Tolpia mons Fibiger, 2010

FIBIGER, MICHAEL, 2010, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae, Zootaxa 2583 (1), pp. 1-119 : 80-81

Tolpia mons Fibiger , new species

( Plate 9 , figure 8; female genit. plate 25, figure 4)

Material examined. Holotype: female, [ Indonesia, middle Java, Barat, Pengalengan , 1469 m], Preanger, Pengalengan, Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1, genit. prep. 5890 M. Fibiger, coll. BMNH.

Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 13 mm.

Forewing: light brown.

Transverse lines: all lines brown, indistinct, all with a black costal spot; terminal line indicated by black interneural dots.

Reniform stigma: light brown, outlined darker brown.

Fringes: length of scales in three levels, appearing as three lines.

Hindwing: greyish brown

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Abdomen: brown, with black crest on first segment.

Female genitalia. Ovipositor: quadrangular, with rounded corners.

Posterior apophyses: twice as long as ovipositor.

Anterior apophyses: as long as posterior apophyses.

Antrum: relatively long; smoothly tapered from wide ostium to ductus bursae, almost as wide as 7 th segment (apo.). Ductus bursae: membranous, long, 1.5 times longer than corpus bursae. Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae. Corpus bursae: broad, ovoid. Signum: cross shaped, transverse bar weaker. Differential diagnosis. female genitalia of T. mons show relationship to those of T. palawani Fibiger, 2007 but differ in: - position of ostium more posterior; - slightly narrower and shorter antrum; - shorter, ovoid corpus bursae; - lighter brown ground colour. Distribution. T. mons is known only from type-species from Indonesia, Central Java.

Figures

PLATE 9. Figures 1–8. Obscura, Editum, Asytegumen, Tolpia, and Disca species, adults. 1, 2, Obscura davisi, male holotype, Sri Lanka, Rat. District, Uggalkaltota and female paratype, Sri Lanka, Rat. District, Uda Walawe; 3, E. editoides, male holotype, Vietnam S, Mt.Ngoc Linh; 4, E. editum, male holotype, Vietnam, 20 km Di Linh; 5, Asytegumen absurdus, male holotype, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak; 6, Tolpia hainanensis, male holotype, China, Hainan; 7, T. paraunguis, male holotype, NE Thailand; 8, T. mons, male holotype, Indonesia, Java Centr., Predanger;