Ophthalmitis sinensium Oberthur 1913
Creators: name: Jiang, Nan
name: Xue, Dayong
name: Han, Hongxiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Ophthalmitis
Ophthalmitis sinensium

description: Ophthalmitis sinensium (Oberthür, 1913)
Figs. 9–12, 47, 59, 71, 83, 93
Ophthalmodes sinensium Oberthür, 1913, Études Lépid. comp., 7: 292, pl. 175, fig. 1713. Type (s), China: Tien-Tsuen. (ZFMK)
Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) sinensium: Prout, 1915, in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, 4: 376.
Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) sinensium var. abundantior Wehrli, 1943, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 4 (Suppl.): 529. Syntypes 2ɗ, China: North Kwangtung, Lienping. (ZFMK)
Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) sinensium hypophayla Wehrli, 1943, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 4 (Suppl.): 529. Syntypes 2ɗ, China: Lienping; Canton. (ZFMK)
Ophthalmitis lushanaria Sato, 1992, Japan Heterocerists' J., 167: 298, figs 5, 6, 18, 24, 29. Holotype ɗ, Taiwan: Natou Hsien, Lushan Spa, 1200 m. (NMNS)
Ophthalmitis sinensium: Parsons et al., 1999, Geometrid Moths of the World, a Catalogue, 2: 670.
Diagnosis. The external characters of this species are similar to those of O. pertusaria, but it can be distinguished from that species by the following differences: the discal spots are smaller; the hindwing medial line is close to the inner margin of the discal spot, whereas it is distal from the discal spot in O. pertusaria; the cleft of the eighth sternite of the male abdomen is tapered, while it is rounded in O. pertusaria. The most characteristic features of this species lie in the male genitalia: the uncus has only one pair of lateral processes; the extension of the sacculus is a short digitiform process, with an acuted apex adorned with several tiny spines, directed dorsally, while in O. pertusaria, there is no extension of the sacculus; the anterior margin of the juxta is relatively more concaved and its terminal half is more abruptly narrowed. In the female genitalia, the colliculum is longer and broader; the signum is smaller and has fewer marginal spines and five separate central teeth.
Material examined. CHINA: Kwangtung: Lienping, 1ɗ (Syntype of sinensium var. abundantior) (ZFMK); Kwangtung: Lienping, 18.VII.1923, 1ɗ (Syntype of sinensium hypophayla) (ZFMK); Sichuan: Tien-Tsuen, 1ɗ (Type of sinensium) (ZFMK); Henan: Baotianman, Baohuqu, 1407 m, 10–11.VIII.2008, coll. Jiang Nan, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Gansu: Kangxian, Qinghe, Linchang, 1400 m, 8.VII.1999. coll. Yao Jian & Zhu Chaodong, 2ɗ1Ψ (IZCAS); Anhui: Yuexi, Baojiaxiang, 600–1200 m, 12–20.VIII.2008, Ding Liang, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Zhejiang: Lin’an West Tianmushan, 400 m, coll. Han Hongxiang, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Hubei: Lichuan, Xingdoushan, 800 m, 22.VII.1989, coll. Li Wei, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Hunan: Tianpingshan, 7.VI.1981, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Guangdong: Shixing, Chebaling, 365– 400 m, 22–26.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Guangxi: Miaoershan, Jiuniutang, 1150 m, 7.VIII.1985, coll. Fang Chenglai, 1ɗ1Ψ (IZCAS); Sichuan: Qingchengshan, 1000 m, 25.V.1989. coll. Gao Ping, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Yunnan: Baoshan, Baihualing, 1520 m, 11–13.VIII.2007, Wu Chunguang, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Tibet: Mêdog, Aniqiao, 1060 m, 12–13.VIII.2006, coll. Lang Songyun, 1ɗ (IZCAS).
Distribution. China (Henan, Gansu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), India, Vietnam, Thailand.
Remarks. After examining the types of Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) sinensium var. abundantior Wehrli, 1943 and Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) sinensium hypophayla Wehrli, 1943, we suspect that these two subspecies are possible synonyms of O. siniherbida, not of O. sinensium. However, we did not examine the male genitalia of those type specimens further study for deciding the clear systematic position of the two subspecies is needed.
description: Published as part of Jiang, Nan, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2011, A review of Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 2735 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201656