Acronicta (Viminia) grumi subsp. bicolor (Moore 1881) Moore 1881
- Dataset
- On the taxonomy of the genus Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). I. Redescription of Acronicta grumi (Alphéraky, 1897), with notes on synonymy and its subgeneric placement
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- genus
- Acronicta
diagnosis
Diagnosis. A. grumi bicolor (Figs 4 – 6) differs externally from the nominate subspecies (Figs 1 – 3) by the darker and more monotonous blackish ground colour of forewings; in the male genitalia, A. grumi bicolor (Fig. 13) has a somewhat narrower apical part of valva, more or less C-shaped ampulla (in the nominate subspecies the ampulla is more or less Sshaped), less sclerotized medial part of vesica, and a longer and narrower sclerotized plate in medial part of vesica; in the female genitalia, A. grumi bicolor (Figs 21, 22) has a more chalice-shaped and stronger sclerotized antrum.
distribution
Distribution. The subspecies is known from the Himalaya and southwestern China.
materials_examined
Type material examined. Photographs of syntypes: 1 female (Fig. 4), handwritten whitish label " Acronycta bicolor Type Moore " / printed whitish label " Moore Coll. 94 – 106 " / printed round white label with red ring " Type " / white printed label with QR-code " BMNH (E) 1377132 " (coll. NHM); 1 specimen without body, handwritten whitish label " Acronycta bicolor Type Moore " / printed whitish label " Moore Coll. 94 – 106 " / printed round white label with red ring " Type " / white printed label with QR-code " BMNH (E) 1377133 " (coll. NHM). Other material examined. 1 female, Acronycta bicolor / [18] 87, [India], Solun, May (coll. ZISP), genitalia slide Matov 0396; 1 female, Tibet, Dsagar-Bg., 3000 m, Juli, Staatsslg. München, e. coll. F. Papp, genitalia slide AV 1460 Volynkin (coll. ZSM); 4 males, 5 females, SW China, Yunnan prov., Lijiang, 2000 – 4000 m, 18. v. 1934; 9. v., 10. v., 12. v. (2 females), 13. v., 24. v., 23. vii., 22. viii. 1935 (coll. ZFMK), genitalia slides Stüning 2288 - DS, Kononenko 1780 - ZFMK, 1781 - ZFMK.