Araeopteron makikoae, Fibiger, Michael & Kononenko, Vladimir, 2008

Fibiger, Michael & Kononenko, Vladimir, 2008, A revision of the subfamily Araeopteroninae Fibiger, 2005 in the Russian Far East and neighbouring countries with a description of four new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Zootaxa 1891, pp. 39-54 : 49-50

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.184345
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230632
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BFB002-DB11-FFFF-FF3E-B9A2614E0FFF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Araeopteron makikoae
status	sp. nov.

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Araeopteron makikoae sp. n.

( Figs. 7, 8 View FIGURES 1 – 12 , 16 View FIGURES 13 – 19 , 24 View FIGURES 20 – 29 , 29)

Material examined. Holotype. Male, RUSSIA, Primorye terr., Gornotaezhnoe, 17.vii.1994 (V. Kononenko), coll. M. Fibiger (to be deposited in ZMUC). Paratypes. 4 males, 1 female: 1 male, same data as holotype, genit. prep. 5856 M. Fibiger; 1 male, Russia, Primorye terr., Kraunovka river, 5.vii.1993 (K.T. Park, C.K. Lee), genit. prep. 5866 M. Fibiger; 2 males, 1 female, same locality, 30.viii–3.ix.1998 (V. Kononenko), male genit. preps 5750, 5751, female 5753 M. Fibiger. Colls IBSS, CIS, M. Fibiger.

Diagnosis. A. makikoae is distinguishable from other East Asiatic Araeopteron species by the well marked and patterned, dark grey ground colour; the smoothly rounded dorsal part of valva; the almost equally wide and curving sacculus; lack of an ampulla; the spined, broad patch on the vesica; and the shape of the signum.

Description. Adult ( Figs. 7, 8 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ). Wingspan 10–12 mm. Antennae of both sexes without lamellae, with scales. Labial palps strongly upturned, 3rd segment 2.5 times as long as 2nd. Head small, eyes large. Head, patagia, thorax, and ground colour of forewing and hindwing dark grey, forewing suffused with white scales at costal area; both wings with discal spots. All crosslines present, well marked; terminal line on both wings prominently indicated by black interveinal spots. Underside unicolorously grey, without pattern. Colour of abdomen basally and apically grey, medially dark grey. Male genitalia ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 13 – 19 ). Uncus relatively short, stout, slightly curved; membranous part of valva broadest 2/3 from base, there smoothly rounded; sacculus curved ventrally, almost equally broad throughout, rounded apically; clasper fused to sacculus, ampulla lacking. Aedeagus relatively short and broad; vesica with a spined, broad, sclerotised patch with many small, thin cornuti. Female genitalia ( Figs. 24, 29 View FIGURES 20 – 29 ). Antrum triangular, laterally with long posterior extensions; ductus bursae relatively short and narrow, membranous; posterior part of corpus bursae cylindric, anterior part ovoid, with broad shuttlecock-shaped signum, having broad convexity with small opposite directed spines.

Distribution. Russian Far East, southern Primorye terr. (Fig. 37).

Etymology. Named for and dedicated to Makiko Kononenko, daughter in law of the second author.