Lophomilia nekrasovi Kononenko & Behounek

Kononenko, Vladimir & Behounek, Gottfried, 2009, A revision of the genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 with description of four new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae), Zootaxa 1989, pp. 1-22 : 10-11

Lophomilia nekrasovi Kononenko & Behounek sp. n.

( Figs. 9, 10 , 29 , 44 )

Kononenko 2005: 63 ( Lophomilia sp. undescr.); Kononenko & Han 2007: 37, pl. 13: 4, pl. 186: 1, male and female genitalia ( Lophomilia sp.).

Type material. Holotype. RUSSIA: male, South Primorye [Primorye terr., Khasansky reg.], Slavyanka, 13–25.vii.1995 (A. Danchenko leg.) / ex. coll. A.V. Nekrasov; Coll. ZISP. Paratypes. 1 male, with same labels, Coll. ZISP. 1 male with same label, coll. IBSS; 1 male, 1 female, Primorye territory, Khasansky region, Sukhanovsky pass, 20 km S Slavyanka (7 km S Ryazanovka) 20–24.viii.2002 (D. Nilssen, K. Larsen leg.), coll. D. Nillsen; 3 male, 2 female, Primorye territory, Khasansky region, Sukhanovsky pass, 20 km S Slavyanka (7 km S Ryazanovka) 20–24.viii.2002 (V. Kononenko leg.), genit. prep. 842 male IBSS, coll. IBSS; 1 female, Russia, Primorye terr., Khasansky reg., near Lebedinoe vill., 28.vii–1.viii.1978 (V. Kononenko leg.), coll. IBSS; CHINA: 1 female, “Tapaishan im Tsiling Sued Shansi Ca. 1700 m ”. 14.vi.1936 (H. Höne leg.), prep. 2032 female ZFMK, coll. ZFMK; 1 male, Prov. Liaoning, Dai Lion, Zhuanh He, 23.vii.2007 (Zh.G.Li leg.), coll. NEFU; NORTH KOREA, So Jong sun, 40 km W Pyongyang, 18–19.vi. VI 1985 (E. Palik leg.), coll. ZFMK. SOUTH KOREA: 1 male, Coll. J.C. Sohn. The holotype and some of the paratypes are in the Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia ( ZISP). Other paratypes are in the Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences of Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences ( IBSS), Vladivostok, Russia, Zoological Institute and Museum Alexander Koenig ( ZFMK) Bonn, Germany, Northeast Forestry University ( NEFU), Harbin, China and private collections of D. Nilssen ( Denmark) and J.C. Sohn (Republic Korea).

Diagnosis. The new species belongs to the L. polybapta species group. The adult can be distinguished from other species in the group by the bright purplish red-brown ground color of forewing and characteristic wing pattern with white, distinct antemedian line in dorsal part, distinct white postmedian line, and bright orange-reddish patch between antemedian and postmedian line in dorsal part of wing. Male genitalia differ by long clasper-harpe complex, which is equal in length to costa. In female genitalia, the species differs by having a wide, funnel-shaped antrum.

