Apamea commixta Butler 1881 ...

• Main Author: Kononenko, Vladimir
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Apamea; Apamea commixta; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6255663; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6255663

Apamea commixta (Butler, 1881) (Figs 2, 5, 7) Xylophasia commixta Butler, 1881. Trans. ent. Soc. London. 1881: 174 (Type locality: Japan, Yokohama, Tokyo). Xylophasia tychoona Leech, 1889. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1889: 488, Pl. 51: 3, (Type locality: not stated [Japan]). Hampson, 1908: 178, pl. CXII: 16 (Trachea commixta); Warren, 1914: 169, Taf. 40e (Parastichtis commixta); Inoue & Sugi, 1958: 491 (Apamea commixta); Sugi, 1982; 1989: 1055 (Apamea commixta). This little known species is distributed in Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu Isl.) (Inoue and Sugi 1958; Sugi 1989), South Kurile Island (Kunashir and Iturup), and South Sakhalin (Kononenko 2005). The type specimens of Xylophasia commixta Butler and Xylophasia tychoona Leech are illustrated by Krusek & Behounek (1996). The imago and male genitalia of A. commixta are illustrated by Sugi (1982). The species inhabits grassy meadows and low grassland hills along the seashore (Marusik, pers. comm.). Material examined. 3 males: Japan, Japanese Alps, 4 Aug ... : Published as part of Kononenko, Vladimir, 2006, Apamea permixta, sp. n., from China — the putative sister species of A. commixta (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae: Apameini), pp. 37-43 in Zootaxa 1371 on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174936 ...