Leucoma candida (Staudinger 1892)
- Dataset
- Review of the genus Leucoma Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from China, with description of two new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- genus
- Leucoma
- species
- Leucoma candida
description
(Figs 5 ‒ 6, 20, 30)
diagnosis
Diagnosis. The species is often confused with L. salicis due to the similarity of superficial characters, but can be easily separated from the latter by the following characters: main stem of antenna white, with a black-brown stripe; vesica of aedeagus with numerous minute denticles; female genitalia with a M-shaped signum within bursa.
distribution
Distribution. China (Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Gansu), North Korea, Japan, Russia.
materials_examined
Material examined. 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Tiantai Mountain National Forest Park, Feng County, Baoji City, Shaanxi, 6 – 13. VIII. 2018, leg M. Wang, Z. P. Miao. 2 ♂, Huameiguang, Liuba County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi, 10 - 12. VIII. 2018, leg M. Wang, Z. P. Miao. 1 ♂, Heping Village, Caoke Towns, Shimian County, Ya’an City, Sichuan, China, 26 – 27. VII. 2017, leg M. Wang, Z. P. Miao. 3 ♂ 2 ♀, Tacheng Town, Weixi County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, 15 - 18. VII. 2018, leg M. Wang, Z. P. Miao.
Name
- Homonyms
- Leucoma candida (Staudinger 1892)