Conspica inconspicua Fibiger, 2010

FIBIGER, MICHAEL, 2010, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae, Zootaxa 2583 (1), pp. 1-119 : 36-37

Conspica inconspicua Fibiger , new species

( Plate 4 , figure 7; male genit. plate 14, figure 5; female genit. plate 23, figure 3)

Material examined. Holotype: male, Thailand N, ca. 5 km NE intersection rds 1081 and 1307 towards Ban Nam Lee Pattana , 28.xi.2003, leg. L. Peregovits et al., coll. HNHM.

Paratypes: 1 male, 3 females. 1 male, 2 females with same data as holotype, male with genit. prep. 6066 M. Fibiger and 1 female with genit. prep. 6065 M. Fibiger; 1 female Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Chiang Dao WS, h’way 1322 to Wiang Haeng, 3 km from Khun Mae Ngaay c’point, 900 m, 15–16.iv.1994, leg. I.J. Kitching et al., genit. prep. 3281 M. Fibiger, BMNH (E) 1994-97. Colls HNHM, BMNH, and MF .

Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 9 mm.

Head, patagia, tegulae, thorax, and all areas of forewing, including fringes: grey suffused with brown dots.

Abdomen: light grey, with dorsal tufts on two basal segments.

Medial area of forewing: costal part considerably darker brownish grey than rest of wing.

Antemedial and postmedial lines: brown, broad.

Terminal line: marked by black interneural dots.

Hindwing: light grey, darker towards termen, terminal line brown, and indistinct discal spot; fringes whitish.

Underside: forewing light grey; hindwing whitish; discal spot of hindwing present.

Male genitalia. Tegumen and vinculum: relatively weakly built.

Saccus: short; broadly U shaped.

Fultura superior: membranous.

Ampulla: asymmetrical, long; forming a cross with axis of valva; apically rounded; laterally long, ventrally long and pointed; left ventral side much longer (apo.).

Digitus: absent.

Phallus: coecum extremely narrow; phallus otherwise broad, tapered towards tip; curved 90 o upwards (apo.).

Vesica: unarmed.

Female genitalia. Ovipositor: quadrangular, with rounded corners.

Posterior apophyses: 1.5 times as long as ovipositor.

Anterior apophyses: untraceable.

7 th and 8 th abdominal segment: slightly longer than broad; totally fused (apo.).

Ostium: displaced slightly to left, very small, located half way up 8 th segment.

Antrum: narrow, very short, less than twice as long as wide, cylindrical and sclerotised.

Ductus bursae: 1.5 times longer than corpus bursae; membranous; narrow, threadlike, slightly curved (apo.).

Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae.

Corpus bursae: narrow, ovoid.

Signum: cross shaped; longitudinal bar weaker.

Differential diagnosis. C. inconspicua differs from C. parainconspicua in female genitalia, in longer posterior apophyses, shorter 7 th –8 th segment and shorter ductus bursae.

Distribution. C. inconspicua known only from Thailand.

Figures

PLATE 4. Figures 1–8. Tactusa, Conspica, and Tumula species, adults. 1, T. similis, female holotype, Thailand, Chiang Mai; 2, T. constrictor, male holotype, Laos, Vientiane; 3, T. assamia, male holotype, India NE, Assam; 4, T. discrepans, male holotype, Thailand, Chiang Mai; 5, T. spadix, male holotype, Laos, Vientiane; 6, T. pars, male holotype, Thailand W, Kanchannaburi; 7, Conspica inconspicua, male holotype, Thailand, near Ban Nam Lee Pattana; 8, C. parainconspicua, male holotype, Thailand, Chiang Mai.