Anepholcia talboti Prout, 1924

Behounek, Gottfried & Kononenko, Vladimir, 2011, A revision of the genus Anepholcia Prout, 1924 with description of three new species from South East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Revision of Pantheinae, Contribution IV, Zootaxa 3097, pp. 20-34 : 23-25

Anepholcia talboti Prout, 1924

( Figs. 9–16 , 27, 28, 35, 40)

Anepholcia talboti Prout, 1924 , in Prout & Talbot: Bull Hill Museum, Witley, 1: 402, Pl. 13: 9, (Syntypes [ Indonesia]: 92 males, 3 females, Sumatra, Mt. Korintji; 18 males, 2 females Sumatra, North Korintji valley, [BMNH, London]). References: Roepke 1946a (1948): 216 ( Anepholcia ); Poole 1989: 84 ( Anepholcia ); Speidel & Kononenko 1998: 558 ( Vietnam, misidentification of Anepholcia pygaria ).

Material examined. Type material. Photographs of the holotype and paratype ( BMNH, London). Lectotype (hereby designated): male, 7.22. Slope of Mt. Korintji, S.W. Sumatra, 7300 ft., Aug.–Sept. 1921. C., F., & J. Pratt./ Presented by J.J. Joicey Esq. Brit. Mus. 1931-444/ Anepholcia talboti A.E. Prout male – holotype /211/ Type. Paralectotype: female, 7.22. Slope of Mt. Korintji, S.W. Sumatra, 7300 ft., Aug.–Sept. 1921. C., F., & J. Pratt./ Presented by J.J. Joicey Esq. Brit. Mus. 1931-444/ Anepholcia talboti A.E. Prout female –allotype / Type N.At. Other material: 3 males, INDONESIA, SUMATRA, Upper Sunda Islands, Barisan Mts., Reg. Sumatera Utara, Toba lake, SE Tapanuli, Tele, 1150–1600 m, Diehl E.W. leg., 28.vii.1984 coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4207m; 1 male, same locality and collector, 31.iii.1984, in coll. GB ( ZSM), genitalia slide 7625m; 2 males, Reg. Aceh, Barisan Mts., Kutacane, 1400 m, Ströhle M. ex coll., viii.2003, in coll. GB ( ZSM) genitalia slide 7338m; 1 male, Reg. Sumatera Utara, Kotambé, Diehl E.W. leg., 28.xii.1980, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide /Prp. ZSM N 4213m; 2 males, Padang, Talang, TV-Station, Schintlmeister A. & Widagdo leg., 7–9.xi. 1981 in coll. GB ( ZSM), genitalia slide 7443m, ZSM N 4208m; 2 males, same data and collectors, coll. Kobes ( ZSM) genitalia slides. ZSM N 4170m, ZSM N 4206m; 1 male, same data and collectors, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4209m, (this specimen is figured in HSS, vol. 4, pl. 3:4); 1 male, Dairi-West, Barisan Mts., 850–1200 m, Diehl E.W. leg., 10.iv.1981, in coll. GB ( ZSM), genitalia slide 7444m; 1 female, Sidikalang, Dairi-East, 10–30 km W 800–1820 m, 98°30'O, 2°35'N, Diehl E.W. leg., 7.vii.1980, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4173f; 1 female, Mt. Sibayak, 1900 m, Wagner S. leg., 2.iii. 2002 in coll. ZSM, München, genitalia slide ZSM N 4192f; 1 male, Gunung Talang, 20 km SW Solok, Widagdo leg., iii–iv.1993, coll. ZSM, München, genitalia slide ZSM N 4194m; 1 male, Dairi Mts., Berastagi, 1600 m, Diehl E.W. & Schintlmeister A. leg., 28.vii.1979, in coll. GB ( ZSM), genitalia slide 7391 male; 1 male, same data and collectors, 21.viii.1979, coll. J. Stumpf, Lauda-Koenigstein; 1 male, Kotambé, Diehl E.W. leg., 28.xii.1980, in coll. GB ( ZSM), genitalia slides 7439m, 7624m.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Figs. 9–16 ). Wingspan: male 48–55 mm, female 55–58 mm. A. talboti is exceedingly close to A. pygaria . Externally it differs by following characters. In male antennae of A. talboti the pectination is less expressed than in A. pygaria and continues to the end of antennae; labial palps and pectus blackish, while those are white in A. pygaria ; tibiae less densely clothed than in A. pygaria ; wing colouration less bright than in A. pygaria , forewing with more greenish shining; in forewing pattern orbicular as dark ring, not a dark spot; veins more strongly suffused with greenish-grey scales; white suffusion in distal part of wing behind postmedial line well expressed in A. pygaria reduced or missing in A. talboti ; hindwing with less bright yellow colour; terminal band wider and somewhat darker than in A. pygaria ; a distinct yellow terminal line between dark terminal band and fringe, reaching almost to apex in A. pygaria , missing or very thin in A. talboti ; anal yellow patch much smaller than in A. pygaria . In male genitalia (Figs. 27, 28) uncus shorter and narrower at the apex than in A. pygaria , with dorsal keel; tegumen broad, 2 times shorter than vinculum; juxta rounded, with deep central cut; valva quadrangular, short, somewhat narrower than in A. pygaria ; costa ends in a short bifid process under cucullus; its developing vary; central sclerit of valva triangular, stronger than in A. pygaria and has more distal position; sacculus broader than in A. pygaria , sclerotised ventral margin of valva bearing short finger-like process. Aedeagus elongated, carina with row of fine scobinate cornuti; vesica projecting dorsally; tubular, with one rounded diverticulum armed with numerous fine cornuti and subbasal row of small cornuti. Female genitalia ( Fig. 35 ) much shorter than in A. pygaria , papillae anales broader; antrum tube-like, with sclerotised bifurcated postvaginal plate; ductus bursae heavily sclerotised; corpus bursae short, pyriform.

