Clethrorasa kossnerae Behounek 1997

Clethrorasa kossnerae Behounek, 1997 Figs 3, 4, 10, 14, 16, 17–18, 22, 24, Table 2 Chinese common name 安南飘夜蛾 (Vietnamese Fluttering Noctuid) Clethrorasa kossnerae Behounek, 1997, “ Spixiana ” 20 (3): 281, abb. 1–3, 7. Type locality: N. Vietnam, Mt. Fan-si-Pan, W-Seite, Cha-pa (= Sapa), 1600–1800 m. Clethrorasa tibetica Orhant, 2013, syn. nov., “ Lambillionea ” 113 (1): 30, figs 1, 2, 11. Type locality: China, Tibet, Markam County, Yangda, Chubarong. Clethrorasa kossnerae: Holloway 2011, “ Malayan Nature J. ” 63 (1–2) [note]. Clethrorasa pilcheri [misidentification]: Chen 1999, “ Fauna Sinica, Insecta ” vol. 16: 809, pl. 29, fig. 6; Han and Yao 2018, “ Atlas of Noctuidae in Guanshan National Reserve, Jiangxi Province ”: 99, pl. 29, fig. 6; Wang et al. 2018, “ Moths of Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve Supplement ”: 85, pl. 23, fig. 11. Material examined. • 2 males, 2 females, China, Chongqing, Mt. Simian, Tudiyan Scenic Spot, 31.VII–4.VIII.2019, leg. T. T. Zhao and S. C. Deng, genit. prep. HHL-7040-1, 7041-1, 7033-2 and 7036-2; • 1 female, China, Yunnan, Zhaotong, Yanjin, Tantou, 18.VI.2022, leg. J. Wu et al., genit. prep. HHL-7034-2; • 1 female, China, Yunnan, Zhaotong, Luokan, Daxi, 13.VII.2023, leg. R. T. Xu, and M. X. Han, genit. prep. HHL-7035-2; • 1 female, China, Jiangxi, Guanshan, 8.IX.2004, unknown collector, genit. prep. HHL-7037-2; • 1 female, China, Jiangxi, Guanshan Nature Reserve, 21–28.VIII.2017, leg. H. L. Han, genit. prep. HHL-7038-2; • 1 male, China, Guangxi, Longsheng, Huaping National Reserve, 10–14.VII.2021, leg. J. J. Fan amd B. Gao, genit. prep. HHL-7039-1; • 1 male, China, Yunnan, Honghe, Jinping, Ma’andi, 13–19.VIII.2023, leg. N. Zhang, genit. prep. HHL-7042-1; • 1 male, China, Guangdong, Nanling, 28.VII.2008, leg. N. Zhang, genit. prep. HHL-7043-1; • 1 male, China, Guangdong, Nanling, 7–9.V.2011, leg. H. L. Han and Y. Q. Hu, genit. prep. HHL-7044-1; • 1 male, China, Hunan, Bada gong Mountain, Tianping Mountain, 2020.28 VI – 27 VII 2020, leg. C. Q. Liao et al., genit. prep. HHL-7045-1. Remarks. This species was described in 1997, with a female paratype from Guangdong, China. Orhant (2013) described the species C. tibetica (Figs 16, 17) as a new species based on a female specimen from Markam (= Mangkang) County in SE Xizang, China. He mentioned that the report of C. pilcheri in Hunan by Chen (1999) should actually be classified as C. tibetica, although the original text did not make a comparison with C. kossnerae. Upon examining specimens from various provinces in southern China (including Guangdong and Hunan, extending as far west as Yunnan) and finding no significant differences in appearance and genitalia, it appears that C. kossnerae is widely distributed in southern China and is indeed the same as C. tibetica. While no specimens of similar species from Xizang were examined, a comparison of the type photographs and the original description revealed no noticeable differences in appearance and female genitalia, nor geographical isolation in distribution between C. kossnerae and C. tibetica. Therefore, based on the aforementioned considerations, the latter is deemed a junior synonym of the former. It is noteworthy that C. kossnerae is often misidentified as C. pilcheri, but the two can be distinguished by the characteristics shown in Table 2. Distribution. China (Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Xizang); Vietnam.