Lophoptera nama ( Swinhoe, 1900 )

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 : 18

Lophoptera nama ( Swinhoe, 1900)

Figs. 56, 57 , 116 , 143 , 169

Gyrtona nama Swinhoe, 1900 , Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7) 7:492. Syntypes: 1 male 1 female, [ India]: [Meghalaya], Jaintia Hills (BMNH).

Lophoptera acrogramma Turner, 1932 , Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. South Aust., 56: 177. Lophoptera nama: Holloway, 1985 , Malay. Nat. J., 38: 267.

Diagnosis. This and the next species ( L. brunnama Holloway, 1985 ) have a greyish-white angular patch at the apex of the forewing, which is bigger and tinged with yellow in L. nama ; the ground color of the forewing of L. nama is lighter than in L. brunnama . In the male genitalia, the apex of the valva bears a small process, but that of L. brunnama is round.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 1 female, Jianfengling, 4.V.1983, coll. Gu Maobin ( IZCAS). Guangxi: 1 male, Jinxiu, Luoxiang, 200 m, 15.V.1999, coll. Han Hongxiang; 1 female, Shangsi, Hongqi Linchang, 300 m, 28.V.1999, coll. Zhang Yanzhou ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Taiwan, Hainan, Guangxi, Tibet), India, Bhutan, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia.

Remarks. Holloway (1985) stated that this species was transferred to Lophoptera by Sugi in Inoue et al. (1982), but it does not appear in that work. So far as we know, the species nama was firstly transfered to Lophoptera by Holloway (1985).

Figures

FIGURES 34 – 63. Adults. 34 – 37. Aegilia describens. 34, female, upperside; 35, female, underside; 36, female, upperside; 37, female, underside. 38 – 39. Gyrtona semicarbonalis. 38, female, upperside; 39, female, underside. 40 – 41. Gyrtona ochreographa. 40, female, upperside; 41, female, underside. 42 – 45. Odontodes aleuca. 42, female, upperside; 43, female, underside; 44, male upperside; 45, male, underside. 46 – 47. Lophoptera anthyalus. 46, female, upperside; 47, female, underside. 48 – 51. Lophoptera hamata. sp. nov., paratype. 48, male, upperside; 49, male, underside; 50, female, upperside; 51, female, underside. 52 – 53. Lophoptera coangulata. 52, male, upperside; 53, male, underside. 54 – 55. Lophoptera stipata. 54, female, upperside; 55, female, underside. 56 – 57. Lophoptera nama. 56, male, upperside; 57, male, underside. 58 – 59. Lophoptera brunnama. 58, male, upperside; 59, male, underside. 60 – 63. Lophoptera illucida. 60, female, upperside; 61, female, underside; 62, female, upperside; 63, female, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 112 – 118. Male genitalia. 112. Lophoptera anthyalus. 113. Lophoptera hamata sp. nov. 114. Lophoptera coangulata. 115. Lophoptera stipata. 116. Lophoptera. nama. 117. Lophoptera brunnama. 118. Lophoptera illucida. 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.

FIGURES 164 – 170. Female genitalia. 164. Odontodes aleuca. 165. Lophoptera anthyalus. 166. Lophoptera hamata sp. nov. 167. Lophoptera coangulata. 168. Lophoptera stipata. 169. Lophoptera nama. 170. Lophoptera brunnama. Scale bars = 1 mm.