Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879

Pang, Xing-Yan, Rindoš, Michal, Kishida, Yasunori & Wang, Hou-Shuai, 2019, Review of the genus Daplasa Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Lymantriinae) from China, with description of new species, Zootaxa 4695 (6), pp. 577-585 : 580-581

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scientific name	Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879
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Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879: 52 ; Leech, 1899: 128; Swinhoe, 1923: 78; Collenette, 1934: 149; Chao, 2003: 223.

Diagnosis. D. irrorata can be externally recognized by forewing white and slightly yellow, with a grey oblique band from 2/3 of inner margin to apex, along the inner edge of the band with a yellow line, basal half diffused with grey spots; hindwing pale yellow in male and white in female, sometimes with a grey band near outer margin. It can be further characterized by male genitalia with an apically bifurcated gnathos, valvae with a well-developed projection that has setae on apical half, aedeagus without cornutus; female genitalia with a short and membranous ductus bursae, copulatory pouch with an elliptical signum.

Materials examined. Holotype, 1♂, Darjeeling, 7000 ft, India, in coll. Atkinson. Paratype, 2♂, 3♀, same data as holotype . 1♂, 1♀, Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve , Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, altitude of 700–1200 m, 18–22. VI. 2003, leg. K. Suzuki. 2♂, 3♀, same locality. 11–14. VI. 2019, leg. H. S. Wang, X. An. 3♀, Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve , Shixing, Shaoguan. 20–24. V. 2019, leg. X. L. Tong, X. M. Wang, J. M. Pang.

Distribution. China ( Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), India (Darjeeling).