Conspica parainconspicua Fibiger, 2010

FIBIGER, MICHAEL, 2010, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae, Zootaxa 2583 (1), pp. 1-119 : 37-38

Conspica parainconspicua Fibiger , new species

( Plate 4 , figure 8; female genit. plate 23, figure 4)

Material examined. Holotype: 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. 3518 M. Fibiger, BMNH (E) 1994-97. Coll BMNH.

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: 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; with indistinct discal spot; fringes whitish.

Underside: forewing light grey, hindwing whitish, hindwing with discal spot.

Female genitalia. Ovipositor: quadrangular, with rounded corners.

Posterior apophyses: 1.25 times longer than ovipositor (apo.).

Anterior apophyses: untraceable.

7 th and 8 th abdominal segment: 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, sclerotised.

Ductus bursae: twice as long as corpus bursae, membranous, narrow and threadlike, slightly curved (apo.).

Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae.

Differential diagnosis. Differences from C. inconspicua are given under that species.

Distribution. C. parainconspicua known only from N Thailand, where it occurs sympatrically with previous species.

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.