Bellulia wui, 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 : 23

The wui species­group

The group comprises 4 species. It is characterised by the following apomorphies:

­ Forewing with mixed colouration and suffusion of black scales;

­ ground colour of forewing light brown;

­ antemedial and upper half of subterminal lines well marked, black;

­ reniform stigma prominent, yellowish;

­ hindwing with discal spot, present or absent;

­ saccus short, triangular or U­shaped;

­ tergite of 8 th abdominal segment prominent log­like process, absent by B. suffusa ;

­ phallus broadest by ductus ejaculatorius, curved subapically, tapered towards apex;

­ vesica often with small triangular cornuti.