Tolpia peniculus, Fibiger, 2007

Han, Hui Lin & Kononenko, Vladimir S., 2023, A review of the genus Tolpia Walker, 1863 in East Asia with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae, Micronoctuini). Taxonomic study of Micronoctuini. Contribution VII, Zootaxa 5227 (5), pp. 549-567 : 555

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.5.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D8854693-E2D6-4EC7-88CC-B7FC85DCEEA5

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F46BA74D-FF91-4752-57A2-FC3356E15EBA

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scientific name

Tolpia peniculus
status

 

The peniculus species-group (after Fibiger 2007).

The peniculus species-group is characterised by the following combination of characters: In the male genitalia the costa bears a triangular basal process; the ampulla is kidney-shaped; the pollex is asymmetrical; the phallus is bent, extremely long, U-shaped, and the coecum very long. The group comprises four species; one of them is described below

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Tolpia

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