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Schrankia pelicano Pekarsky 2012

Description

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Male (Figs 1, 2). Wingspan 16–17 mm, length of forewing 8 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen ochreous grey; ocelli absent; tongue well developed; palpi very long (almost 5 times longer than diameter of eye), straight, 2nd segment (with appressed scales) about 2.8 times longer than 3rd segment, which is porrect; antenna with fine ciliation ventrally along full length, basal joint without pectination. Forewing elongate, narrow with acute apex, outer margin with rounded termen; ground color grey brown; costa straight with five milk-white patches; basal line barely visible, semicircular; antemedial line black, straight, oblique, curved upward near costa; postmedial line black, straight, oblique, extending from 2/3 from base on hind margin of wing to 9/10 from base on costal margin, edged on outer side by narrow yellow postmedial fascia; subterminal line faint, pale, irregular, parallel to outer margin of wing; terminal line black, most prominent between wing veins; cilia yellow at base with dark medial line, grey distally. Hindwing ochreous grey, discal spot grey, terminal line black; cilia pale yellow at base, grey distally. Abdomen slender, long. Female unknown. Male genitalia (Figs 5–7). Uncus biarticulate, consisting of clavate and setose main part and long, narrow, subapically curved, bill-like extension with pointed tip; tegumen narrow, as long as vinculum; scaphium well sclerotized, distally dilated; subscaphium membranous; juxta large, triangular, wider at base, weakly sclerotized (almost transparent), with two narrow, strongly sclerotized lateral plates with serrated inner edges (Fig. 6); vinculum strong, cup shaped. Valva elongated, conspicuously constricted subapically; cucullus almost rounded with acute tip; corona absent; sacculus very large, elongated, with very long, heavily sclerotized, distally dilated saccular extension, almost as long as distal half of valve; clavus unspecialised; clasper/ampulla complex large, sclerotized, setose, cuneate with broad base and finely pointed apex. Aedeagus tubular, thin and gracile, finely undulate. Vesica relatively short (shorter than aedeagus), thinly tubular (as broad as average width of aedeagus), with fine granulose scobination throughout.
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Pekarsky O (2012) A new species of Schrankia Hübner, 1825 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae) ZooKeys 242: 43–50
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Distribution

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The species is known only from the type-locality, South-West China, Province Sichuan. Europe Schrankia taenialis (Hübner, [1809]) TL: Europe syn. albistrigatis Haworth, 1809 [TL: Britain] Schrankia costaestrigalis (Stephens, 1834) TL: Wittlesea Mere, Swaffham, Norfolk syn. exsularis Meyrick, 1888 TL: New Zealand, Taranaki syn. triangulalis Hudson, 1923 syn. costistrigalis Dannehl, 1925 [TL: Italy] syn. lugubralis Dannehl, 1925 TL: South Tirol, Italy syn. monotona Lempke, 1949 [TL: Holland] syn. unicolor Lempke, 1949 [TL: Holland] syn. virgata Lempke, 1966 [TL: Holland] syn. hartigi Berio, 1991 TL: Sardinia Schrankia balneorum (Alphéraky, 1880) TL: N. Caucasus syn. bosporella Budashkin & Klyuchko, 1990 TL: Crimea Africa Schrankia solitaria Fletcher, 1961 TL: Ruwenzori, Mahoma River [Uganda] Schrankia microscopica (Berio, 1962) TL: Aldabra Islands [Seychelles] Schrankia namibiensis Hacker, 2004 TL: Namibia, Brandberg, Am Königstein Schrankia scoparioides Hacker, 2004 TL: Namibia, Brandberg, Hungarob-valley Asiatic region Schrankia obstructalis (Walker, [1866]) TL: Sarawak [Malaysia] Schrankia croceipicta (Hampson, 1893) TL: Ceylon, Pundaloya syn. croceipicta aegrota Berio, 1962; 179, TL: Seychelles, Mahe B., Vallon Schrankia aurantilineata (Hampson, 1896) TL: Ceylon Schrankia separatalis (Herz, 1904) TL: Korea syn. squalida Wileman & South, 1917; 28, TL: Japan Schrankia dimorpha Inoue, 1979 TL: Kagawa Pref., Shinoe, Fudodaki [Japan] Schrankia kogii Inoue, 1979 TL: Hokkaido, Shintoku, Kuttari Schrankia masuii Inoue, 1979 TL: Kagawa Pref., Shinoe, Oyashiki [Japan] Schrankia seinoi Inoue, 1979 TL: Amami-Oshima Is., Sumiyoson [Japan] Schrankia bilineata Galsworthy, 1997 TL: Hong Kong Schrankia pelicano sp. n. TL: China, Sichuan Schrankia bruntoni Holloway, 2008 TL: Ulu Temburon, Brunei Schrankia dusunorum Holloway, 2008 TL: Sabah, Ulu Dusun, 30mls W of Sandakan [Malaysia] Schrankia spiralaedeagus Holloway, 2008 TL: Sarawak, Gunong Mulu Nat. Park [Malaysia] Australasiatic region Schrankia calligrapha Snellen, 1880 TL: New Hebrides, Aneityum, Red Crest, 3 km NE of Anelgauhat Schrankia taona (Tams, 1935) TL: Samoa, Savaii Schrankia capnophanes (Turner, 1939) TL: Tasmania, Mt. Wellington Schrankia dochmographa Fletcher, 1957 TL: Solomon Is., Rennell I., Hutuna Schrankia furoroa Robinson, 1975 TL: Fiji, Rotuma, Furoroa Schrankia vitiensis Robinson, 1975 TL: [Fiji] Schrankia boisea Holloway, 1977 TL: New Caledonia, Port Boise Schrankia cheesmanae Holloway, 1977 TL: New Hebrides, Aneityum, Red Crest, 3 km NE of Anelgauhat Schrankia daviesi Holloway, 1977 TL: Norfolk Is., N. Mission Road Schrankia erromanga Holloway, 1977 TL: New Hebrides, Erromango I., Nouankao Camp Schrankia karkara Holloway, 1977 TL: New Guinea, Karkar I., Dampier I. Schrankia nokowula Holloway, 1977 TL: New Hebrides, Sanot, Mt. Tabwemasana, Nokowula Schrankia nouankaoa Holloway, 1977 TL: New Hebrides, Erromango I., Nouankao Camp Schrankia tabwemasana Holloway, 1977 TL: New Hebrides, Santo, Mt. Tabwemasana, Nokowula Schrankia tamsi Holloway, 1977 TL: Samoa, Upolu I., Mt. Vaea Neotropical region Schrankia macula (Druce, 1891) TL: Panama, Chiriqui Schrankia flualis (Schaus, 1916) TL: Panama, Trinidad River Schrankia musalis (Schaus, 1916) TL: Panama, Trinidad River Oceanian region Schrankia altivolans (Butler, 1880) TL: Hawaii, Mauna Loa syn. simplex (Butler, 1881) TL: Hawaii syn. oxygramma (Meyrick, 1899) TL: Kaua, Kaholuamano [Hawaii] syn. sarothrura (Meyrick, 1899) TL: Hawaii, Ola syn. arrhecta (Meyrick, 1904) TL: Hawaii, Mt. Waimea Schrankia howarthi Davis & Medeiros, 2009 TL: Hawaii
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Oleg Pekarsky
bibliographic citation
Pekarsky O (2012) A new species of Schrankia Hübner, 1825 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae) ZooKeys 242: 43–50
author
Oleg Pekarsky
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