Disepholcia caerulea Butler, 1889

Behounek, Gottfried, Han, Hui-Lin & Kononenko, Vladimir, 2011, A revision of the genus Trisuloides Butler, 1881 with descriptions of three new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution I, Zootaxa 3069, pp. 1-25 : 23-24

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.278996

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6185764

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Disepholcia caerulea Butler, 1889
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Disepholcia caerulea Butler, 1889

Trisuloides caerulea Butler, 1889 , Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 5, 35, pl. 128, fig. 3, (TL: India, Himachal Pradesh, Dharmsala [ST: BMNH, London) = coerulea auct, nec, Butler, 1889; = caerula auct., nec, Butler, 1889.

Material eamined. 28 specimens from Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and China (collections AB, AP, GB, ZFMK, ZSM, NEFU).

Diagnosis. ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 39 – 44 ). Disepholcia caerulea has a similar ground plan of forewing coloration and pattern as Trisuloides ; externally it differs from Trisuloides by its larger size (wingspan 70–75 mm) and by having blackbrown with blue metallic hindwings, without yellow medial part and terminal band as in Trisuloides . The male genitalia of D. caerulea ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 39 – 44 ) is generally similar to Trisuloides , but differs by shape of editum, which is more strongly sclerotised than in Trisuloides , seen as a long, finger-like extension and by the shape of harpe which is strongly sclerotised, finger-like, positioned transversally and slightly arched basally. The aedeagus of D. caerulea is long, relatively thin, with sclerotised carina; vesica simple, tubular. The female genitalia of D. caerulea ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 67 – 71 ) differ by the presence of extremely large, strongly sclerotised antrum which is almost equal to corpus bursae in length, very short ductus bursae and presence of a postvaginal plate with two lateral extensions and small central bifurcate extension.

Distribution and biology. The genus occurs in North India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, South and South-East China, including Taiwan Island.

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pantheidae

Genus

Disepholcia

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