安徽霜天蛾属一新种(鳞翅目:天蛾科)

A New Species of the Genus Psilogramma (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from China

霜天蛾属Psilogramma系Rothschild和Jordan 1903年所建立,是天蛾科中一个比较小的属,目前已知4种(其中我国有3种),分布于亚洲及大洋洲,其中P.menephron(Cramer,1780)分布于中国、日本、朝鲜、印度、斯里兰卡、孟加拉国、缅甸、菲律宾、印度尼西亚及大洋洲,P.increta(Walker,1864)分布于中国、日本和朝鲜,P.jordaniBethune-Baker,1905分布于斐济岛,P.scribae Austaut,1911分布于中国(台湾)、日本和朝鲜。作者在整理皖南标本中,发现1新种。现描述如下。

In the present paper, a species of Psilogramma Rothschild et Jorden from Xuancheng, Anhui, belonging to the subfamily Acherontinae, is described as new to science. The type specimen is deposited in the insect collection of the Department of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural College.Psilogramma wannanensis Meng, sp. n.This new species is closely related to P. menephron (Cramer), but may be separated by the following characters: body smaller in size, thorax without any dorsal line, sclerite on the aedeagus truncate(cf. furcate in the latter species).Body length: 34 mm; expanse: 70 mm.Holotype (?) , Xuancheng, Anhui Province, 12-Ⅷ-1977, collected by Huang Ju.