Sany sandakana ( Draudt, 1914 )

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2025, On the taxonomy of the Brunia Moore generic complex with the description of a new genus, a new subgenus and four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini: Lithosiina), Ecologica Montenegrina 87, pp. 46-76 : 55

Sany sandakana ( Draudt, 1914)

( Figs 38 , 80 )

Lithosia brevipennis subsp. sandakana Draudt in Seitz, 1914, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, 10: 210 (TL: “Borneo (Sandakan)”).

Ilema brevipennis Ab. 1: Hampson (1900): 172.

Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) ( Figs 38 , 80 ): male, “Sandakan. | 91 – 115.” / “ Eilema | brevipennis | ab. sandakana | Draudt | Holotype. Strand | Hampson Ab. 1.” / round label with red margins “ Type ” / blue label “ Arctiidae | genitalia slide | No. 4893 ♂ ” / “Figured specimen | Moths of Borneo | part 7” / QR-code label with unique ID “NHMUK010401830” ( NHMUK).

Note. The name sandakana was introduced by Draudt (1914) for Hampson’s ‘Ab.[erration] 1’ of Ilema brevipennis . In his book, Hampson (1900) cited a single male associated by him to that aberration, which should be considered as the holotype of sandakana by monotypy.

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 11.0 mm in the male holotype. The detailed comparison with S. pseudosandakana is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species. The female is unknown.

Distribution. The species is known only from its holotype collected in Sabah ( Malaysia) ( Holloway 2001), and is probably endemic to the island of Borneo.

Figures

Figures 36–53. Adults of Sany (36–38), Dubatoloviana (39–52) and Brunia (53) spp. Depositories of the specimens: 36, 37, 39, 41–45, 47, 52 and 53 in MWM/ZSM (45: ex CKC); 38 and 50 in NHMUK; 40, 46, 48, 49 and 51 in CKC.

Figures 78–81. Male genitalia of Bucsekatha gen. n. (78), Sany (79, 80) and Dubatoloviana (81) spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 78, 79 and 81 in MWM/ZSM; 90 in NHMUK.