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Entomofauna ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ENTOMOLOGIE Supplement 16 ISSN 0250-4413 Ansfelden, 16. Oktober 2009 Moths of Vietnam Contents Preface 1 Peter USTJUZHANIN & Vasily KOVTUNOVICH: The plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Vietnam, with description of a new species of Xyroptila MEYRICK, 1908 3 Roman V. YAKOVLEV & Thomas J. WITT: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) of Vietnam 11 Alexey V. SOLOVYEV & Thomas J. WITT: The Limacodidae of Vietnam (Lepidoptera) 33 Vadim V. ZOLOTUHIN & Thomas J. WITT: The Bombycidae of Vietnam (Lepidoptera) 231 Vadim V. ZOLOTUHIN & Viktor V. SINYAEV: A new genus and 2 new species of Lasiocampidae from Vietnam (Lepidoptera) 273 Colour plates 282 Preface The first contributions to the series “Moths of Vietnam” were published in April 1, 1997 as supplement 9 of Entomofauna. After a general introduction (by Alexander SCHINTLMEISTER), the families Micropterigidae (by Wolfram MEY), and Notodontidae 1 © Entomofauna Ansfelden/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at (by Alexander SCHINTLMEISTER) were monographically treated. The second part of contributions was published in April 30, 2000 as supplement 11 of Entomofauna and contained monographs of the notuid subfamily Camptolominae (by ZOLOTUHIN & WITT), of the Mirinidae (by ZOLOTUHIN & WITT), and Lasiocampidae (by ZOLOTUHIN & WITT). The first contributions of 1997 considered especially the fauna of Mt. Fan-si-pan. In the meanwhile, more material was received from different regions of Vietnam. Therefore, 12 years later, it is possible to give now much broader faunistic informations, though not all regions within Vietnam are equally studied. Outside the series, a review of the noctuid subfamilies Pantheinae and Acronictinae was published by SPEIDEL & KONONENKO (1998)1. The present supplement contains treatments of the families Pterophoridae (by Peter USTJUZHANIN and Vasily KOVTUNOVICH), Limacodidae (by Alexey V. SOLOVYEV and Thomas J. WITT), Cossidae (by Roman V. YAKOVLEV and Thomas J. WITT), Bombycidae (by Vadim V. ZOLOTUHIN and Thomas J. WITT), and additions to Lasiocampidae (by Vadim V. ZOLOTUHIN and Viktor V. SINYAEV). We slightly changed the concept of the previous Vietnam-supplements and placed the colour plates together at the end of the present fascicle. This will facilitate identifications and is more economic in production. We refer to the introduction by Alexander SCHINTLMEISTER (Entomofauna, Supplement 9: 1-12) for more detailed general data to the moth fauna of Vietnam. Thomas J. WITT and Wolfgang SPEIDEL Museum Witt, München 23th July 2009 1 SPEIDEL, W. & V. S. KONONENKO (1998): A review of the subfamilies Pantheinae and Acronictinae from North Vietnam with description of new species of Tambana Moore, 1882 and Anacronicta Warren, 1909 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). — Esperiana 6: 547-566, pl. T, U. 2 © Entomofauna Ansfelden/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at The plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Vietnam, with description of a new species of Xyroptila MEYRICK, 1908 Peter USTJUZHANIN & Vasily KOVTUNOVICH Abstract A checklist of 18 Pterophoridae species presently known from Vietnam is presented, including the first records for Nippoptilia vitis (SASAKI, 1913), N. cinctipedalis (WALKER, 1864), Stenoptilodes taprobanes (FELDER & ROGENHOFER, 1875), Stenodacma wahlbergi (ZELLER, 1851), and Diacrotricha fasciola ZELLER, 1852. A new species Xyroptila kuznetzovi sp. n. is described from Vietnam and Australia. Pterophorus chionadelpha (MEYRICK, 1929) is also reported for Thailand for the first time. Zusammenfassung Die Arbeit enthält eine Checkliste von 18 Pterophoridae-Arten, die gegenwärtig aus Vietnam bekannt sind, einschließlich der Erstnachweise von Nippoptilia vitis (SASAKI, 1913), N. cinctipedalis (WALKER, 1864), Stenoptilodes taprobanes (FELDER & ROGENHOFER, 1875), Stenodacma wahlbergi (ZELLER, 1851) und Diacrotricha fasciola ZELLER, 1852. Eine neue Art, Xyroptila kuznetzovi sp. n., wird aus Vietnam und Australien beschrieben. Pterophorus chionadelpha (MEYRICK, 1929) wird zusätzlich erstmals für Thailand angegeben. Introduction At present, the plume moths of Vietnam are very poorly studied. There is only one special publication devoted to the Pterophoridae fauna of Tonkin in northern Vietnam (MEYRICK, 1929), where 6 species were reported, one of which, Pterophorus (Alucita) chionadelpha (MEYRICK, 1929), was described as a new one. Another species listed in this publication, Trichoptilus adelphodes MEYRICK, 1887, was later synonymised with Megalorhipida leucodactylus (FABRICIUS, 1794). Ochyrotica concursa WALSINGHAM, 1891, was erroneously reported; this species had been described from Sri Lanka and most probably is endemic to this island. The North of Vietnam is inhabited by another species, described later as Ochyrotica yanoi ARENBERGER, 1988. Ten species were reported from Vietnam in the world catalogue of the Pterophoridae by GIELIS (2003) without exact localities. 