Biston marginata
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Geometridae
Genus: Biston
Name
Biston marginata Shiraki, 1913 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Biston marginata Shiraki, 1913[1], Spec. Rep. Formosa agric. Exp. Stn, [Special reports No. 8] Publication no. 68: 433, pl. 44. Syntypes, China: Taiwan.
- Biston fragilis Inoue, 1958[2], Tinea, 4 (2): 254, pl. 34, fig. 30. Holotype ♂, Japan: Oita Prefecture, Saeki. (BMNH) (Synonymized by Inoue (1965)[3])
Diagnosis
The diagnostic characters of external morphology of the species can be seen in the previous species. The male genitalia of the species are close to those of Biston suppressaria. But it can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: the vesica is less strongly sclerotized posteriorly; the cornutus is small and spine-like but absent in Biston suppressaria. The female genitalia are similar to those of Biston betularia, but they differ in the following characters: the ductus bursae is shorter and the antrum is absent; the corpus bursae is almost even in width, while in Biston betularia it is enlarged, wrinkled and weakly sclerotized posteriorly, narrow medially and swollen anteriorly; the signum is oval with several marginal spines, but a transverse bar in Biston betularia.
Material examineds
CHINA, Fukien [Fujian] (ZFMK): Kuatun, 2300 m, 3.IV.1938, coll. J. Klapperich, 1♂. Formosa [Taiwan] (ZFMK): Nantou, SW Tsuifeng, 2100m, 16.III.1996, coll. Csoevari and Steger, 2♂; Puli, IV.1958, coll. ZSM, 2♂. Hunan (IZCAS): Dongan, 24.II.1955, 4♀; Changning, 1981, 1♀. Guangdong (IZCAS): Guangzhou, VIII.1984, 1♂; Yingde, Chayesuo, 1♂. Guangxi (IZCAS): Bobai, Yunfei, Fenchang, 2–3.I.1986, coll. Wang Jijian, 1♂2♀. Chongqing (IZCAS): Beipei, Jinyunshan, 10–12.II.1987, 1♂1♀. Yunnan (IZCAS): Suining, VII.1980, 1♂. VIETNAM (ZFMK): Tam Dao, 950 m and Fan-si-pan, 1520 m, III.1995, large series of males and a few females.
Distribution
China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Yunnan), Japan, Vietnam.
Taxon Treatment
- Jiang, N; Xue, D; Han, H; 2011: A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species ZooKeys, 139: 45-96. doi
Other References
- ↑ Shiraki T (1913) Investigation upon insects injurious to cotton. Special Report Formosa Agricultural Experiment Station [Special reports No. 8] Publication no. 68: 1-650.
- ↑ Inoue H (1958) Descriptions and records of some Japanese Geometridae (II). Tinea 4 (2): 241-256.
- ↑ Inoue H (1965) Descriptions and records of some Japanese Geometridae (IV). Tinea 7 (1): 102-111.
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