Stenoloba pulla Ronkay, 2001

Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2009, A review of the genus Stenoloba Staudinger, 1892 from China, with description of 6 new species and 7 new records for China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Bryophilinae), Zootaxa 2268 (1), pp. 1-22 : 11

Stenoloba pulla Ronkay, 2001

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Stenoloba pulla Ronkay, 2001 , Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationals Hungarici. 93:220, fig.1–2, Type locality: Taiwan, Prov. Ilan, Fu-Shan, Botanical Garden, 700m. Holotype: male, preserved in TFRI, Taipei).

Material examined. 1 male, China, Prov. Yunnan, Yongsheng, Liude , 8.vii.1984 (coll. Y.X. Chen) .

Diagnosis. Stenoloba pulla ( Fig. 4 ), described from N. Vietnam, placed in the Stenoloba manley species group ( Ronkay 2001) as the sister species of S. bachmana . It differs from its ally by darker wings and more diffused, less distinct than in S. bachmana , forewing pattern. Male genitalia of S. pulla ( Fig. 21 ) much broader basally, with almost parallel costal and ventral margins; cucullus angular, with longer, narrower field of sclerotized setae; valvae more asymmetrical than in S. bachmana , right valva conspicuously broader; aedeagus shorter, cornutus more than two times longer than in S. bachmana . The female described in the original description ( Ronkay 2001). The species may be allied to S. liuii , however the illustrations of the latter in the original description ( Chen 1999, Pl. XLI, fig. 5, text fig. 570) are insufficient for definitive conclusions.

Distribution. North Vietnam, South China (Prov. Yunnan, first record).

Stenoloba clara (Leech, 1889)

Selepa manley clara Leech, 1889 , Proceedings Zoological Society of London , 1889: 474. Type-localty: Japan, Yokohama. Holotype: male, BMNH, London.

Kononenko & Ronkay, 2000, Insecta Koreana 17(3): 155, figs 12, 40, 41, 41a, 59 ( Stenoloba clara ).

Material examined. 2 males, Aut. Reg. Xizang, Motuo, 16.viii.2005 (Coll. H. Huang, D.K. Zhou, L. Tang). Distribution. Japan, Korea, Central and West China (Prov. Hunan, Aut. Reg. Xizang) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Stenoloba spp., adults. 1. S. yunley, male, holotype; 2. S. yunley, male, paratype; 3. S. viridibasis, male, holotype; 4. S. pulla, male; 5. S. oculatoides, male, holotype; 6. S. benedeki, male; 7. S. viridinivea, male, holotype; 8. S. viridinivea, male, paratype.

FIGURES 18–23. Stenoloba spp., male genitalia. 18. S. yunley, paratype, genit. prep. HHL-1331-1; 19. S. viridibasis, holotype, genit. prep. HHL-1335-1; 20. S. manley, South Korea; 21 S. pulla, genit prep. HHL-1243-1; 22. S. oculatoides, holotype, genit. prep. AZS-HHL-163; 23. S. oculata, genit. prep. HHL-518-1.