Lophoptera huma ( Swinhoe, 1903 )

Qi, Feng, Wang, Ke, Xue, Dayong & Yang, Ding, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Stictopterinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae) in China, Zootaxa 2926, pp. 1-45 : 23

Lophoptera huma ( Swinhoe, 1903)

Figs. 86, 87 , 124 , 150

Stictoptera huma Swinhoe, 1903 , Fascic. Malay. Zool., 1: 75. Holotype: female, [ Malaysia]: Malaya, Jalor Biserat (BMNH). Lophoptera huma: Hampson, 1912 , Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 184, pl. 178: 26.

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from other congeners by the small size, with the forewing length less than 10 mm, and presence of two black patches on the costal margin of the forewing. In the male genitalia, the costa has a small digitiform process, the base of the sacculus bears an oval bulge, with a process on the apex.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 1 female, Jianfengling, 30.VI.1983, coll. Gu Maobin ( IZCAS). Guangxi: 1 female, Nanning, 110 m, 21.IV.1984, coll. Wang Jizhen; 1 male, Napo, Nonghua, 950 m, 13.IV.1998, coll. Wu Chunsheng; 1 male, Jinxiu, Shengtangshan, 900 m, 17.V.1999, coll. Li Wenzhu ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Hainan, Guangxi), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. The species is recorded for China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 64 – 103. Adults. 64 – 71. Lophoptera illucida. 64, female, upperside; 65, female, underside; 66, female, upperside; 67, female, underside; 68, male, upperside; 69, male, underside; 70, male, upperside; 71, male, underside. 72 – 73. Lophoptera longipennis. 72, female, upperside; 73, female, underside. 74 – 75. Lophoptera tenuis. 74, female, upperside; 75, female, underside. 76 – 77. Lophoptera acutiprocessa. sp. nov., paratype. 76, female, upperside; 77, female, underside. 78 – 79. Lophoptera phaeobasis. 78, female, upperside; 79, female, underside. 80 – 81. Lophoptera negretinoides. 80, male, upperside; 81, male, underside. 82 – 83. Lophoptera negretina. 82, female, upperside; 83, female, underside. 84 – 85. Lophoptera solealis. sp. nov., holotype. 84, male, upperside; 85, male, underside. 86 – 87. Lophoptera huma. 86, male, upperside; 87, male, underside. 88 – 89. Lophoptera squammigera. 88, female, upperside; 89, female, underside. 90 – 91. Lophoptera squammilinea. 90, male, upperside; 91, male, underside. 92 – 93. Lophoptera purpurfera. sp. nov., holotype. 92, male, upperside; 93, male, underside. 94 – 95. Lophoptera trigonoprocessa. sp. nov., paratype. 94, female, upperside; 95, female, underside. 96 – 97. Lophoptera obliquilinea. 96, female, upperside; 97, female, underside. 98 – 99. Lophoptera hypenistis. 98, female, upperside; 99, female, underside. 100 – 101. Lophoptera partitistis. 100, female, upperside; 101, female, underside. 102 – 103. Diascoides ferruginea. 102, female, upperside; 103, female, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 119 – 124. Male genitalia. 119. Lophoptera longipennis. 120. Lophoptera tenuis. 121. Lophoptera acutiprocessa sp. nov. 122. Lophoptera negretinoides. 123. Lophoptera solealis sp. nov. 124. Lophoptera huma. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 131 – 156. Aedeagus. 131. Stictoptera trajiciens. 132. Stictoptera repleta. 133. Stictoptera cucullioides. 134. Stictoptera macromma. 135. Stictoptera grisea. 136. Stictoptera semialba. 137. Aegilia describens. 138. Odontodes aleuca. 139. Lophoptera anthyalus. 140. Lophoptera hamata sp. nov. 141. Lophoptera coangulata. 142. Lophoptera stipata. 143. Lophoptera nama. 144. Lophoptera brunnama. 145. Lophoptera illucida. 146. Lophoptera longipennis. 147. Lophoptera acutiprocessa sp. nov. 148. Lophoptera negretinoides. 149. Lophoptera solealis sp. nov. 150. Lophoptera huma. 151. Lophoptera squammigera. 152. Lophoptera squammilinea. 153. Lophoptera purpurfera sp. nov. 154. Lophoptera trigonoprocessa sp. nov. 155. Lophoptera obliquilinea. 156. Lophoptera hypenistis. Scale bars = 1 mm.