Bilinea bilineatissima, Fibiger, 2008

Fibiger, Michael, 2008, Figures 17 – 23. Lygephila Spp., Female Genitalia. 17, L In Description Of A New Species Of Lygephila Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae) From Russian Far East And North China, Zootaxa 1867, pp. 1-136 : 55-56

Bilinea bilineatissima Fibiger, new species

( Plate 6 , figures 3, 4; male genit. plate 17, figure 5; female genit. plate 24, figure 7)

Holotype: male, [ Sri Lanka], Ceylon, Maskeliya , iii., Mackwood Coll., B.M. 1927­341, coll. BMNH.

Paratypes: 14 males, 3 females. 1 male, with data as holotype ; 1 male, 1 female, with data as holotype, but Brit. Mus. 1951­288 ; 1 male, with same data as holotype, but Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934­120 ; 1 male, with same data as the former, but ii .; 1 male, with same data as the former, but iv., Mackwood Coll., B.M. 1927­341 ; 1 male, with same data as the former, but ix .; 2 males, 1 female, with same data as the former, but vi., Mackwood Coll., B.M. 1927­341, genit. preps 3772, 3775 M. Fibiger ; 1 male, with same data as the former, but iv., Mackwood Coll., B.M. 1927­341 ; 1 male, with same data as the former, but iii., ex coll. G. C. Alston, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934­120; 1 male, [ Sri Lanka], Horton Plains , xi., ex coll. G. C. Alston, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934­120; 1 female, [ Sri Lanka], Patipola , ­.xi.[19]09, Mackwood Coll., B.M. 1927­341 ; 1 male, [ Sri Lanka], Ceylon, Colombo ; 1 male, [ Sri Lanka], Ceylon, Haputale , vii. ex coll. G. C. Alston, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934­120; 1 male, [ Sri Lanka], Ceylon, N.E. Distr., Milk Board Dairy, 4,2

mi. SW Nuwara Eliya, 6200 ft., 9­21.ii.1970, leg. Davish & Rowe. Colls BMNH, OUMNH, USNM, ZMUC , and MF.

Figures

PLATE 6. Figures 1–8. Basalia, Palnissa, Bilinea, and Brevis species, adults. 1, B. melanosticta (Hampson, 1907) female, India S, Palnis; 2, P. spatula, male holotype, India S, Palni Hills, Kodai Kanal; 3, 4, B. bilineatissima, male holotype, Sri Lanka, Maskeliya, and male paratype, with same data; 5­7, B. bilineata (Hampson, 1907), male holotype, Sri Lanka, Maskeliya, female, Sri Lanka, N.E Distr., Moon Plains, and female, with data as holotype; 8, B. crassiductus, female holotype, Sri Lanka, Maskeliya.