Distribution (Map 40). Indonesia, Sumatra. Probably several generations annually, as moths have been collected through the year.

Taxonomic note. A. talboti was described from a long series (110 males, 5 females) from Sumatra. The holotype was not designated in the original publication, but was marked in the collection ( Fig. 17 ). This specimen is designated here as lectotype to promote taxonomic stability. In the treatment of this species, we follow the original description and illustrations of male genitalia of A. talboti as presented by A. E. Prout (1924). However, the female genitalia of A. talboti were never described. Because there is another closely related species of Anepholcia in Sumatra, the identity of the females of A. talboti is tentative.

Anepholcia kobesi Behounek & Kononenko , sp. n. (= talboti sensu Kobes 1985 ) ( Figs. 17–20 , 29, 30 , 36 , 41 )

References: Kobes 1985, 20, Pl. 3: 3, 4, male genitalia fig. 15 ( Anepholcia talboti , misidentification).

Material examined. Holotype: INDONESIA, SUMATRA, Upper Sunda Islands, Barisan Mts., Prov. Bandarpulau, Asahan, Aek Tarum, 1150 m, Kobes L.W.R. leg., 3–4.iii.1984, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4166m, HT. Paratypes: 1 male, Dairi-West, 850–1200 m, Diehl E.W. leg., 29.iii.1981, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4199m; 1 male, Gunung Talang, 20 km SW Solok, Widagdo leg., iii–iv.1993, in coll. GB ( ZSM), genitalia slide 7390m; 1 male, Kota Pinang, Barumun Riv., 5–20 m, Diehl E.W. leg., 12.vii.1980 coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4202m; 1 male, Prov. Tapanuli, Toba Lake, SE Tele, 1150–1600 m, Diehl E.W. leg., 5.x.1985, in coll. GB ( ZSM), München, genitalia slide 7441m; 1 male, same locality and collector, 28.vii.1984, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4172m; 1 male, Padang, Talang, TV-Station, iii–iv.1993, Schintlmeister A. & Widagdo leg., in coll. GB ( ZSM), München, genitalia slide: 7440m; 1 male, same data, coll. Kobes, ZSM, genitalia slide ZSM N 4164m; 2 males, locality and collectors, 7–9.xi.1981, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slides, ZSM N 4210m, 4215m; 1 male, Dairi-East, 10–30 km W Sidikalang, 800–1820 m, Diehl E.W. leg., 25.iv.1984, genitalia slide ZSM N 4205m; 1 male, same locality and collector, 8–9.xi.1980 coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4201 male; 1 male, same locality and collector, 6.vii.1980, in coll. GB ( ZSM), München, genitalia slide 7442m; 1 male, locality and collector, 8–9.xi. 1980, coll. Hacker ( ZSM), genitalia slide: ZSM N 4217m; 1male, Prov. Simalungen, Prapat, Holzweg 2, 1050 m, 28 km W Siantar, Diehl E.W. leg., 26. ix. 1992 coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4200m. True female unknown. 1 female, Prov. Tapanuli, Toba Lake, SE Tele, 1150–1600 m, Diehl E.W. leg., 28.vii.1984, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4203f; 1 female, Dairi Mts., 800–1900 m, Diehl E.W. leg., 8. / 9.xi. 1980 coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide: ZSM N 4202f; 1 female, Padang, Talang, TV-Station, Schintlmeister A. & Widagdo leg., 7–9.xi.1981, coll. Kobes ( ZSM), genitalia slide ZSM N 4167f.

Diagnosis. The new species is closely related to A. talboti . Externally it differs by a somewhat more greenishbronze tint of forewing and stronger expressed the terminal band on hindwing, with almost reduced yellow terminal line. In male genitalia it differs from A. talboti by the triangular configuration of the valva (quadrangular in A. talboti and A. pygaria ), triangular shape of uncus, presence of sclerotised dentate flaps on tegument, strongly developed extension of sacculus and short vinculum. The female differs by somewhat broader papillae anales, broader antrum and ductus bursae.

