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TWO BEMBECIA CLEARWING MOTHSFROM NORTHWEST CHINA

(LEPIDOPTERA: SESIIDAE)

ZHENGUO XU, TAG JIN, AND XIAOLI LIUQinghai Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Xining, Qinghai 810016, China

ABSTRACT.- Two species of clearwing moths in the genus Bembecia are described from northwest China: the new species Bembecia ningxiaensis Xu & Liu n.sp., fromNingxia District, Qinghai Prov., and Bembecia insidiosa (Le Cerf), n. comb., from Qinghai Prov., the latter a new record for Qinghai Prov.

KEY WORDS: Asia, distribution, Oriental, hostplants, Palearctic, Bembecia ningxiaensis n.sp., Leguminosae, taxonomy.

In recent years, continuing study of the Chinese sesiid faunasuggests that some species of sesiids remain to be discovered,especially in northern and northwest China. In the present paper, twospecies of the Sesiidae are described from material at hand fromnorthwest China, belonging to the genus Bembecia Hiibner, 1819.Among them are one species new to science and the other one,Bembecia insidiosa (Le Cerf), is newly combined in Bembecia anddescribed more fully.

Bembecia insidiosa (Le Cerf), 1911, n. comb.(Fig. 1, 3-5)

Synanthedon insidiosa Le Cerf, 1911:93; Gaede, 1933:232; Heppner & Duck-worth, 1981:31.

Diagnosis.- Wing expanse 18-21mm; forewings blackish-brown. Abdomenblack; the hind margins of 2nd, 4th and 6th segments each with sharplymarked white belt, continuous, with broader belt on 2nd segment; anal tuftblack. Male genitalia: scopula androconalis moderately developed, coveredwith bifurcate hairs; gnathos flap, round; ear-shaped valve with terminallyand costally bifurcate hairs, apex blunt, truncate; crista sacculi high, veryprominent with strong setae dorsally, and tip with setae tuft. Saccus ratherlong, slightly dilated in middle, apex truncation. Aedeagus bulbous at base,upwards slender and somewhat curved, some granules at apex. Femalegenitalia'. papilla analis densely bristled. Postapophysis moderately long,longer than antapophysis. Distal 1/3 of ductus bursae sclerotized, hemisclero-tized in medial 1/3.Specimens examined.- CHINA.- Qinghai Prov.: Maixiu Forest, Zeku Co., ca.200 km S. of Xining City, 3000m, 16 Jul 1982, 1 9; 21 Aug 1981, 1

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Fig. 3-7. Bembecia genitalia: 3-5) Bembecia insidiosa Le Cerf, cj and aedeagus (3-4) and 9 (5); 6-7) Bembecia ningxiaensis Xu & Liu, n.sp.,

Vol. 5 No. 2 1998 INDEX 65

Aegeria (Sesiidae), 24Aegeria candescens Edwards [= Osminia ruficornis], 24Agrodiaetus (Lycaenidae), 1-7Akaisphecia (Sesiidae), 23Alberta (Canada), 9-10, 12Amphipyrinae (Noctuidae), 15Amphipyrini (Noctuidae), 15Anolis (Reptilia), 60Anoncia (Cosmopterigidae), 11ants (Formicidae), 41Araneae, 53, 60

Argiope, 53, 60Nephila, 53, 60

Arawacus (Lycaenidae), 47Argiopidae (Araneae), 60Arhopala (Lycaenidae), 39Arhopalini (Lycaenidae), 39, 41Arichanna (Geometridae), 17Arichanna postflava Wileman, 17Arichanna refracta Inoue, 17Arizona (USA), 23-24, 27, 29Arkansas (USA), 43Armenia, 1, 6Aschistophleps (Sesiidae), 23Asclepiadaceae, 44, 53, 59

Asclepias, 44, 53, 59Asia, 17, 21, 39, 63Asia Minor, 1, 23-24Assam (India), 39Azerbaijan, 6Bahamas, 45Baja California (Mexico), 23Baja California Norte (Mexico), BC 5(2)Basilodes (Noctuidae), 15Bonus (Papilionidae), 49, 53, 59Bonus philenor (Linnaeus), 49, 53, 59behavior, 49, 53Bembecia (Sesiidae), 63Bembecia insidiosa (Le Cerf), 63-64Bembecia ningxiaensis Xu & Liu n. sp., 63-64Betulaceae, 11

