Loxoneptera brevipalpis (Snellen, 1890) Xiang & Chen & Zhang, 2021

Xiang, Lanbin, Chen, Kai & Zhang, Dandan, 2021, Revision and phylogeny of the genus Loxoneptera Hampson, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae), based on morphology and molecular data, ZooKeys 1036, pp. 75-98 : 75

Loxoneptera brevipalpis (Snellen, 1890) comb. nov. Figs 12 , 24

Calamochrous brevipalpis Snellen, 1890: 599.

Material examined.

Type material. Holotype, ♂, Sikkim, O. Möller, Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9748 (NHMUK).

Diagnosis.

Wingspan 33.0 mm. This species is distinguished by dull luteous forewing suffused with ochreous scales and bearing indistinct orbicular and reniform stigmata, lustrous hindwing suffused with grey scales along the costa. In the male genitalia, this species is similar to L. dichroma in the shape of the dorsal projection of the transtilla, ventral sella and valva, as well as by the process of dorso-distal sella extended ventrad and beyond the ventral margin of valva. Loxoneptera brevipalpis can be distinguished by the thick and heavily sclerotised process of dorso-distal sella, and the heavily sclerotised, spiny, thumb-shaped cornutus.

Distribution.

India (Sikkim).

Figures

Figures 10 - 13. Adults of Loxoneptera spp. 10 L. pentasaris, holotype, male (India) 11 L. bipunctalis, type, male (India) 12 L. brevipalpis, holotype, male (India) 13 L. dichroma, type, male (India). Scale bars: 5.0 mm.

Figures 20 - 25. Male genitalia of Loxoneptera spp. 20 L. rectacerosa sp. nov., Yunnan (genitalia slide no. ZDD 12059) 21 L. medialis, Guangdong (genitalia slide no. SYSU 0987) 22 L. pentasaris, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9747) 23 L. bipunctalis, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9750) 24 L. brevipalpis, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9748) 25 L. dichroma, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9749). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.