Hermonassa kalamantra
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Noctuidae
Genus: Hermonassa
Name
Hermonassa kalamantra Kovács, G. Ronkay & L. Ronkay, 2018 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Hermonassa kalamantra Kovács, G. Ronkay & L. Ronkay, 2018, Revue suisse de Zoologie 126 (2): 298, pl. 1, figs 5–8, genitalia figs 3–5.
Type material
Holotype: ♂, Nepal, Annapurna Himal, Mesokantu pass, 4200 m. Deposited in the collection of HNHM, Budapest, Hungary (not examined).
Other material examined
China, 2 ♂, Aut. Reg. Xizang, Linzhi City, Mt. Sejila, 3300 m, 28 July 2015, H.L. Han leg., genit. prep. hhl-3488-1, hhl-3489-1 (coll. NEFU).
Distribution and biology
Hermonassa kalamantra occurs in Nepal and the southwest China (Aut. Reg. Xizang). Judging from the collecting data in Nepal it is a common species at altitudes of 2000–4000 m; adults flying from May to September (Kovács et al. 2018[1]). In Aut. Reg. Xizang it is known from only two specimens and appears rare compared with H. anthracina and H. nigricans sp. nov. adults have been collected in late July.
Remark
The species is reported for China for the first time.
The dispila species group The members of the dispila species group are externally similar to taxa of the anthracina group, while some species have narrower forewing and different wing colouration. As mentioned by Kovács et al. (2018[1]: 301) they are morphologically more heterogeneous and diverse: “The genitalia of these species show different trends of change in certain features which led to the often remarkable differences between the male genital capsule of the different lineages of the clade. Due to the basically uniform external appearance and the genital features of the entire species group, as well as partly overlapping differential characters, the taxa of the species group can be arranged into different lineages.” Those authors listed 12 species in the dispila species group; however, the exact number of species and selection of the main lineages of this group are likely will be clarified in the course of further revisions.
Taxon Treatment
- Gao, B; Han, H; Kononenko, V; Pan, Z; 2023: Five new species of the genus Hermonassa Walker, 1865 from Xizang Autonomous Region, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae) ZooKeys, 1179: 35-61. doi
Images
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![Figures 1–10. Hermonassa spp., adults 1H. nigricans sp. nov., ♂, holotype, China 2 Ditto, ♀, paratype 3H. anthracina, ♂, holotype, China (ZFMK) 4H. anthracina, ♀, China 5H. kalamantra, ♂, holotype, Nepal (after Kovács et al. 2018[1]) 6H. kalamantra, ♂, China 7H. conusa sp. nov., ♂, holotype, China 8 Ditto, ♀, paratype, China 9H. renifera, ♂, holotype, China (NACR) 10H. shizukoae, ♂, holotype, India (NIAES).](/wiki/File:Zookeys-1179-035_article-107587_-g001.jpg)
![Figures 11–18. Hermonassa spp., male genitalia 11H. nigricans sp. nov., holotype, China, genit. prep. GB-101-1 12H. nigricans sp. nov., Nepal (referred as H. anthracina, after Sugi, 1995) 13H. anthracina, paratype, China (ZFMK); 14H. anthracina, China (after Kovács et al. 2018[1]) 15H. anthracina, China, genit. prep. hhl-3490-1 16H. kalamantra, paratype, Nepal (after Kovács et al. 2018[1]) 17H. kalamantra, China, genit. prep. hhl-3489-1 18H. kalamantra, China, genit. prep. hhl-3488-1.](/wiki/File:Zookeys-1179-035_article-107587_-g002.jpg)
![Figures 19–27. Hermonassa spp., male (19-22) and female (23-27) genitalia 19H. conusa sp. nov., holotype, genit. prep. hhl-3492-1 20H. renifera, paratype (after Chen 1991[2]) 21H. shizukoae, holotype, India (after Sugi 1995[3]) 22H. shizukoae, Nepal (after Kovács et al. 2018[1]) 23H. nigricans, paratype, genit. prep. hhl-3493-2 24H. anthracina, China, (after Kovács et al. 2018[1]) 25H. kalamantra, Nepal (after Kovács et al. 2018[1]) 26H. conusa sp. nov., paratype, China, genit. prep. hhl-3491-2 27H. shizukoae, paratype, India (after Sugi 1995[3]).](/wiki/File:Zookeys-1179-035_article-107587_-g003.jpg)
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Kovács S, Ronkay G, Ronkay L (2018) Revision of the genus Hermonassa Walker, 1865 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). I. The anthracina and dispila species groups, with descriptions of four new species.Revue Suisse de Zoologie126(2): 297–319.
- ↑ Chen Y (1991) New species of Hermonassa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).Acta Entomologica Sinica34(3): 352–355. https://doi.org/10.16380/J.KCXB.1991.03.020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sugi S (1995) Noctuidae: Noctuinae, Hermonassa. In: Haruta T (Ed.) Moths of Nepal IV.Tinea 14 (suppl. 2), 90–109.
