Stenoloba basiviridis Draudt, 1950

Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2009, A review of the genus Stenoloba Staudinger, 1892 from China, with description of 6 new species and 7 new records for China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Bryophilinae), Zootaxa 2268 (1), pp. 1-22 : 14-15

Stenoloba basiviridis Draudt, 1950

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Stenoloba basiviridis Draudt, 1950 , Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellshaft, 40(1): 132, Pl. 8: 19. Type locality: China, West Tien-mu-Shan , 1600 m. Holotype: female, preserved in ZFMK, Bonn.

Kononenko & Ronkay, 2000, Insecta Koreana 17(3): 168, figs. 27, 70.

Material examined. Holotype Stenoloba basiviridis (ZFMK) ; 1 male, Prov. Fujian, Shanghang, Gonghe , 21.vii.1988 (coll. F. Jiang); 1 male, Prov. Fujian, Taipingqiao, 23.vi.1989 (coll. S.C. Qi); 1 male, Prov. Hunan, Guzhanggaowangjie, 29.vii.1988 (coll. Y.X. Chen).

Diagnosis. Differs externally from related species by broad forewings, brownish ash-grey ground colour with light greenish tint and contrast salad-green basal field. The species has been described from Prov. Shaanxsi (West Tien-mu-Shan) based on a single female ( Draudt 1950). Kononenko & Ronkay (2000) tentatively placed it close to the newly described species S. dominula . The examination of the male genitalia confirms the placement of the species.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 28 ). Similar to S. dominula , but smaller in size. Uncus developed, flattened, relatively long, but shorter that in S. dominula ; tegumen high, narrow, vinculum shorter than in S. dominula ; juxta deltoid. Valva simple, with parallel margins, somewhat narrower than in S. dominula , apically rounded, apex with numerous spine-like setae; sacculus with broad lobe, narrower than in S. dominula . Aedeagus large, wider than in S. dominula ; vesica tubular, curved ventrally, sack-like in central part, with large, semi globular diverticulum bearing strong, thorn-like cornutus. Female genitalia described by Kononenko & Ronkay (2000).

Distribution. Central and South China (Provinces Fujan, Shaanxi and Hainan).

Figures

FIGURES 24–29. Stenoloba spp., male genitalia. 24. S. viridinivea, paratype, genit. prep. HHL-1338-1; 25. S. brunneola, genit. prep. HHL-1220-1; 26. S. viridimicta genit. prep. HHL-1330-1; 27. S. lichenosella, genit. prep. HHL- 1237-1; 28. S. basiviridis, genit. prep. HHL-1247-1; 29. S. benedeki, genit. prep. ZFMK 2021 VK.