Betula, 11bibliography, 35biography, 35biology, 39, 53BLASTOBASIDAE, 9, 11Book Reviews, 14, 18, 34, 46Brazil, 47British Columbia (Canada), 9-11Burma, 39Calasesia (Sesiidae), 23, 26, 28, 31, 33Calesesia coccinea (Beutenmuller), 26-28, 31, 33California (USA), 15Callithia (Sesiidae), 23, 26, 31Callithia oberthueri Le Cerf, 23-24, 26, 31Callosamia (Saturniidae), 57Callosamia securifera (Maassen), 57Calverley, S. H., 35, 37-38Canada, 9, 38Canary Islands, 38Caribbean, 35Carmenla (Sesiidae), 24Carmenta minuta Edwards [= Osminia ruficornis], 24Carmenta ruficornis Edwards [= Osminia ruficornis], 24CARPOSINIDAE, 12Catocala (Nocruidae), 35Celastrina (Lycaenidae), 22Celastrina ladon (Cramer), 22Chalcopasta (Noctuidae), 15Chalcopasta howardi (H. Edwards), 15Chiapas (Mexico), 25Chihuahua (Mexico), 15, 27China, 17, 63-64Chlorostrymon (Lycaenidae), 45Chlorostrymon maesites (Herrich-Schaffer), 45chromosomes, 1Colias (Pieridae), 44Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 44

INDEX TO VOLUME 5Colima (Mexico), 27Colombia, 24Colorado (USA), 29Compositae, 43, 53, 60

Carphephorus, 60Cirsium, 60Echinacea, 43Verbesina, 53, 60Vernom'a, 43

conservation, 53COSMOPTERIGIDAE, 9, 11Crematogaster (Formicidae), 39Cuba, 38, 45Cundinamarca (Colombia), 23Cyclargus (Lycaenidae), 45Danainae (Nymphalidae), 43Danaus (Nymphalidae), 43, 52Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus), 43, 52DE PRINS, W. O., 1Decodes (Tortricidae), 11Decodes basiplaganus (Walsingham), 11DEERING, M. D., 49, 53Deilephila (Sphingidae), 38Deilephila calverleyi Grote, 38distribution, 1,9, 17distribution, 63ecology, 49Edwards, W. H., 35-38egg, 21,39EICHLIN, T. D., 23Epargyreus (Hesperiidae), 43Epargyreus clarus (Cramer), 43Erinnyis (Sphingidae), 37Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus), 37Ethiopian, 23Eumaeini (Lycaenidae), 41Euphorbiaceae, 45, 47

Croton, 45, 47Europe, 9, 21, 38Eurytides (Papilionidae), 49Eurytides marcellus (Cramer), 49Fabaceae [see Leguminosae], 23-24, 29, 41Fagaceae, 21

Fagus, 21Quercus, 21

Finland, 10Florida (USA), 24, 45, 47, 49, 53, 56-60, FC 5(2), BC 5(2)Formicidae (Hymenoptera), 41

Anoplolepis, 41Crematogaster, 41

FRANCKE, L. N., 53Gansu (China), 63genetics, 1genitalia, 9GEOMETRIDAE, 17Georgia (USA), 23Germany, 21, 38Guangdong (China), 41Guerrero (Mexico), 15, 27habitats, 53Haemodoraceae, 59

Lachnanthes, 59Hemiargus (Lycaenidae), 45Hemiargus ammon Lucas, 45Hemiargus ammon erembis Nabokov, 45Hemiargus thomasi Clench, 45Hemiargus thomasi bethunebakeri Comstock & Huntington,

45Hemileuca (Saturniidae), BC 5(2)Hemileuca electro rubra McElfresh & Tuskes, BC 5(2)Hemiptera, 59HEPPNER, J. B., 15, 17, 35Hermeuptychia (Nymphalidae), FC 5(1)Hermeuptychia sosybius (Fabricius, FC 5(1)Hesperia (Hesperiidae), 45Hesperia meskei (W. H. Edwards), 45HESPERIIDAE, BC 5(2)Heterocera, 9, 15, 17, 21, 23, 35

