Apamea permixta, sp. n., from China — the putative sister species of A. commixta (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae: Apameini) Author Kononenko, Vladimir text Zootaxa 2006 1371 37 43 journal article 50272 10.5281/zenodo.174936 5f0eeb3c-efc6-44a1-bdb3-a6f942f83c26 1175-5326 174936
Apamea commixta ( Butler, 1881 )
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Xylophasia commixta Butler, 1881 . Trans. ent. Soc. London. 1881: 174 (Type locality: Japan , Yokohama, Tokyo).
Xylophasia tychoona Leech, 1889 . Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1889: 488, Pl. 51: 3, (Type locality: not stated [ Japan ]).
Hampson, 1908 : 178, pl. CXII: 16 ( Trachea commixta ); Warren, 1914 : 169, Taf. 40e ( Parastichtis commixta ); Inoue & Sugi, 1958 : 491 ( Apamea commixta ); Sugi, 1982 ; 1989 : 1055 ( Apamea commixta ).
This little known species is distributed in Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu Isl.) ( Inoue and Sugi 1958 ; Sugi 1989 ), South Kurile Island (Kunashir and Iturup), and South Sakhalin ( Kononenko 2005 ). The type specimens of Xylophasia commixta Butler and Xylophasia tychoona Leech are illustrated by Krusek & Behounek (1996) . The imago and male genitalia of A. commixta are illustrated by Sugi (1982) . The species inhabits grassy meadows and low grassland hills along the seashore (Marusik, pers. comm.).
Material examined. 3 males: Japan , Japanese Alps, 4 Aug 1914 (H. Höne); 3 males, Japan , Kamikoshi, 1600 m, Japanese Alps, Aug 1914 (H. Höne), genit. prep. ZFMK 1830 VK.; 1 female, Japan , Yokohama, 2 Aug 1937 (H. Höne), genit. prep. VSK10/ 050698, ZFMK ; 3 males and 1 female, Russia , Kurile Isl., Iturup I., 45° 20' N, 147° 59' 8" E, Konservnaya Bay, 12–16 Aug 1995 (Yu. Marusik); 2 males, Russia , Kunashir Isl., SW of Yuznokurilsk, Lesnaya River, 44° 00' 72" N, 145° 46' 28" E, 1 Sep 1995 (Yu. Marusik), IBSS ; 2 females, Russia , South Sakhalin, 25 km NE Aniva, 10–18 Aug 1985 (A. Danchenko), ZFMK .