Tolpia conscitulana Walker, 1863

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 23-24

Tolpia conscitulana Walker, 1863

( Plate 3 , figs 1–3; male genit. plate 13, figure 5, female genit. plate 22, figs 3, 4)

Tolpia conscitulana Walker, 1863 . List of the Specimens of Lepidoptera Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 28: 450, by monotypy.

Type locality: [ Indonesia], Borneo, Sarawak. Coll. BMNH.

Material examined.

Holotype: female, [ Malaysia], Borneo, Sarawak, genit. prep. 122-1955 Tams, ex. coll. Saunders. Coll. BMNH.

Further material found: 1 male, 2 females, [ Malaysia, Sarawak], Borneo, Mont Kina Balu , 5.viii.1903, leg John Waterstradt, genit. preps 3088 (male), 3089 (female), and 3893 (wing prep.) M. Fibiger, Ex. Oberthür Coll, Brit. Mus. 1927-3. Coll. BMNH and MF .

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 14–15 mm.

Transverse lines: brown, suffused with black scales; basal, antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal lines well marked, with a black spot by costa: terminal line marked by black elongated dots.

Reniform: elongated, black.

Hindwing: brown, relatively small.

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Abdomen: brown; 9 th and 10 th segments of female with yellow scales.

Male genitalia.

Saccus: relatively long, pointed.

Vinculum: short.

Tegumen: extremely long.

Fultura superior: fused with tegumen by a triangular process on left side.

Tergite and sternite: indistinct.

Costa: basal process on costa finger-like, blunt apically.

Sacculus: asymmetrical; apical process and a small medial elevation, larger on right sacculus.

Ampulla: asymmetrical; club like, smoothly rounded apically; left ampulla with a small basal hump.

Pollex : small, apically rounded, with long hair-like setae.

Digitus: asymmetrical; long, narrow, bent, pointed apically; right digitus larger.

Phallus: extremely long, broadest by ductus ejaculatorius, abruptly coiled clock-wise at 2/3, slightly tapering towards apex; slightly bent subapically; coecum very long, apically rounded.

Female genitalia (plate 22, fig. 3 shows female genitalia laterally from left side).

Ovipositor: quadrangular.

Anterior apophyses: length equal to that of posterior apophyses.

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised, position of ostium at 2/3 from anterior edge of segment.

6 th segment: posterior part of segment heavily sclerotised, fused with 7 th segment; other part of 6 th segment less heavily sclerotised – similar to rest of abdomen.

Antrum: relatively long and large, tapered subapically, coiling, heavily sclerotised, 4 X longer that wide. Ductus bursae: membranous, 2 X as long as corpus bursae.

Appendix bursae: arises at posterior end of ductus bursae.

Corpus bursae: globular.

Differential diagnosis.

The male genitalia resemble those of T. kampungi , T. orientis , and T. alexmadseni , but differ from them by having a pointed saccus, a blunt costal process, asymmetrical ampullae and digiti, a rounded coecum, and phallus subapically more bent. The female genitalia have a large, straight antrum that is parallel-sided to 4/5 of its length.

Figures

PLATE 3. Figures 1–8. Tolpia species, adults. 1-3, T. conscitulana Walker, 1963, male, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, female, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, and holotype female, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak; 4, T. crispus, male holotype, Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah; 5, T. sarawakia, male holotype, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak; 6, T. parasarawakia, male holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra W, Lake Maninjau; 7, 8, T. peniculus, male holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra N, Sipirok, and female paratype, Indonesia, Sumatra W, Danau Marsabut, Mt. Tampu Inanjing.