Heterosphecia (Sesiidae), 23Hidalgo (Mexico), 27Himalayas, 17history, 35Holarctic, 9-10, 23hostplants, 9, 23, 41, 45, 47, 53, 56, 60, 63

Acacia (Legumonisae), 41Albizia (Leguminosae), 41Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae), 44, 53, 59Betula (Betulaceae), 11Caesalpinia (Leguminosae), 25Carphephopus (Compositae), 60Cinnamomum (Lauraceae), 53Cirsium (Compositae), 60Cracca (Leguminosae), 27Croton (Euphorbiaceae), 45, 47Echinacea (Compositae), 43Fagus (Fagaceae), 21Galactia (Leguminosae), 24Gordonia (Theaceae), 53Hedysaru (Leguminsoae), 64Hoffmanseggia (Leguminosae), 29Itea (Iteaceae), 60Lachnanthes (Haemodoraceae), 59Lindera (Lauraceae), 53Magnolia (Magnoliaceae), 53Persea (Lauraceae), 53, 56Pinus (Pinaceae), 45Pontedera (Pontideriaceae), 60Populus (Salicaceae), 9Prunus (Rosaceae), 21Quercus (Fagaceae), 21Salix (Salicaceae), 11Salvia (Labiatae), 60Sassafras (Lauraceae), 53Serenoa (Palmae), 45Verbesina (Compositae), 53Vernonia (Compositae), 43

HSU, Y.-K, 39Hyles (Sphingidae), 38Hyles euphorbiae tithymali Boisduval, 38Hymenoptera, 41

Formicidae, 41immatures, 21, 39India, 17, 39Indochina, 39interspecific copulation, 49Iran, 1, 6Iteaceae, 60

Itea, 60Jalisco (Mexico), 25, 27Jamaica, 45Japan, 17, 21JIN, T., 63JOHNSON, K., 39KANDUL, N. P., 1Kansas (USA), 29karyology, 1Korea, 17KRIZEK, G. O., 45, 47Labiatae, 60

Salvia, 60LANDRY, J.-R, 9larvae, 21, 39LASIOCAMPIDAE, 21Lauraceae, 53, 56

Cinnamomum, 53Lindera, 53Persea, 53, 56Sassafras, 53

Lebanon, 1, 6LEDERHOUSE, R. C, 53Leguminosae, 23-24, 41, 63

Acacia, 41Albizia, 41Caesalpinia, 24Cracca, 27Galactia, 24

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Hedysamm, 64Hoffmanseggia, 29

Umenitis (Nymphalidae), 38Litnenitis weidemeyerii Edwards, 38LIU, X.-L., 63Louisiana (USA), 52LUKHTANOV, V. A., 1LYCAENIDAE, 1, 22, 39, 45, 47, BC 5(1)Magnoliaceae, 53

