Dicerogastra jensergabori, Ronkay & Gyulai & Ronkay, 2017

Ronkay, László, Gyulai, Péter & Ronkay, Gábor, 2017, The Survey Of The Himalayan-Sino-Tibetan Species Of The Genus Dicerogastra Fletcher, 1961 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Hadeninae), With The Description Of Two New Species From China, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 63 (1), pp. 17-28 : 26-28

Dicerogastra jensergabori sP. n.

( Figs 11, 12 , 29 )

HolotyPe, female, China, WSichuan, Kangdingcity , 3000–3500 m, 23–27.VII.2007, leg. nativecollector, slideNo. GYP4361 f (coll. PGY).

Diagnosis – WingsPan 33 mm, lengthofforewing 17 mm. Female. Pu- bescenceofheadandbodyandgroundcolourofmedianandterminalar- easofforewingdeePbrownwhereascostalmargin, basalandsubterminal fieldsochreous- brownwithweekreddish-brownsuffusion. Antemedialand Postmedialcrosslinesdarkbrown, finebutwelldiscernible, Postmedialline stronglyserrate; subterminallinePaleochreous, sinuous, followedbymoreor lesscontinuousdarkshadeatinnerside. Orbicularstigmatiny, blackoutlined, reniformstigmaregularlyshaPed, bothstigmatabrown, latteronemoreorless stronglywhitishencircledandfilled; claviformstigmablackish. Hindwings almostuniformlycuPreousbrownwithfinediscalsPot. Maleunknown.

Dicerogastrajensergabori differseXternallyfromitsrathersimilarconge- ners, D. ferrisparsa ( Figs 1–2 ) and D. euxoides ( Figs 7–10 ), by its weakly dark brownsuffusedlightochreous- browncolouredbasalandsubterminalfields, moredistinctlymarked (butnotwhitishdefined) andsomewhatdifferently shaPedantemedialandPostmediallines. ThesubterminallineisPalerand moresinuous, andthehindwingisgenerallydarkerthanin D. ferrisparsa . The seParation from D. costigerodes ( Figs 3–6 ) is much easier, due to its smaller size (33 mmand 37–39 mm, resPectively), shorterforewingaPeX, darkerandless ProminentcostalstriPe, deePbrownsuffusioninbasalandmarginalfields, and theratherunicolorousbrownhindwingswithwell- visibledarkcellularsPot.

Thefemalegenitaliaof D. jensergabori ( Fig. 29 ) canbedistinguishedfrom thoseofitsclosestrelative, D. euxoides , bytheconsPicuous, stronglysclerotis-

jensergabori sP. n., holotyPe, GYP4361 f

edsurfaceofthedistalPartofaPPendiXbursae, thisfeatureisuniquewithin theeasternAsiaticmembersofthegenus ( seeFigs 25–29 ).

Bionomicsanddistribution – Sino- Tibetan. ThenewsPeciesisknown fromthetyPelocality ( China, Sichuan) only, byasinglefemale; accordingly nosymPatricoccurrencewith D. euxoides isknown.

Etymology – ThenewsPeciesisdedicatedtothelateDrGáborJenser, famouseXPert

ofThysanoPtera.

Figures

Figs 9–14. Adults of Dicerogastra and Feliniopsis sPecies. 9–10 = D. euxoides sP. n., 9 = Para- tyPe, female (GYP), 10 = labels of the ParatyPe; 11–12 = D. jensergabori sP. n., 11 = holotyPe, female (GYP); 12 = labels of the holotyPe; 13–14 = Feliniopsis albiflexura (Walker, 1857), 13 =

Figs 25–29. Female genitalia of Dicerogastra sPecies. 25 = Dicerogastra ferrisparsa (HamPson, 1894), GYP4354f; 26 = D. costigerodes (Poole, 1989), lectotyPe, BM Noct. 15514f; 27 = D. euxoides sP. n., ParatyPe, GYP1894f; 28 = D. euxoides sP. n., ParatyPe, GYP4391f; 29 = D.

Figs 1–8. Adults of Dicerogastra sPecies. 1–2 = Dicerogastra ferrisparsa (HamPson, 1894), 1 = lectotyPe, male (BMNH), 2 = labels of the lectotyPe; 3–4 = D. costigerodes (Poole, 1989), 3 = ParalectotyPe, male (BMNH), 4 = labels of the ParalectotyPe; 5–6 = D. costigerodes (Poole, 1989), 5 = lectotyPe, female (BMNH), 6 = labels of the lectotyPe; 7–8 = D. euxoides sP. n., 7 =