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2. Diagnosee
2.1. Falter
Pellinen & Mutanen (2019: 576) geben den wichtigen Hinweis: "Figure of this species is illustrated in the Moths of Thailand Vol. 3, part two (Kononenko & Pinratana 2013) erroneously as Beana nitida Tams, plate 21, fig. 51."
4. Weitere Informationen
4.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)
Pellinen & Mutanen (2019: 576) erklären: "The species name refers to grey color of the adults."
4.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik
Die relativ kleinen und graue Ecpatia-Art ist bisher nur aus dem Norden Thailands bekannt. Pellinen & Mutanen (2019: 575) schreiben zu ihrer genetischen Einordnung: "Sequences of the two barcoded specimens of E. grisescens are identical. Among five species occurring in Thailand, the barcode sequence of E. grisescens is most similar to that of E. spiculivalva (6.73%). Among 10 species of Ecpatia (described or putative) available in to us BOLD, the most similar are E. dulcistriga and E. melas (both differing by 6.06% from E. grisescens)."
4.3. Typenmaterial
Pellinen & Mutanen (2019: 575) schreiben: "Holotype male: Thailand, Lampang, Chae Hom, 09.xi.2016, 350 m, 18°43’25’’N, 99°32’44’’E, M. J. Pellinen leg., genitalia slide MJP1005. In coll. Pellinen (Finland). The holotype will be deposited in a public museum. Paratypes: 30 males and 8 females, all specimens collected by first author. [...]". Auch alle Paratypen stammen aus dem Norden Thailands.
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
4.4. Literatur
- Erstbeschreibung: Pellinen, M.J. & M. Mutanen (2019): Two new species of Ecpatia Turner, 1902, and the first records of Ecpatia sciachroa Hampson, 1926 and Ecpatia obscura Holloway, 2009 from Thailand (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Noctuinae). — Zootaxa, 4609 (3): 574–582. [zum PDF-Download auf researchgate.net]
