Hoploscopa luteomacula Nuss, 1998
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Hoploscopa luteomacula Nuss, 1998 |
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Hoploscopa luteomacula Nuss, 1998 Figs 9 View Figures 4–18 , 52 View Figures 52–57 , 93 View Figures 91–94
Material examined.
Holotype: ♂, with labels: “Holotypus”; "Sumatra, Barat | N-Padangpanjang | Mt. Singgalang 2100m | 10-11.ii.1996, L[icht]F[ang] [light trap] | leg. A. Kallies"; "HOLOTYPE | Hoploscopa luteomacula | det. Nuss, 1996"; "GU 744 | prep. Nuss 1996"; "Coll. M. Nuss | Geschenk 2000 | Museum für Tier- | kunde Dresden". Deposited in MTD.
Paratype: 2 ♀. Indonesia: 1 ♀ (genitalia on slide GU 743, DNA barcode BC MTD 01419), same data as holotype; 1 ♀ (genitalia in capsule under specimen), Sumatra, Holzweg 2, 25km SSW-Pematangsiantar, Strasse nach Prapat [road to Prapat], 25.x.1989, leg. E. W. Diehl (MTD).
Other material examined.
1 ♂, 1 ♀. Brunei: ♀ (NHMUK010923403, DNA voucher MTD8234 & genitalia on slide TL747 ♀), Ulu Temburong, LP 298, GR 838892, 300m, 26-30.iv.1989 (M. G. Allen & K. R. Tuck). Malaysia: 1 ♂ (DNA voucher MTD LEP3195 & genitalia on slide TL525 ♂), Sabah, Kundasang, road 200m before Kinabalu Mt. Lodge, 6°0'37.38"N, 116°32'0.35"E ", 1535m, UV light, 03.vi.2015, leg. T. Léger & R. Mally (MFNB).
Diagnosis.
Hoploscopa luteomacula displays broad pale yellow patches in the forewing. In male genitalia, the uncus is rectangular with a truncate apex, the gnathos forms a tongue-shaped projection ca. 1/4 of the uncus length, the juxta is medially conspicuously narrowed and displays a duck-shaped apex.
Similar species.
Hoploscopa sepanggi (q.v.).
Description.
Head. Antennae dorsally pale yellow. Proboscis pale yellow. Maxillary palpi brown, base and inner side pale yellow. Labial palpi brown, ventral base and inner side pale yellow.
Thorax (Fig. 9 View Figures 4–18 ). Thorax brown, dorsally pale yellow. Collar pale yellow. Forewing length: 9-11 mm (♂ & ♀); forewing ground colour brown, with markings pale yellow; basal patch large, rhomboid, slightly encroached with brown near dorsum; small basal discoidal spot; median discoidal stigma trapezoid; costal field pale yellow, speckled with brown; median cubital and dorsal patches rhomboid; postmedian patch quadrangular to elliptic, dorsally invaded with brown; postmedian cubital patch rhomboid; subterminal costal patch triangular; subterminal field more or less broadly marked with pale yellow; fringes pale yellow, sometimes with tiny brown dots, apex brown. Hindwing pale yellow to pale brown. Forelegs femur pale yellow; tibia brown, inner side pale yellow; tarsi pale yellow speckled with bronze. Midlegs with femur pale yellow; tibia and tarsi brown. Hindlegs pale yellow.
Male genitalia (N = 1) (Fig. 52 View Figures 52–57 ). Uncus large, rectangular, slightly narrowed at apical 1/4, apex truncate. Gnathos projection tongue-shaped, ca. 1/3 of uncus length. Valva ventral margin nearly straight, dorsal margin convex, apex blunt. Juxta with large rounded base, medially conspicuously narrowed, apex duck beak-shaped. Saccus small, pointing dorsad.
Female genitalia (N = 1) (Fig. 93 View Figures 91–94 ). Anterior apophyses with dorsal bump at posterior 1/3. Antrum sclerotisation reduced to sclerotised ring. Ductus bursae short, nearly straight. Corpus bursae large, pear-shaped, reticulated on posterior half, anterior half membranous, with faint sclerotisation between thorn and corpus opening. Thorn nearly straight, with dents pointing toward thorn apex, basally with small outwardly projected extension.
Distribution.
Known from Sumatra (Indonesia) at altitudes between 1,200 m and 2,100 m.
DNA barcoding.
Specimens MTD8234 and MTD LEP3195 from Borneo show an K2P-distance of 2.5-4.4% with the specimen from Sumatra and are recovered as a distinct MOTU.
Remarks.
Deep barcode divergence between morphologically similar specimens from Borneo and Sumatra might represent phylogeographic variability or distinct species. Additional material from both regions and a broader set of characters is needed to test these hypotheses.
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