Lophomilia albicosta Yoshimoto, 1995

Kononenko, Vladimir & Behounek, Gottfried, 2009, A revision of the genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 with description of four new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae), Zootaxa 1989, pp. 1-22 : 13

Lophomilia albicosta Yoshimoto, 1995

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Lophomilia albicosta Yoshimoto, 1995 , Moths of Nepal. Tinea , 14 (Supplement 2): 74, Pl. 116: 11. Type-locality: Nepal, Pulchouki Mt. Holotype: male, preserved in NSM, Tokyo.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 male, “Tapaishan im Tsiling Sued Shansi Ca. 1700 m, 29.vi.1936 (H. Höne leg.)”, prep. 2093 ZFMK VK. Coll. ZFMK; type series in the collection of NSM (Tokyo).

Diagnosis. Lophomilia albicosta ( Fig. 18 ) can be recognized by the dark brownish-grey forewing with darker streaks between veins in submedial field; wingpattern expressed by contrasting wide yellowish-cream band along costa and one wide cream area with brown transversal postmedial line. Wingspan 28–29 mm. In male genitalia ( Fig. 35 ) all structures slender, uncus short, pointed, juxta narrow, deeply cleft basally, wide and plate-like medially; valva with parallel costal and ventral margins; costa not separated from membranous valva; sacculus small, saccular extension thin and weak; clasper fused with costa at the base, directed longitudinally; harpe thin, weak, slightly curved at apex. Aedeagus rather thin, with long coecum; vesica bulbous, with two diverticula, one armed with a patch of short cornuti. Female not examined.

Distribution and Biology. ( Fig. 57 ). Cental Nepal, Central China. The type specimens were collected in April (4.iv.1992), June (29.vi.1936) and August (17.viii.1991) at elevations of 1000–1300 m in the Godavari village and Mt. Phulchouki near Kathmandu. Probably bivoltine, with adults occuring in hillside forest. The species is reported here from China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 24. Lophomilia spp., adults. 17. L. kogii, male, Russia, Primorye terr. Khasansky distr., Andreevka (FNM); 18. L. albicosta, male, China, Tapai-Shan (ZFMK); 19. L. albistria, male, Nepal, Kathmandu, Pulchouki Mt. (ZSM); 20. L. albistria, female, Nepal, Pulchouki Mt. (ZSM); 21. L. kobesi, male, holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra (ZSM); 22. L. kobesi, female, paratype, Indonesia, Sumatra (ZSM); 23. L. violescens, holotype, male, Nepal, Godavari (after Yoshimoto, 1993); 24. Hepatica anceps, syntype, Russia, “ Sutschan ” (MNHU).

FIGURES 33 – 39. Lophomilia spp. and Hepatica anceps, adults and male genitalia. 33. L. striatipurpurea, imago (after Holloway 1976); 34. L. striatipurpurea, male genitalia (after Holloway 1976); 35. L. albicosta, China, Tapaishan, prep. 2093 VK ZFMK; 36. L. kobesi, holotype, prep. 6540 GB, Indonesia, Sumatra (ZSM); 37. L. violescens, holotype, Nepal (after Yoshimoto 1993); 38. L. albistria, prep. 6526 GB, Nepal, Kathmandu, Pulchouki Mt. (ZSM); 39. Hepatica anceps, Russia, Primorye terr. prep. AM ZISP.

FIGURES 50 – 57. Lophomilia spp., distribution maps. 50. L. flaviplaga; 51. L. takao; 52. L. polybapta; 53. L. nekrasovi; 54. L. rustica; 55. L. hoenei; 56. L. kogii; 57. L. albicosta.