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Apamea commixta Butler 1881

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Apamea commixta (Butler, 1881)

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Xylophasia commixta Butler, 1881. Trans. ent. Soc. London. 1881: 174 (Type locality: Japan, Yokohama, Tokyo).

Xylophasia tychoona Leech, 1889. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1889: 488, Pl. 51: 3, (Type locality: not stated [Japan]).

Hampson, 1908: 178, pl. CXII: 16 (Trachea commixta); Warren, 1914: 169, Taf. 40e (Parastichtis commixta); Inoue & Sugi, 1958: 491 (Apamea commixta); Sugi, 1982; 1989: 1055 (Apamea commixta).

This little known species is distributed in Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu Isl.) (Inoue and Sugi 1958; Sugi 1989), South Kurile Island (Kunashir and Iturup), and South Sakhalin (Kononenko 2005). The type specimens of Xylophasia commixta Butler and Xylophasia tychoona Leech are illustrated by Krusek & Behounek (1996). The imago and male genitalia of A. commixta are illustrated by Sugi (1982). The species inhabits grassy meadows and low grassland hills along the seashore (Marusik, pers. comm.).

Material examined. 3 males: Japan, Japanese Alps, 4 Aug 1914 (H. Höne); 3 males, Japan, Kamikoshi, 1600 m, Japanese Alps, Aug 1914 (H. Höne), genit. prep. ZFMK 1830 VK.; 1 female, Japan, Yokohama, 2 Aug 1937 (H. Höne), genit. prep. VSK10/ 050698, ZFMK; 3 males and 1 female, Russia, Kurile Isl., Iturup I., 45° 20' N, 147° 59' 8" E, Konservnaya Bay, 12–16 Aug 1995 (Yu. Marusik); 2 males, Russia, Kunashir Isl., SW of Yuznokurilsk, Lesnaya River, 44° 00' 72" N, 145° 46' 28" E, 1 Sep 1995 (Yu. Marusik), IBSS; 2 females, Russia, South Sakhalin, 25 km NE Aniva, 10–18 Aug 1985 (A. Danchenko), ZFMK.

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Published as part of Kononenko, Vladimir, 2006, Apamea permixta, sp. n., from China — the putative sister species of A. commixta (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae: Apameini), pp. 37-43 in Zootaxa 1371 on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174936

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Biodiversity

Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Apamea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Butler
Species
commixta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Apamea commixta Butler, 1881 sec. Kononenko, 2006

References

  • Butler, A. G. (1881) Descriptions of new genera and species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1881, 1 - 23, 171 - 200, 579 - 700.
  • Leech, J. H. (1889) On the Lepidoptera of Japan and Korea. Part III. Heterocera, Sect. II. Noctues and Deltoides. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1889, 474 - 571.
  • Hampson, G. F. (1908) Catalogue Lepidoptera Phalaenidae Brithish Museum. Volume 7. Tailor and Frensis, London, 709 pp, plates 108 - 122.
  • Warren, W. (1914) In: Seitz (ed.), Gross-Schmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band 3. Die eulenartigen Nachtfalter. Alfred Kernen-Verlag, Stuttgart, 511 pp., Taf. 1 - 75.
  • Inoue, H. and Sugi, S. (1958) Check list of the Lepidoptera of Japan. Part 5. Riukusuisha, Tokyo, 434 - 617.
  • Sugi, S. (1982) Noctuidae (except Herminiinae). In: Inoue H., Sugi, S., Kuroko, H. Moriuti, S. and Kawabe, A. (eds.), Moths of Japan. Kodansha, Tokyo, 1, 669 - 913, 2, 334 - 405, pls. 37, 164 - 223, 229, 278, 355 - 280.
  • Sugi, S. (1989) Noctuidae. In: Hirashima (ed). The Check List of the Japanese Insects 2. Kitakyushu University, Fukuoka, 1042 - 1088 (in Japanese).
  • Kononenko, V. S. (2005) An annotated Check list of the Noctuidae (s. l.) (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea: Nolidae, Erebidae, Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae) of the Asian part of Russia and the Ural region. Noctuidae Sibiricae. Vol. 1. Entomological Press, Soro, 243 pp.
  • Krusek, K. & Behounek, G. (1996) Noctuidae - Typen 1 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Selbstverlag: Krusek. Privately published, Prague, Taf. 1 - 114.