Hoploscopa titika Leger & Nuss, 2020

Leger, Theo, Kehlmaier, Christian, Vairappan, Charles S. & Nuss, Matthias, 2020, Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding, ZooKeys 907, pp. 1-99 : 1

Hoploscopa titika Leger & Nuss sp. nov. Figs 15 , 58

Material examined.

Holotype: ♂, with labels: "Sumatra-Holzweg | 25 km SSW-Pematangsiantar | straße nach Prapat [road to Prapat], L[icht]F[ang] [light trap] | 13.ii.1996, leg. A. Kallies"; "coll[ection]. M. Nuss | Geschenk 2000 | Museum für Tier- | kunde Dresden"; "DNA voucher | Lepidoptera | MTD 2016 | [vertically written:] no. 3206"; "TL505 | ♂". Deposited in MTD.

Diagnosis.

Hoploscopa titika sp. nov. is recognisable by its well-marked white quadrangular median cubital spot on the forewing. In male genitalia, the gnathos projection is reduced to a small ridge, and the dorsal margin of the valva is rounded, broadly sclerotised. Female genitalia not known.

Similar species.

No similar species known.

Description.

Head. Antennae dorsally with pale yellow to bronze scales. Proboscis white. Maxillary palpi brown, inner side white to pale brown. Labial palpi brown, ventro-basally white.

Thorax (Fig. 15 ). Collar white. Forewing length: 9 mm; forewing ground colour brown; basal patch extending from dorsum to subcosta, red, with small basal pale yellow spot; median discoidal stigma triangular, pale yellow, filled with red scales, with white trapezoid cubital patch abutting dorsally; postmedian patch roughly quadrangular, pale yellow, filled with red scales; subterminal line diffuse, white; subterminal field marked with red and pale yellow; fringe missing on specimen. Forelegs lost. Mid- and hindlegs white to pale yellow.

Abdomen. Male sternum A8 posterior margin bilobed, with short, rounded lateral projections.

Male genitalia (N = 1) (Fig. 58 ). Uncus long and slender, gently tapering toward apex, apex tongue-shaped. Gnathos projection limited to small ridge. Valva broad, ventral margin bent dorsad on distal 1/3, dorsal margin conspicuously convex, apex pointed. Juxta with base rounded, medially straight, apex blunt. Saccus small, pointing dorsad. Phallus apically with sclerotised spine.

Female genitalia. not known.

Distribution.

Known from North Sumatra (Indonesia).

Etymology.

The species name titika comes from the Indonesian word “titik” meaning spot or dot, referring to the white median cubital spot of the forewing.

Figures

Figures 4 - 18. Forewing of Hoploscopa species. 4 Hoploscopa albipuncta sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Malaysia, Sabah, Kinabalu Park HQ, Timpohon Gate, 700 m from Liwagu Trail starting point, near Liwagu River, 6 ° 1 ' 40 " N, 116 ° 32 ' 59 " E, 1760 m, 18. vi. 2015 (T. Leger & R. Mally) (genitalia on slide TL 335 ♂) 5 Hoploscopa sepanggi sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Malaysia, Sabah, Mesilau Nature Resort, 6 ° 2 ' 43.71 " N, 116 ° 35 ' 48.03 ' E, 1925 m, at lamps, 30. v. 2015 (T. Leger & R. Mally) 6 Hoploscopa cynodonta sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Malaysia, Sabah, Kinabalu Park HQ, junction Kiau View- and Pandanus Trail, 6 ° 0 ' 32.84 " N, 116 ° 32 ' 14.94 " E, 1690 m, UV light, 07. vi. 2015 (T. Leger & R. Mally) (genitalia on slide TL 327 ♂) 7 Hoploscopa parvimacula sp. nov., paratype, ♀, Sabah, Mesilau Nature Resort, 6 ° 2 ' 43.71 " N, 116 ° 35 ' 48.03 " E, 1925 m, at lamps, 30. v. 2015 (T. Leger & R. Mally) (genitalia on slide TL 312 ♀. 8 Hoploscopa kinabaluensis sp. nov., paratype, ♀, Sabah, Kinabalu Park HQ, Timpohon Gate, 700 m from Liwagu trail starting point, near Liwagu River, 6 ° 1 ' 40 " N, 116 ° 32 ' 59 " E, 1760 m, UV light, 18. vi. 2015 (T. Leger & R. Mally) (genitalia on slide TL 326 ♀) 9 Hoploscopa luteomacula Nuss, paratype, ♀, Indonesia, Sumatra, Barat, N-Padangpanjang, Mt Singgalang, 2100 m, 10 - 11. ii. 1996 (A. Kallies) (genitalia on slide GU prep. Nuss 743) 10 Hoploscopa obliqua Rotschild, abdomen missing, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang village, 05 ° 15 ' S, 145 ° 17 ' E, reared from Diplazium esculentum, 12. vi. 2007 11 Hoploscopa niveofascia sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov., nr. Bulolo, Mt. Susu Nat. Res., 975 m, 27 - 28. viii. 1983, Araucaria For. (S. Miller) (genitalia on slide TL 442 ♂) 12 Hoploscopa gombongi sp. nov., paratype, ♂, Papua New Guinea, Yawan village, 06 ° 10 ' S, 146 ° 5 ' E, NG Binatang Res. Ctr. (B Gewa, J. Kua, S Sau, A. Kinibel) 13 Hoploscopa tonsepi sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Papua New Guinea, Yawan village, 06 ° 10 ' S, 146 ° 5 ' E, NG Binatang Res. Ctr. (J. Valeba, J. Auga, M. Dilu, F. Philip, R. Lilip) (genitalia on slide TL 655 ♂) 14 Hoploscopa marijoweissae sp. nov., ♂, Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province, Mount Kaindi, 2350 m, 11. xii. 1976 (G. F. Hevel & R. E. Dietz) (genitalia on slide TL 437 ♂) 15 Hoploscopa titika sp. nov., holotype, ♂, Sumatra-Holzweg, 25 km SSW-Pematangsiantar, Strasse nach Prapat, 13. ii. 1996 (A. Kallies) (genitalia on slide TL 505 ♂) 16 Hoploscopa pangrangoensis sp. nov., paratype, ♀, Indonesia, Java, Mt. Pangrange, SE Bogor, 6.30 S 107.10 E, 1625 m, primary forest, 16 - 20. ii. 1996 (Siniaev & Afonin) (genitalia on slide TL 627 ♀) 17 Hoploscopa isarogensis sp. nov., paratype, ♀, Philippines, South Luzon, Mt Isarog, 13 ° 40 ' N, 123 ° 20 ' E, 530 m, submontane forest, at light, 22. iii. 2000 (M. Nuss) (genitalia on slide TL 523 ♀) 18 Hoploscopa ypsilon sp. nov., paratype, ♀, Philippines, Luzon, Mountain Province, Chatol, 2100 m, 16 - 18. xi. 1997 (Mey, Ebert & Nuss).

Figures 58 - 63. Male genitalia features of Hoploscopa. 58 Hoploscopa titika sp. nov., holotype, TL 505 ♂ (apical part of juxta attached to phallus) 59 Hoploscopa pangrangoensis sp. nov., paratype, TL 659 ♂ 60 Hoploscopa isarogensis sp. nov., paratype, TL 762 ♂ 61 Hoploscopa ypsilon sp. nov., paratype, TL 624 ♂ 62 Hoploscopa danaoensis sp. nov., holotype, TL 632 ♂ 63 Hoploscopa quadripuncta, holotype, Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° BMNH 20257 ♂.