Apamea commixta Butler 1881

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:...

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Main Author: Kononenko, Vladimir
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Published: 2006
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Apamea
Apamea commixta
Leech
Sakhalin
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6255663
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6255663
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Summary: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. 40 e (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 1914 (H. Höne); 3 males, Japan, Kamikoshi, 1600 m, Japanese Alps, Aug 1914 (H. Höne), genit. prep. ZFMK 1830 VK.; 1 female, Japan, Yokohama, 2 Aug 1937 (H. Höne), genit. prep. VSK 10 / 050698, ZFMK; 3 males and 1 female, Russia, Kurile Isl., Iturup I., 45 ° 20 ' N, 147 ° 59 ' 8 " E, Konservnaya Bay, 12–16 Aug 1995 (Yu. Marusik); 2 males, Russia, Kunashir Isl., SW of Yuznokurilsk, Lesnaya River, 44 ° 00' 72 " N, 145 ° 46 ' 28 " E, 1 Sep 1995 (Yu. Marusik), IBSS; 2 females, Russia, South Sakhalin, 25 km NE Aniva, 10–18 Aug 1985 (A. Danchenko), ZFMK. 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

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