Elcysma Butler 1881
Authors/Creators
- 1. S. Huang @ leibniz-lib. de; huangsiyao 2007 @ aliyun. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9859 - 9212
- 2. eterusia @ me. com
- 3. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China 1 - 27 - 21, Sangenjaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154 - 0024 Japan & fanxiaol 66 @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1176 - 7667
- 4. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China 1 - 27 - 21, Sangenjaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154 - 0024 Japan & minwang @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5834 - 4058
- 5. M. Espeland @ leibniz-lib. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6800 - 4783
Description
Genus Elcysma Butler, 1881
Type species: Elcysma translucida Butler, 1881 by monotypy (currently a junior synonym of Agalope westwoodii Vollenhoven, 1863)
Diagnosis. Superficially unmistakable among Chalcosiinae by having translucent wings and “tailed” hindwing. Elcysma is characterized by the combination of the following characters: 1) On hindwing, outer margin forms a tail-like projection just below the apex, veins M 2 and M 3 stalked. 2) In male genitalia, the distal sclerotized section of costa and sacculus fuse at the distal end of the valva and form a short spiniform distal process. 3) Juxta lobes long (ca. 2 × length of the basal section of juxta) and broad (ca. 0.5 × width of the basal section of juxta), the gap between the juxta lobes is V-like, the depth is nearly a half of the totally length of the juxta. 4) The subscaphium is sclerotized and U-shaped. 5) In female genitalia lamella postvaginalis present, band-like.
Distribution. From Japan through Korean peninsula, Russia Far East, most parts of mainland China except the northwestern part to Northeastern India and Northern Indochina.
Species composition
E. westwoodii (Vollenhoven, 1863) (Figs 49, 50, 63, 91, 92, 107, 119)
E. dohertyi Elwes, 1890
E. delavayi Oberthür, 1891
E. ziroensis Chada, Gogoi & Young, 2017
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Butler
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Zygaenidae
- Genus
- Elcysma
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Elcysma Butler, 1881 sec. Huang, Horie, Fan, Wang & Espeland, 2023
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 + 401 - 426 + 579 - 600. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1873. tb 01519. x
- Vollenhoven, S. C. S. (1863) Description de quelques nouvelles especes de Lepidopteres des Indes Orientales. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 6, 129 - 144, pls. 8 - 10. [in French]
- Elwes, H. J. (1890) On some new moths from India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1890, 378 - 401, pls. XXXII - XXXIV.
- Oberthur, C. (1891) Nouveaux Lepidopteres d'Asie. Etudes d'entomologie, 15, 7 - 25, pls. 1 - 3. [in French]
- Chada, P., Gogoi, M. J. & Young, J. J. (2017) A new species of zygaenid moth Elcysma ziroensis (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9 (12), 11060 - 11066. https: // doi. org / 10.11609 / jott. 3419.9.12.11060 - 11066