Description. Adult ( Figs. 9, 10 ). Wingspan 28–32 mm. Ground color of forewing bright purplish reddishbrown with some magenta tint from base to postmedian line and darker magenta-brown with bluish-grey suffusion in subterminal and terminal fields. Basal line not expressed. Antemedial line thin, whitish, distinct in dorsal part of wing, weakly traceable and widely diffused in costal part, acutely angled towards base; postmedial line arises on dorsum as a narrow, white, oblique slightly diffused bar, narrowing to thin line beyond Cu1 and extending wavely almost to R and angled basally at costa, where it is bordered inside by dark magenta-brown suffusion; orbicular spot not expressed, reniform reduced to small dot; distinct reddish-orange patch lies in medial field at dorsal margin between antemedian and white bar of postmedian line; subterminal field magenta-brown, darker and more greyish in outer part, with pale bluish-grey suffusion in costal part; subterminal line whitish, diffused, indistinct; terminal field magenta-brown, darker in outer and costal parts, with two diffused dark magenta-brown streaks, one of them reaching the subterminal field. Hindwing greyishbrown, with weakly traceable diffused medial and subtermilal bands. Male genitalia ( Fig. 29 ). Uncus relatively thin, curved apically; tegumen higher then vinculum; juxta three-lobed; valva moderately long, slightly constricted medially; transtilla not expressed; costa well developed, in apical part separated from membranous valva; clasper and harpe lie in longitudinal position, along costa, clasper with elongate sclerotized basal plate, harpe long, thin, finger-like; sacculus small, with moderately flattened, stick-like extension which is rounded at apex, slightly longer than half of the valva; apical part of valva membranous, rounded, lobe-like; aedeagus relatively thin, long, vesica large, bulbous, finely scobinated with three wide diverticula, without cornuti. Female genitalia ( Fig. 44 ). Ovipositor short, rather wide, papillae anales moderate, quadrangular; apophyses small, thin, almost equally long; antrum very large and wide, funnel-like; ductus bursae short, flattened, sclerotized, in the region where antrum and corpus bursae are joining membranous; corpus bursae rounded, rather wide, with small cervix in caudal part, without signum.

Distribution and biology. ( Fig. 53 ). South of Russian Far East, Korea, North China. In the Far East L. nekrasovi occurs in extreme southern Primorye Territory in woody hillsides in humid deciduous forest with Quercus mongolica and Q. dentata , and in open lowlands with scattered Quercus dentata . Adults fly from mid July to mid August. The larva and foodplants are unknown.

Etymology. The species is dedicated to the late Andrei Vladimirovich Nekrasov.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Lophomilia spp., adults. 9. L. nekrasovi, male, holotype, Russia, Primorye terr., Khasansky distr., Slayanka (ZISP); 10. L. nekrasovi, female, paratype, Russia, Primorye terr., Khasansky distr., Sukhanovsky pass near Ryazanovka (IBSS); 11. L. rustica, male, holotype, China, Tapaishan (ZFMK); 12. L. rustica, female, paratype, same locality (ZFMK). 13. L. hoenei, male, holotype, China, Noth Yunnan, A-tun-tse (ZFMK); 14. L. hoenei, female, same locality, grey form (ZFMK); 15. L. hoenei, female, same locality, contrast form (ZFMK); 16. L. kogii, male, Russia, Primorye terr. Khasansky distr., Andreevka (FNM).

FIGURES 29 – 32. Lophomilia spp., male genitalia. 29. L. nekrasovi, paratype, prep. 842 IBSS Russia, Primorye terr.; 30. L. rustica, paratype, China, Tapaishan, prep. 2086 VK ZFMK; 31. L. hoenei, China, Likiang, prep. 2101 VK ZFMK; 32. L. kogii, Russia, AM ZISP.

FIGURES 40 – 49. Lophomilia spp. and Hepatica anceps, female genitalia. 40. L. flaviplaga, South Korea, prep. 250 - 2 d HL CIS; 41. L. takao, China, Yunnan, prep. VK NEFU; 42. L. diehli; paratype, prep. 6538 GB, Indonesia, Sumatra; 43. L. polybapta, China, China, Yunnan, prep. VK NEFU; 44. L. nekrasovi sp. n. China, Tapaishan, prep. 2032 VK ZFMK; 45. L. rustica, China, Tapaishan, prep. 2087 VK ZFMK; 46. L. hoenei, China, Yunnan, prep. 2102 VK ZFMK; 47. L. kogii, South Korea, prep. 231 - 2 c HL CIS; 48. L. albistria, prep. 6526 GB, Nepal, Kathmandu, Pulchouki Mt.; 49. H. anceps, South Korea, prep. 255 - 2 HL CIS.

FIGURES 50 – 57. Lophomilia spp., distribution maps. 50. L. flaviplaga; 51. L. takao; 52. L. polybapta; 53. L. nekrasovi; 54. L. rustica; 55. L. hoenei; 56. L. kogii; 57. L. albicosta.