Russia (Caucasus).
Distribution. China (Hebei, Qinghai) (Xu, 1997), Europe.
Distribution. China (Qinghai).
Distribution. China (Hebei, Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, West Europe, Central Europe, Romania, Balticum, Finland, Russia (Siberia).
Distribution. China (Taiwan).
Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan), Japan.
Distribution. China (Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tianjin, Yunnan, Zhejiang), widely distributed in Asia, Europe and Africa.
Distribution. China (Guangdong, Taiwan), Japan, Myanmar, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), India, Sri Lanka.
Distribution. China (Qinghai).
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Distribution. China (Fujian, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Korea, Japan, Russia (Sakhalin, Shikotan Island, Ussuri, Amur).
Distribution. China (Guangdong), India.
Distribution. China (Hubei, Sichuan) (Song, 2001), Japan.
Distribution. Western China, Korea, Japan, Russia (Vladivostok).
Distribution. China (Sichuan).
Distribution. China (Taiwan).
Distribution. China (Gansu, Heilongjiang, Ningxia, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang), Europe (except some of Mediterranean Islands).
Distribution. China (Xinjiang).
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Distribution. China (Tibet).
Distribution. China (Fujian), Japan.
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Distribution. China (Sichuan, Taiwan).
Distribution. China, Japan.
Distribution. Northern China, Korea, Japan, Russia (Ussuri) (Inoue, 1993).
This species is similar to other species of
China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan), Japan.
This species is similar to other species of
China (Fujian), Japan.
China, Tibet, Milin, Paizhen,
This species is similar to
Male (Fig.
Adults of
Forewing yellow, scattered with brown scales, markings grey-brown; antemedian line from costal 1/4 sinuated to 1/3 posterior margin; proximal cellular stigma circular; distal cellular stigma kidney-shaped; postmedian line zigzaggy serrate, from costal 3/4, excurved around cell, and strongly inflexed below distal cellular stigma, then to 2/3 on posterior margin; postmedian area strongly dusted with grey and alternately formed grey and yellow streaks; vein ends on wing margin each with a small brown dot; fringe yellow, basal 1/4 grey. Hindwing pale yellow, a darker steak at anterior angle and a blackish dot at posterior angle of cell; postmedial line grey-brown, zigzaggy serrate, with anterior 1/4 most distinct; postmedian area similar to forewing, marginal line and fringe as forewing, paler at tornus area.
Genitalia of
Female unknown.
China (Tibet).
The specific name is derived from the Latin
China (Gansu, Heilongjiang, Ningxia, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang), Europe (except some Mediterranean Islands).
This species is similar to
There is considerable variation in size of wingspan, ground colour and genitalia. The specimens from Hebei have whitish or whitish-grey forewing, with small wingspan size (18–22 mm). The specimens from Hebei and Xinjiang exhibit a slightly curved and shorter row of spines in the posterior phallus compared to material from Europe and Russia (Bolshakov, 2002; Slamka, 2013). In the female genitalia, the accessory signum varies from crescent- or stick-shaped over gradual reduction to complete absence.
China (Hebei, Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, West Europe, Central Europe, Romania, Balticstates, Finland, Russia (Siberia).
China (Hebei), Spain, France, Herzegovina, Romania, Germany, Central Urals, Russia (Caucasus).
China, Hebei, Laiyuan County, Taomugeda,
Wingspan 17–23 mm. Frons and vertex dark brown, dusted with light grey. Labial palpus slightly upturned obliquely, third segment porrect, dark brown, dusted with light grey, contrastingly white at base ventrally, length approximate three times the diameter of the eye. Maxillary palpus dark brown, dusted with light grey, with tip a brush of scales. Basal scaling of proboscis creamy white. Antenna with dark scales dorsally. Thorax dark greyish, dusted with light grey dorsally, greyish-white ventrally. Abdomen grey to dark greyish dorsally, greyish-white ventrally. Legs greyish-white, with scattered few dark scales, sometimes mid- and hind-tibiae, tarsus dark brown, dusted with white outwardly.
Forewing ground colour greyish white, dusted with dark brown, proximal and distal cellular stigmata and postmedian area strongly and contrastingly dark browned; antemedian line from 1/5 of costa oblique outwards to posterior margin of cell, then sinuating to 1/3 of posterior margin; proximal cellular stigma transversely oval, dark brown, rimmed with blackish; distal cellular stigma nearly 8-shaped, coloured like proximal cellular stigma; postmedian line sinuate, from costal 4/5 slightly arched to 3/5 of CuA2, followed by a V-shaped curve, then to 2/3 of posterior margin, traced by a greyish-white line in postmedian area; marginal brown dots at vein ends on costa and termen; basal half of fringe pale grey, distal half dirty white. Hindwing grey, markings indistinct; a dark steak at anterior angle and a blackish dot at posterior angle of cell; postmedian line very indistinct, parallel with termen; fringe paler than in forewing.
China (Hebei).
The specific name is derived from the Latin
Biogeographically, the northern part of China belongs to the Palaearctic region and the southern part to the Oriental region. The border is given by the Qinling Mountains and Huaihe River (
Remarkably, 15 of the
The first author wishes to express her thanks to Prof. Houhun Li (Nankai University, China) for the guidance of her doctoral thesis (some material listed in this paper). Two reviewers and Dr Matthias Nuss (Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Germany) provided valuable comments on the manuscript. We appreciate the assistance of Mr Hiroshi Yamanaka (4-18 Eiraku-cho, Toyama, Japan) for literatures and helpful comments. This project was supported by a Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2015FY210300).