Magnolia, 53Maine (USA), 9Malaysia, 41Manitoba (Canada), 9Mantidae, 59Mantis (Mantidae), 59mating preference, 49Melanosphecia (Sesiidae), 23Melitlia (Sesiidae), 23-24Melittiini (Sesiidae), 23Meroptera (Pyralidae), 11Meroptera pravella (Grote), 11Mexico, 15, 23-24, 27, 52, BC 5(2)Michigan (USA), 9, 58Michoacan (Mexico), 27Middle East, 1Mimosaceae [= see Leguminosae], 41Miridae (Hemiptera), 59Missouri (USA), 24Morelos (Mexico), 27Morocco, BC 5(1)morphology, 21Myanmar, 39Myelopsis (Pyralidae), 11Myelopsis minutularia (Hulst), 11myrmecophily, 41Near East, 1Nearctic, 9-10, 15, 23, 35, 49, 53nectaring, 43-45Neoris (Saturniidae), FC 5(1)Neoris huttoni Moore, FC 5(1)Neotropical, 23, 38Nepal, 17, 39Neumoegenia (Noctuidae), 15Neumoegenia albavena (Ottolengui), 15Neumoegenia coronides (Druce), 15Neumoegenia poetica Grote, 15New Mexico (USA), 15, 27New World, 9, 15, 22-23, 35, 43, 45, 47, 49New York (USA), 35, 37-38NOCTUIDAE, 15, 35North America, 9, 15, 35, 37North Carolina (USA), 22NYMPHALIDAE, 38, 43, FC 5(1), BC 5(1), FC 5(2)Nymphalis (Nymphaliade), BC 5(1)Nymphalis van-album ([Denis & Schiffermiiller]), BC 5(1)Oaxaca (Mexico), 27Odonestes (Lasiocampidae), 21Odonestis pruni (Linnaeus), 21Ohio (USA), 53Old World, 1, 17, 21,23,39,63Oncopeitis (Miridae), 59Ontario (Canada), 9-12, 38Oriental, 17, 23, 39, 63Osminia (Sesiidae), 23-33Osminia albipilosa Eichlin n. sp., 24-25, 28, 31, 33Osminia bicomicotis Duckworth & Eichlin, 27-28, 30, 32Osminia colimaensis Duckworth & Eichlin, 27-28, 30Osminia donahueorum Duckworth & Eichlin, 27-28, 30, 32Osminia exigua Eichlin n. sp., 24-25, 28, 31, 33Osminia ferruginea Le Cerf, 24, 30Osminia fisheri Eichlin, 24-26, 31, 33Osminia heitzmani Eichlin n. sp., 24, 27-28, 31Osminia phalarocera Duckworth & Eichlin, 24, 27-28, 30,

32Osminia rubrialrus Eichlin n. sp., 24-26, 31Osminia ruficornis (Edwards), 24, 28, 30, 32Osminiini (Sesiidae), 23Palearcdc, 1, 17, 21, 23, 39, 63Palmae, 45

Serenoa, 45Papilla (Papilionidae), 22, 35, 38, 44, 53, 56-60

Papilio calverleyi Grote, 35Papilio canadensis Rothschild & Jordan, 49-50, 58Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, 22, 49-50, 53, 56-60Papilio palamedes Drury, 49-50, 53, 56-60Papilio pilumnus Boisduval, 49Papilio polyxenes asterius Stoll, 38Papilio scamander, 49Papilio troilus Linnaeus, 22, 44, 49, 53, 56-60PAPILIONIDAE, 22, 35, 49, 53Paranthreninae (Sesiidae), 23Pennsylvania (USA), 9-10Phycitinae (Pyralidae), 11-12Pinaceae, 45

Pinus, 45Plusiinae (Noctuidae), 15Polyommatus (Lycaenidae), 1-7Polyommatus alcestis (Zerny), 1-4, 6Polyommatus antidolus (Rebel), 1-4, 6Polyommatus aserbeidschanus (Forster), 7Polyommatus aserbeidschanus sensu Lukhtanov, 7Polyommatus aserbeidschanus turcicola (Ko9ak), 1-3, 5, 7Polyommatus cyaneus (Staudinger), 1, 3, 5-7Polyommatus dama (Staudinger), 6Polyommatus damocles (Herrich-Schaffer), 6Polyommatus damon ([Denis & Scniffermuller]), 7Polyommatus damone sibirica (Staudinger), 1Polyommatus demavendi (Pfeiffer), 1-4, 6Polyommatus dolus (Hiibner), 1Polyommatus elbursicus (Forster), 1, 6Polyommatus elbursicus zapvadi (Carbonell), 1-3, 7Polyommatus femininoides (Eckweiler), 6Polyommatus firdussii pseudactis (Forster), 1, 3, 5, 7Polyommatus hopfferi (Henich-Schaffer), 1-4, 6Polyommatus huberti Carbonell, 1-4, 6Polyommatus iphigenia (Herrich-Schaffer), 1, 3, 5-6Polyommatus kurdistanicus (Forster), 1-4, 6Polyommatus larseni (Carbonell), 6Polyommatus menalcas (Freyer), 7Polyommatus merhaba De Prins et at., 1-3, 5, 7Polyommatus morgani (Le Cerf), 1, 6Polyommatus nephohiptamenos (Brown & Coutsis), 1Polyommatus ninae (Forster), 1, 7Polyommatus poseidon (Herrich-Schaffer), 1, 4, 6Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer), 7Polyommatus theresiae Schurian, Oorschot & Brink, 1, 4, 6Polyommatus transcaspicus (Heyne), 6-7Polyommatus turcicola (Ko5ak), 1-3, 5, 7Polyommatus turcicus (Ko9ak), 1, 3, 5-7Pontederiaceae, 60