3 © Entomofauna Ansfelden/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at In addition to species already known from Vietnam, a new species of Xyroptila MEYRICK is described in this publication, and Nippoptilia vitis (SASAKI, 1913), N. cinctipedalis (WALKER, 1864), Stenoptilodes taprobanes (FELDER & ROGENHOFER), Stenodacma wahlbergi (ZELLER, 1851), Diacrotricha fasciola ZELLER, 1852, are reported from this country for the first time. Besides that, one more species remained unidentified because only females have been collected to date. There are no doubts that the real plume moth fauna of Vietnam is much richer than our current knowledge, which is very superficial. For example, 30 species of Pterophoridae are known for Taiwan (YANO & HEPPNER, 1992), so we may assume that their number in Vietnam should be similar. The material for this article was obtained in different provinces of Vietnam by V. KUZNETZOV in 1988, A. SOCHIVKO in 2007, V. ZOLOTUHIN in 2006 as well as by V. ZOLOTUHIN and A. SOLOVYEV in 2008, and is kept now mostly in the collection of V. KOVTUNOVICH and P. USTJUZHANIN (Moscow and Novosibirsk, Russia). Other museums are stipulated and the following abbreviations are used for them in the text: BMNH – the Natural History Museum, formerly the British Museum (Natural History) London, U. K.; ɋVKPU – the collection of V. KOVTUNOVICH (Moscow) and P. USTJUZHANIN (Novosibirsk), Russia; ZISP – Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. An annotated list of species of Vietnam Ochyrotica yanoi ARENBERGER, 1988 Ochyrotica yanoi ARENBERGER, 1988, Ent. Z., Frankfurt a. M. 98 (19): 276-279, fig. 3a-c. Type locality: Japan. No material at our disposal. It was recorded from Vietnam by GIELIS (2003: 19). Distribution: Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, India, Indonesia. Stenoptilia zophodactyla (DUPONCHEL, 1840) Pterophorus zophodactylus DUPONCHEL, 1840, in GODART & DUPONCHEL, Hist. nat. Lépid. Papillons Fr. 11: 668, pl. 314, fig. 4. Type locality: France. The species was reported from Vietnam by MEYRICK (1929) and GIELIS (2003). Distribution: Europe, Nepal, Japan, Rep. S. Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Vietnam, Philippines. Australia, New Zealand, U.S.A., Mexico, Ecuador, Paraguay. Stenoptilodes taprobanes (FELDER & ROGENHOFER, 1875) Amblyptilia taprobanes FELDER & ROGENHOFER, 1875, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt. 2): 2 (legend for Heterocera), plate 140, fig. 54. Type locality: Sri Lanka. Material: 1 ƃ, N. Vietnam, Ninh Binh Prov., Nho Quan Distr., Bong – Cuc Phuong vill., 360 m, N20°21’, E 105°36’, 6-9.X 2008, leg. V. ZOLOTUHIN (ɋVKPU). 4 © Entomofauna Ansfelden/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Distribution: Everywhere in the tropics and subtropics. Nippoptilia vitis (SASAKI, 1913) Colour plate 1, fig. 4 Stenoptilia vitis SASAKI, 1913, Gifu, Insect World: 3-5. Type locality: Japan. Oxyptilus formosanus MATSUMURA, 1931, 6000 ill. Ins. Jap.: 1054, No. 2061. Type locality: [Formosa, Taito]. Material: 1 ƃ, S. Vietnam, Da Lat vicinity, 1500-1700 m, 6.IV 2007, A. SOCHIVKO (CVKPU). Distribution: Japan, Korea, Nepal, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam. Nippoptilia cinctipedalis (WALKER, 1864) Oxyptilus cinctipedalis WALKER, 1864, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 30: 935. Type locality: [Australia] “Moreton Bay”. Nippoptilia minor HORI, 1933, Oyo Dobutsugaku Zasshi 5 (2): 68, 70, fig. 4. Type locality: Japan. Trichoptilus eochrodes MEYRICK, 1935, List of Microlepidoptera of Cheking, Kiangsu und Hunan: 45. Type locality: [China] “Hunan, Hoeng-Shan”. Oxyptilus caryornis MEYRICK, 1935 List of Microlepidoptera of Cheking, Kiangsu und Hunan: 46. Type locality: [China] “Tien-Mu-Shan”. Material: 1 ƃ, N. Vietnam, Ninh Binh Prov., Nho Quan Distr., Bong – Cuc Phuong vill., 360 m, N20°21’, E 105°36’, 6-9.X 2008, leg. V. ZOLOTUHIN (ɋVKPU). Distribution: Australia, Japan, China, Vietnam, Micronesia. Stenodacma wahlbergi (ZELLER, 1852) Pterophorus wahlbergi ZELLER, 1852, Linn. Ent. 6: 346-348. Type locality: Rep. S. Africa. Material: 1 ƃ, N. Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Prov., Ngoɫ Thanh vill., Me Linh Biological station, 60 m, N21°23’, E 105°43’, 11-13.X 2008, leg. V. ZOLOTUHIN (CVKPU). Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Republic South Africa, Cameroon, St. Helena Island, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Comores, Reunion Island, Rodriguez Island, Mauritius, Seychelles, Vietnam. Stenodacma pyrrhodes MEYRICK, 1889 Trichoptilus pyrrhodes MEYRICK, 1889, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales (2) 4: 1113. Type locality: Australia. Oxyptilus kinbane MATSUMURA, 1931, 6000 ill. Ins. Jap.: 1054, No. 2063.