Stigmatophora Staudinger, 1881

Volynkin, Anton V., Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Kishida, Yasunori, 2018, On the taxonomy of the genera Planovalvata Dubatolov & Kishida, Stigmatophora Staudinger and Pseudomiltochrista Dubatolov & Bucsek, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4394 (1), pp. 128-136 : 131

Subgenus Stigmatophora Staudinger, 1881

Stigmatophora Staudinger, 1881 , Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 42: 399. Type speCies: Setina micans Bremer & Grey, 1853 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Small or medium-sized moths with different wing coloration and pattern. Male antennae are fasciculate, female antennae are filiform. In the male genitalia ( Figs. 11–12 ), like in other Endrosina Börner, 1920 genera, the valve with well developed thorn-like harpe medio-subbasally; the costa is weakly sclerotized, without medial and distal processes; the sacculus with a well developed distal process; the vesica consists of one dorsal subbasal membranous diverticulum and large sack-like distal section with fields of spine- or tooth-like scobination and/or clusters of numerous small but robust cornuti. The female genitalia ( Figs. 14–15 ) are characterized by the very long, well sclerotized and dorso-ventrally flattened ductus bursae, the small, elliptical corpus bursae with a strong spine-like scobination, and the very long and narrow appendix bursae directed posteriorly. Genital differences from Pseudomiltochrista are described in the diagnosis of the latter.

Figures

FIGURES 9–11. Lithosiini spp.: male genitalia. 9, Planovalvata confusa, holotype, China, Guangdong, slide AV2451m Volynkin; 10, P. confusa, paratype, N Vietnam, slide MWM 31389 Volynkin; 11, Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora) roseivena, Myanmar, slide MWM 31392 Volynkin.

FIGURES 12–13. Stigmatophora spp.: male genitalia. 12, Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora) micans, the type speCies of Stigmatophora, Russian Far East, Khabarovsk terr., slide AV3079 Volynkin; 13, Stigmatophora (Pseudomiltochrista) zolotuhini, NE India, Assam, slide MWM 31393 Volynkin.

FIGURES 14–16. Stigmatophora spp.: female genitalia. 14, Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora) roseivena, N Vietnam, slide MWM 31391 Volynkin; 15, S. (S.) micans, the type speCies of Stigmatophora, Russian Far East, Khabarovsk terr., slide AV3080 Volynkin; 16, S. (P.) zolotuhini, NE India, Assam, slide MWM 31394 Volynkin.