Pontedera, 60POORTEN, D. van der, 1predation, 53, 59-60Pterourus (Papilionidae), 22Puebla (Mexico), 15, 25pupa, 39PYRALIDAE, 9, 11-12Pyrrhotaenia (Sesiidae), 27Pyrrhotaenia coccinea Beutenmuller [= Calasesia coccinea],

27Qinghai (China), 63-64Quebec (Canada), 9-10, 12reproductive isolation, 49Reptilia, 60Rhopalocera, 1, 22, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 49, 52, 53Rondonia (Brazil), 47Rosaceae, 21

Prunus, 21ROSS, G. N., 22, 43, 52Salicaceae, 9

Populus, 9Safe, 11

San Luis Potosi (Mexico), 27SATURNIIDAE, 57, FC 5(1), BC 5(2)Satyrinae (Nymphalidae), FC 5(1)SCRIBER, J. M., 49, 53SESIIDAE, 23, 63Sesiinae (Sesiidae), 23Sesiini (Sesiidae), 23Siberia (Russia), 10Sichuan (China), 17Signaphora [= Osminia] (Sesiidae), 24

Sikkim (India), 39social clubs, 22Sonora (Mexico), 15, 25, 27South America, 37-38Spain, 21spermatogenesis, 1Speyeria (Nymphalidae), 43-44Speyeria cybele (Fabricius), 43r44SPHINGIDAE, 35-38spiders, 53Sri Lanka, 39Staphylis (Hesperiidae), BC 5(2)Staphylis hayhurstii (W. H. Edwards), BC 5(2)Stiriini (Noctuidae), 15Strymon (Lycaenidae), 45, 47Strymon ads banrami (Comstock & Huntington), 45, 47Surendra (Lycaenidae), 41Surendra quercetorum, 41systematics, 1, 15Tabasco (Mexico), 15Taiwan, 17Tarsopoda (Sesiidae), 24Tarsopoda marcia Druce [= Osminia ruficornis], 24taxonomy, 1, 9, 23, 39, 63Tenodera (Mantidae), 59Texas (USA), 15, 29, 52, FC 5(1)Thaduka (Lycaenidae), 41Theaceae, 53

Gordonia, 53Theclinae (Lycaenidae), 39THIELE, 1 H. R., 12Tinthiinae (Sesiidae), 23TORTRICIDAE, 9, 11Turkey, 1,6-7 FC 5(1)URODIDAE, 9USA, 9, 23, 35, 45, 47, 49,, 53-53, FC 5(1), BC 5(1), FC

5(2), BC 5(2)Vanessa (Nymphalidae), FC 5(2)Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus), FC 5(2)variation, 1, 9Veracruz (Mexico), 24Vermont (USA), 9-10Virginia (USA), 24WANG, H.-Y., 17WEHLING, W. F., 53Weidemeyer, J. W., 35, 37-38West Indies, 38Western Hemisphere, 23Wisconsin, BC 5(1)Wockia (Urodidae), 9-13Wockia asperipunctella (Bruand), 9-13XU, Z.-G., 63Yunnan (China), 17Zacatecas (Mexico), 27Zinaspa (Lycaenidae), 39-41Zinaspa distorta Niceville, 39Zinaspa isshiki Koiwaya [= Z. zana], 39Zinaspa karennia Evans, 39Zinaspa neglecta (South) [= Z. zana], 39Zinaspa todara Moore, 39Zinaspa youngi Hsu & Johnson, n. sp., 39-41Zinaspa zana Niceville, 39Zizeeria (Lycaenidae), BC 5(1)Zizeeria knysna (Trimen), BC 5(1)