Published March 13, 2023 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Ploneta diducta Snellen 1900

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Northeast Forestry University, School of Forestry, Harbin 150040, China.
  • 2. Northeast Forestry University, School of Forestry, Harbin 150040, China. & Northeast Forestry University, Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center, Harbin 150040, China. & Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management, Harbin 150040, China.

Description

Ploneta diducta Snellen, 1900

Figures 18, 24

Ploneta diducta Snellen, 1900, Tijdschr. Entomol. 43 (1): 105, pl. 4, f. 9, pl. 3, f. 7-8. Type locality: Java, Batavia, Buitenzorg. Darna (Ploneta) diducta: Holloway, 1986. Malay. Nat. J. 40 (1–2): 144.

Material examined. 1 male, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Mengla County, Mohan Town, 19.XI.2020, leg. J. Wu, JJ. Fan, MR. Li & G. Fu, genit. prep. WuJ-873-1, coll. NEFU.

Diagnosis. Ploneta diducta (Fig. 18) is charactered by the rather elongated dark brown forewings with a fine, pale postmedial line and a notch in the outer margin at the position of vine R 5. In the male genitalia (Fig. 24), the uncus and gnathos are strongly sclerotized and almost fused together; the socii of tegumen are slender, tapering to the apical.

Bionomics. This single specimen was collected from southern Yunnan, which borders Laos, and the collecting site was close to the tropical rainforest.

Distribution. China (Yunnan), southern Thailand, western Malaysia; Borneo; Indonesia (Sumatra, Java); Philippines (Luzon).

Remarks. This species is reported for the first time from China.

Notes

Published as part of Wu, Jun & Han, Hui-Lin, 2023, New species and records of Paroxyplax Cai, 1984 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) and its allies from China, with a checklist of the treated genera, pp. 383-397 in Zootaxa 5254 (3) on page 391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7727694

Files

Files (1.6 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:09b275528dd07461fbcfccc83e64cda6
1.6 kB Download

System files (10.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:dea690c5384a2c6a6401bb3fdee022fa
10.5 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NEFU
Event date
2020-11-19
Verbatim event date
2020-11-19
Scientific name authorship
Snellen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Limacodidae
Genus
Ploneta
Species
diducta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ploneta diducta Snellen, 1900 sec. Wu & Han, 2023

References

  • Holloway, J. D. (1986) The moths of Borneo: Part I. Key to families; families Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Ratardidae, Dudgeoneidae, Epipyropidae and Limacodidae. Malayan Nature Journal, 40 (1 - 2), 1 - 165.