Description. Adult ( Figs. 17–20 ). Wingspan: male 48–49 mm, female 50–52 mm. Head and thorax whitish pale-ochre; tegulae brown, with central pale-ochre patch and black bordering; abdomen brown, with reddish-brown crest. Antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate pectinations to beyond middle, shortening gradually to apex; those of female shortly bipectinate. Forewing glossy, ground colour dark brown with bronze tint, darker in basal and subbasal fields, suffused with whitish scales and grey scales along veins; basal line marked in costal area by white streak; subbasal line blackish-brown; antemedial line angled outward on M, slightly curved inward and angled outward on A; medial shadow, diffused or distinct; orbicular dark, distinct formed by brown bordering line; reniform distinct, brownish, bordered outwardly by whitish line; postmedial line distinct, dentate; veins behind postmedial lines suffused with greyish; tornal mark white with brown, well expressed in both sexes; white suffusion behind reniform in costal area, expressed only in costal area subterminal line distinct, dark-brown, dentate, more distinct in female; terminal line whitish, forming row of semilunar marks along termen in male, diffused in female; fringes brownish-grey. Hindwing yellow, with broad terminal band; terminal line strongly reduced or missing, anal angle with yellowish mark; fringes mottled, brownish-grey with white patches opposite veins. Male genitalia ( Figs. 29, 30 ). Uncus short, broad, apically triangular; tegument broad, shorter than vinculum, with heavily sclerotised dentate lateral flaps; vinculum with moderate saccus; juxta rounded, with deep central cut; valva triangular, tapered apically; costa with triangular extension in basal half; cucullus narrow; sacculus narrow, extensions of sacculus broad, massive, positioned ventrally, reaching top of valva, separated from membrane of valva apically. Aedeagus moderate, carina with row of scobinate cornuti; vesica projecting dorsally, with large basal diverticulum armed with patch of scobinate cornuti and small subapical diverticulum. Female genitalia ( Fig. 36 ). Papillae anales broader than in A. talboti ; apophyses anteriores and posteriores short, almost equal in length; antrum tubelike, antevaginal plate broader than in A. talboti , with less deep cleft; ductus bursae heavily sclerotised, broader than in A. talboti ; corpus bursae relatively small, sacculate.

Etymology. The species is dedicated to our colleague Lutz W. R. Kobes (Göttingen, Germany).

Distribution (Map 41). Indonesia: Sumatra. Moths were collected throughout the year, most often from November to March.

Taxonomic note. This species has been misidentified and reported for Sumatra by Kobes (1985) as A. talboti , with illustration of imagines and male genitalia. Because the new species is sympatric with the closely related A. talboti , the females are identified only tentatively.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Anepholcia talboti, adults. 9 — A. talboti, male, holotype, SW Sumatra (BMNH); 10 — A. talboti, female, paratype, SW Sumatra (BMNH); 11 — A. talboti, male, W Sumatra (ZSM); 12 — A. talboti, male, W Sumatra (GB); 13 — A. talboti, male, Sumatra (GB); 14 — A. talboti, male, Sumatra (GB); 15 — A. talboti, male, Sumatra (GB); 16 — A. talboti, female Sumatra (GB).

FIGURES 33 – 37. Anepholcia spp., female genitalia. 33 — A. pygaria, female, Sumatra, genit. slide Z 4165 GB (ZSM); 34 — A. brechlini, paratype, Negros, genit. slide 7336 GB (GB); 35 — A. talboti, Sumatra, genit. slide Z 4193 GB (ZSM); 36 — A. kobesi, paratype, Sumatra, genit. slide Z 4167 GB (ZSM); 37 — A. philippina, paratype, Philippines, Mindanao, genit. slide 7337 GB.

FIGURES 17 – 24. Anepholcia spp., adults. 17 — A. kobesi, male, holotype, Sumatra (GB); 18 — A. kobesi, male, paratype, Sumatra (GB); 19 — A. kobesi, male, paratype, Sumatra (ZSM); 20 — A. kobesi, female, paratype, Sumatra (ZSM); 21 — A. philippina, male, holotype, Philippines, Mindanao (GB); 22 — A. philippina, male, paratype, Philippines, Luzon (GB); 23 — A. philippina, male, paratype, Philippines, Luzon (GB); 24 — A. philippina, male, paratype, Philippines, Luzon (GB).

FIGURES 29 – 32. Anepholcia spp., male genitalia. 29 — A. kobesi, holotype, Sumatra, genit. slide Z 4166 GB (ZSM); 30 — A. kobesi, paratype, Sumatra, genit. slide Z 4172 GB (ZSM); 31 — A. philippina, male, holotype, Mindanao, genit. slide 7324 GB (GB); 32 — A. philippina, male, paratype, Luzon, genit. slide 7338 GB (GB).

FIGURES 38 – 43. Anepholcia spp., distribution maps. 38 – Distribution area of the genus Anepholcia; 39 — A. pygaria; 40 — A. talboti; 41 — A. kobesi; 42 — A. brechlini; 43 — A. philippina.