Relluna nurella wallacei Yakovlev, 2008

Yakovlev, Roman V., Müller, Günter C. & Prozorov, Alexey M., 2024, Description of genitalia of the poorly studied genus Relluna Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 78, pp. 152-158 : 157-158

Relluna nurella wallacei Yakovlev, 2008

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Holotype (male) in MWM/ZSM, examined.

Material examined. Holotype, male, Malaysia, Prov. Pahang, Zentrales Bergland, Fraser’s Hill, Bukit Fraser , 1050-1300 m, 19.iv–8.v.2001, de Freina ( MWM) . Paratypes. Malaysia: 1 male, Malaysia, Cameron Highland , SW Ringlet, 14.ii.2001 ( MSW) ; 1 male, Borneo , near Kina Balu (Hollowey) ( NHMUK) ; Myanmar: 3 males, Tenasserim, 800 m, Khao Yai , 600–1100 m, 12–20.iv.1995, Steinke & Lehmann leg. ( MWM) ; Indonesia: 1 male, N. Sumatra, 8 km N Sindar Raya , 98º55 ' E; 3º12 ' N, 700 m, 23.ii.1994, Malicky ( MWM) .

Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Southern Myanmar, Malaysia), Indonesia (Sumatra), Borneo,? Palawan Isl.

Acknowledgements

In the article the authors used images of imago and genitals of holotype Azygophleps nurella belonging to ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, and made available under Creative Commons License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

The authors express their gratitude to Geoff Martin (London, UK) for providing photographs of the Holotype and Siegfried Ihle (Ingolstadt) for additional material.

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Figures

Figures 1−7. Relluna nurella, adults: 1. R. nurella nurella, Holotype, male (NHMUK); 2. R. nurella nurella, male, Thailand, Changwat Nan, 25 km N Bo Luang, 1150 m, 28.ii.1998 (GMF); 3. R. nurella nurella, female, Nord Vietnam, Ba Be Lake NP, Prov. Cao Bang Phuc, 300 m, leg. Thomas Ihle, 04.2007 (GMF); 4. R. nurella nurella, male, Burma (Myanmar), 25 km E Putao, Nan Sa Bon village, 800 m, 8−9.05.1998, Murzin & Sinjaev leg. (MWM); 5. R. nurella wallacei, Holotype, male (MWM/ZSM); 6. R. nurella wallacei, Paratype, male, Süd- Burma, Tenasserim, 800 m, Khao Yai, 600-1100 m, 12–20.04.1995, Steinke & Lehmann leg. (MWM/ZSM); 7. R. nurella wallacei, Paratype, male, N. Sumatra, 8 km N Sindar Raya, 98º55' E; 3º12' N, 700 m, 23.02.1994, Malicky (MWM).