Hoploscopa ypsilon Leger & Nuss, 2020
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.907.36563 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/06694A15-8524-4AB3-AAC0-2874511AC4F3 |
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Hoploscopa ypsilon Leger & Nuss |
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sp. nov. |
Hoploscopa ypsilon Leger & Nuss sp. nov. Figs 18 View Figures 4–18 , 61 View Figures 58–63 , 98 View Figures 95–98
Material examined.
Holotype: ♂, with labels: "Philippinen, Luzon | M[oun]t[ai]n. Prov[ince]., Barlig | 1650 m, 14-15.XI.97 | leg. Mey, Ebert, Nuß”; "DNA voucher | Lepidoptera | date: ix.2018 | MTD8138 | [vertically written:] DNA-voucher"; "TL699 | ♂". Deposited in MFNB.
Paratypes: 9 ♂, 15 ♀. Philippines: 4 ♂, 10 ♀ (1 with DNA voucher MTD7429 & genitalia on slide TL623 ♀), same data as holotype; 3 ♂ (1 with genitalia on slide TL677 ♂), 5 ♀ (1 with DNA voucher MTD7427 & genitalia on slide TL620 ♀, 1 with DNA voucher MTD7428 & genitalia on slide TL637 ♀), Luzon, Mountain Province, Chatol, 2100 m, 16-18.xi.1997, leg. Mey, Ebert & Nuss; 1 ♂ (DNA voucher 7435 & genitalia on slide TL624 ♂), Luzon, Ifugao, Mount Polis, 2000 m, 13.xi.1997, leg. Mey, Ebert & Nuss; 1 ♂ (DNA voucher MTD8137), Luzon, Santa Fe, Bald Mountain, 1150 m, 11-13.xi.1997, leg. Mey, Ebert & Nuss (MFNB).
Diagnosis.
Hoploscopa ypsilon sp. nov. displays well-marked white coloured markings on the forewing. Median discoidal stigma and cubital patch are Y-shaped, postmedian patch is triangular and subterminal line is conspicuously incurved inwards at CuA2. In male genitalia, the gnathos forms a short, broadly rounded projection.
Similar species.
Hoploscopa danaoensis sp. nov. This species displays pale yellow markings on the forewing, the postmedian area is more or less broadly suffused with pale yellow, with subterminal line only slightly incurved inwards at CuA2. In male genitalia, H. danaoensis sp. nov. has a tongue-shaped projection ca. half the uncus length. Female genitalia are very similar to those of H. danaoensis sp. nov. and cannot be confidently separated.
Description.
Head. Antennae dorsally with brown scales. Proboscis brown, speckled with pale yellow. Maxillary palpi brown, inner side and base pale yellow. Labial palpi brown, ventral base and tip pale yellow.
Thorax (Fig. 18 View Figures 4–18 ). Collar pale yellow. Forewing length: 9-10 mm (♂), 9.5-11 mm (♀); forewing ground colour brown; basal dark brown blotch with oblique white streak abutting at costa; median discoidal stigma V-shaped, white, edged with darker brown, together with white cubital streak forming a Y; postmedian patch triangular, white, invaded with light brown toward costa, edged with darker brown; subterminal line white, conspicuously incurved inwards at CuA2; fringes brown, with pale yellow dots. Hindwing pale brown, darker at apex. Forelegs brown; tarsi brown to pale brown. Midlegs with femur brown; tibia brown, speckled with pale yellow; tarsi pale yellow. Hindlegs with femur brown; tibia brown speckled with pale yellow, distally pale yellow; tarsi pale yellow.
Abdomen. Male sternum A8 posterior margin bilobed.
Male genitalia (N = 3) (Fig. 61 View Figures 58–63 ). Uncus long, slightly narrowed on apical 1/4, apex duck beak-shaped. Gnathos projection short, with broadly rounded apex. Valva ventral margin gently bent dorsad on distal 1/3, dorsal margin conspicuously convex, apex slightly pointed. Juxta with base rounded, medially slightly narrowed, apex incurved. Saccus small, quadrangular.
Female genitalia (N = 3) (Fig. 98 View Figures 95–98 ). Anterior apophyses with dorsal bump at 1/3. Antrum sclerotisation short, ca. as wide as long. Ductus bursae short, bent before corpus opening. Corpus bursae pear-shaped, reticulated, with sclerotisation between thorn and corpus opening and faintly marked sclerotised band medially. Thorn small, straight, with small dents pointing toward thorn apex.
Distribution.
Known from the Ifugao, the Mountain and the Nueva Vizcaya Provinces on Luzon (Philippines), at altitudes between 1,150-2,100 m.
DNA barcoding.
The highest intraspecific divergence is 0.7%. The nearest neighbor is H. danaoensis sp. nov. (2.9-3.1%).
Etymology.
The species name ypsilon , for the Greek letter Y, refers to the shape of the median markings on the forewing.
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