Hoploscopa semifascia (Hampson, 1919)
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Hoploscopa semifascia (Hampson, 1919) |
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Hoploscopa semifascia (Hampson, 1919) Figs 24 View Figures 19–33 , 106 View Figures 103–106
Material examined.
Holotype: ♀, with labels: "Holo- | type" [round label, red ringed]; "Fak-Fak | Dutch NewGuinea | Dec’ [19]07 | 1700 f[ee]t | (Pratt)"; “1913-216.”; "Eudorina | semifascia | type ♀ H[a]mps[o]n" [handwritten]; "♀ | Pyralidae | Brit[ish].Mus[eum]. | Slide N°. | 20253"; " NHMUK 010923320" [barcode appended]. Deposited in NHMUK.
Other specimens examined.
2♀; Papua New Guinea: 1♀ (NHMUK010923321, DNA voucher MTD8242, genitalia on slide TL740 ♀), Southern Highlands, Bosavi, 570 m, 6.i.1986, leg. D. Agassiz (NHMUK); 1 ♀ (DNA voucher MTD LEP3158, genitalia on slide TL438 ♀), Morobe Province, Wau, Wau Ecology Institute, 24-26.viii.1983, 1360 m, leg. S. E. & P. M. Miller (USNM).
Diagnosis.
The forewings of H. semifascia display an antemedian dark brown fascia edged with pale yellow and a marked postmedian pale yellow patch. Median markings are completely lacking. In female genitalia, the thorn is long, thin, curved in distal half, with a small, well-marked sclerotisation at its base. Male unknown.
Similar species.
No similar species known.
Description.
Head. Antennae dorsally striped with bronze and brown scales. Proboscis pale yellow. Maxillary palpi brown, base and inner side pale yellow. Labial palpi brown, base pale yellow, inner side pale yellow to pale brown.
Thorax (Fig. 24 View Figures 19–33 ). Collar white. Forewing length: 7 mm; forewing ground colour brown; antemedian broad transversal dark brown fascia, basal edge pale yellow, incurved inwardly on costal half, distal edge oblique, pale yellow; postmedian elongated pale yellow patch with dark brown edges; fringes brown, with pale yellow spots. Hindwing pale brown. Forelegs brown. Midlegs brown; tarsi pale brown. Hindlegs with femur brown; tibia pale yellow, speckled with brown; tarsi pale brown.
Male genitalia. Not known.
Female genitalia (N = 3) (Fig. 106 View Figures 103–106 ). Anterior apophyses widened at posterior 1/3, with dorsal tip. Antrum sclerotisation short, as long as broad. Ductus bursae of medium length, slightly curved twice. Corpus bursae reticulated, with small rounded sclerotisation at thorn base. Thorn long and slender, curved, glabrous, basally with small outwardly projected extension.
Distribution.
Recorded from Fak-Fak (Papua, Indonesia), also known from the Southern Highlands and the Morobe Province (Papua New Guinea) at altitudes between 550 m and 1,400 m.
DNA barcoding.
The K2P-distance between specimens MTD LEP3158 from the Morobe Province and MTD8242 from the Southern Highlands (Papua New Guinea) is 0.5%.
Remarks.
Nuss (1998) transferred this species from Eudorina to Hoploscopa . Other specimens examined from Papua New Guinea display the same pattern and identical genitalia as the holotype from Western New Guinea.
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