Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853

Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853 View in CoL [合n天ë]

( Figures 5–7 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 )

Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853 View in CoL , Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien (Abhandl.) 2: 92. TL: ‘Maden, Diyarbakir [ Turkey]’. Smerinthus kindermannii obscura Closs, 1917 View in CoL , Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift. 11: 153.

Smerinthus kindermanni meridionalis Gehlen, 1931 View in CoL , Entomologische Zeitschrift. 45: 202.

Smerinthus kindermannii gehleni Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996 View in CoL , Atalanta. 27: 617.

Smerinthus kindermannii iliensis Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996 View in CoL , Atalanta. 27: 617.

Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Shihezi , Xinjiang, 16-V-2017, Rui Wang leg. [ JZHC] ; 2♂♂, Zada , Xizang, 950 m, 3-V-2013, Si-Xun Ge leg. [ JZHC] .

Diagnosis. Male ( Figure 5A–B View FIGURE 5 ): Similar to S. caecus , but upperside of body greyish brown and darker, abdomen with a long black-brown stripe. Forewing longer than S. caecus , edge serrated; upperside browner, larger brown patch in the medial and marginal areas with more white scales, white zigzag line near apex; underside similar but more faded, basal to medial area pinkish. Hindwing mostly rose pink, incomplete small black ocellus near tornus with one small blue streak and a greyish yellow patch nearby; underside similar to forewing underside but without the pink area.

Female ( Figure 5C–D View FIGURE 5 ): Similar to male, but wings broader, ground pattern darker and more extensive, antennae slenderer.

Male genitalia ( Figure 6A–D View FIGURE 6 ): Similar to S. caecus , but uncus shorter and more curved, gnathos slender and slightly curved upward. Valva wider and more rounded. Sacculus leaf-shaped, with wider basal part constricted into a short, blunt harpe. Phallus similar to S. caecus , anterior lobe wider than posterior, with a short, blunt apical process and a weak lateral sclerite bearing a patch of weak cornuti.

Female genitalia ( Figure 7 View FIGURE 7 ): Similar to S. caecus , but lamella postvaginalis slenderer. Ostial lobe narrower. Ductus bursae tubular and curved. Corpus bursae more rounded.

Distribution. China ( Xinjiang, Xizang, Ningxia, Gansu), Mongolia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Biological notes. This species was collected in middle to high elevation temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest, attracted to light at night.