Meganola yuqingensis, Zhang & Hu, 2022

Zhang, Bei-Bei & Hu, Yan-Qing, 2022, Description of a new species of Meganola Dyar, 1898 (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae), with new records of Meganola in China, Zootaxa 5194 (2), pp. 296-300 : 296-297

Meganola yuqingensis sp. n.

( Figs 1–3 )

Type material. Holotype: male, Yuqing county, 876 m, Zunyi , Guizhou Prov., 23–24.vii.2021, coll. Yan-qing Hu & Yong Yu. Paratype. 1 male, Yuqing county, 876 m, Zunyi , Guizhou Prov., 29.vii.2021, coll. Yan-qing Hu & Yong Yu.

Diagnosis. The new species resembles Meganola strigulosa ( Staudinger, 1887) ( Figs 4–6 ) by the forewing patterns and the configurations of the male genitalia. Compared with M. strigulosa , the new species has a more inclined postmedial line after the cell area and a distinctly black subterminal line. M. strigulosa has a straighter postmedial line after the cell area and a fuzzy and blackish brown subterminal line. In the male genitalia, the new species has a thick harpe with the blunt section apically and a cornutus on vesica. M. strigulosa has a thin harpe with the sharped section apically and vesica without cornuti.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 1 ). Wingspan 13–14 mm. Head grayish brown; antenna brown, bipectinate in male; filiform in female, labial palps short, covered with grayish brown scales. Thorax brown. Collar grayish brown. Abdomen grayish brown. Forewing ground color pale gray, vein Sc black from wing base to antemedial line, costal margin mostly brown with black patches, medial area with black area, terminal area mostly grayish brown; basal line undistinguished; antemedial line blackish brown; medial line poorly visible; postmedial line blackish brown, arcuate above vein M 2, incurved to inner margin below vein M 2; subterminal line black, wavy; cilia blackish brown. Hind wing pale grayish brown; cilia grayish brown.

Male genitalia. ( Figs 2 & 3 ). Uncus clavate, slightly acute apically, almost 3x as long as harpe; tegumen medium size; valva long, shrink medially, costal margin slightly sclerotized, cuculus wide; harpe finger-shaped, round at apex, with several protuberances at dorsal margin; saccus V-shaped. Aedeagus cylindrical, medium long; vesica with a cornutus.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Guizhou).

Etymology. The species name is derived from the name of the type-locality.

Figures

FIGURES. 1–11. Meganola spp., adult & genitalia. 1–3. Meganola yuqingensis sp. n. 1. male habitus (holotype); 2, 3. Male genitalia (holotype). 4–6. Meganola strigulosa. 4. male habitus; 5, 6. Male genitalia. 7–11. Meganola brechlini. 7. Male habitus; 8, 9. Male genitalia; 10. Female habitus; 11. Female genitalia.