Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae
FIBIGER, MICHAEL
Zootaxa
2010
2010-08-31
2583
1
1
119
B73F6
Fibiger
2010
[151,314,311,337]
Insecta
Erebidae
Tactusa
GBIF
Animalia
Lepidoptera
28
29
Arthropoda
species
artus
( Plate 3, figure 6; male genit. plate 13, figure 4)
Material examined. Holotype: male, ThailandNW, Chang Mai, Samoeng/ Hang Dong Rd, 15 km, 750 m, 3.ii.1989, leg. A.M. Cotton& I.J. Kitching, BM 1989-57, genit. prep. 3519 M. Fibiger, coll. BMNH.
Diagnosis. Imago (external).Wingspan: 12 mm. Forewing: long and narrow; ground colour yellowish, with basal-costal patch and dorso-medial triangular patch; yellowish between basal and antemedial lines; all subterminal and terminal areas, except for four small beige costal dots, blackish brown, including fringes; subterminal and terminal lines beige (apo.). Crosslines: subterminal and terminal lines beige. Reniform stigma: invisible (apo.). Hindwing: whitish grey, with indistinct discal spot. Underside: unicolorous grey. Abdomen: grey with black crest dorsally on first segment. Male genitalia.Tegumen: relatively strongly built. Vinculum: even more strongly built. Saccus: short, strongly built, U shaped. Fultura superior: membranous. Valvae: slightly asymmetrical, left one broader. Ampulla: forming a cross with axis of valva; slightly asymmetrical; broadest by valva; arms narrow, dorsal arm shorter, broader, upturned, apically with small, stout spines; ventral arm longer, narrower, tapered (apo.). Digitus: present; asymmetrical, triangular, narrow, pointed apically (apo.). Juxta and anellus plate: fused, slightly asymmetrical, almost quadrangular, slightly constricted medially (apo.). Phallus: strongly enlarged at ductus ejaculatorius; tapered from middle, and distally forming a long, narrow, curved, smoothly upturned cylinder. Vesica: unarmed. Female genitalia.Unknown. Differential diagnosis. T. artusdiffers from T. biartusin narrower ampulla, constricted juxta-anellus plate, absence of a digitus in T. biartus, and similar phallus, which is straighter and narrower. These two species differ from other members of species-group in combination of three characters: shape and outer edges of very large patch on forewing, and in male genitalia narrow and smoothly curved ampulla, and shape of juxtaanellus plate. General features of these three character states also separate them from other Micronoctuidaefrom E and SE Asia and Oriental region.
Distribution.Known from one specimenfrom NW Thailand.
1989-02-03
BMNH
A. M. Cotton & I. J. Kitching & M. Fibiger
Thailand
Hang Dong Rd
750
Chang Mai
Samoeng
28
29
BM 1989-57
1
holotype