Sesapa (Sesapa) sanguinea (Moore, 1877), comb. n. (figs 1, 4–6; 2, 2; 3, 2) Setinochroa sanguinea Moore, 1877: 87 (Type locality: “ Shanghai ”). T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Holotype: {: without abdomen, handwritten label “ Setinochroa sanguinea Moore, Shanghai, type” / printed round label with a red circle “Type” “ Moore Coll. 94–106” (printed label), printed label with QR-code “ NHMUK010604771 ” (printed label) (HNM). Other material examined. China: Hubei: Chang-Yang, 06.1888, 5 {, 5} (A. E. Pratt) (HNM); [Shanghai] “ Chine, env. de Changhai”, 1895, 1} (Baumert) (HNM); [Hubei, Yichang] Ichang, 07.1888, 1} (Mrs. Pratt coll.) (HNM); “ Walker coll. Shanghai ”, 1} (HNM); Shanghai, 1 {(W. B. Pryer) (HNM); Jiangsu: “ Lungtan, b. Nanking ”, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25.06, 19.07.1933, 6 {, 5} (Höne) (ZFMK); Shanghai, 10, 26, 28.06.1932, 2 {, 1} (Höne) (ZFMK); Shanghai, 23.06, 26.08.1940, 2} (Höne) (ZFMK); same data, 6.06, 8.06.1932, 1 {, 1}, slide AV1926f Volynkin (ZFMK); Zhejiang: “Ost Tien-mu-shan” [East Tianmu Mountain], 31.05, 9.06.1932, 2 {(Höne) (ZFMK); “Mokanshan” [Mogan Mountain], 16.06.1930, 1 {(Höne) (ZFMK); “ Shanghai, China” slide AV 1918m Volynkin, 1 {(ZFMK). Diagnosis. Externally, the species differs from its closest relative, S. inscripta, by the absence of crosslines on forewing and paler hindwing. The male genitalia of S. sanguinea differ from those of S. inscripta by the medially broader uncus, slightly larger medial costal process, longer apical membranous lobe of valva, longer and s-like curved distal saccular process, smaller aedeagus (in comparison with the genital capsule), and presence of three clusters of spines in the vesica (whereas in s. inscripta there are only two clusters). The female genitalia of S. sanguinea differ from those of S. inscripta by the longer apophyses anteriores, broader antevaginal plate, broader ductus bursae, broader appendix bursae, and stronger spines in the posterior section of corpus bursae. D i s t r i b u t i o n. China (Shanghai, Zhejiang, Yunnan).

Published as part of Volynkin, A. V., 2017, On The Taxonomy Of The Genera Sesapa And Nipponasura (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 369-374 in Vestnik Zoologii 51 (5) on pages 370-372, DOI: 10.1515/vzoo-2017-0044, http://zenodo.org/record/6449414

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