Lophoptera phaeobasis ( Hampson, 1905 )

Qi, Feng, Wang, Ke, Xue, Dayong & Yang, Ding, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Stictopterinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae) in China, Zootaxa 2926, pp. 1-45 : 21

Lophoptera phaeobasis ( Hampson, 1905)

Figs. 78, 79 , 175

Stictoptera phaeobasis Hampson, 1905 , Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7) 16: 534. Holotype: female, [ Malaysia]: Perak, Goping (BMNH).

Lophoptera phaeobasis: Hampson, 1912 , Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 182, pl. 178, fig. 23.

Diagnosis. This species resembles L. negretinoides Holloway, 1985 , it can be distinguished by the following characters: the basal half of the forewing is blackish-brown; a blackish-brown angular patch at the apex of the forewing, the postmedial line is black, double, protruded outwards on R5 and M3. The main differences are that the area between the subbasal and antemedial lines of this species is black, but that of L. negretinoides is greyish-brown. In the male genitalia, the apex of the valva of this species is rounded, but that of L. negretinoides is quadrate.

Material examined. CHINA, Yu nn a n: 1 female, Jinghong, 23.IV.1982, coll. Chen Yixin ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. The species is reported for China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 64 – 103. Adults. 64 – 71. Lophoptera illucida. 64, female, upperside; 65, female, underside; 66, female, upperside; 67, female, underside; 68, male, upperside; 69, male, underside; 70, male, upperside; 71, male, underside. 72 – 73. Lophoptera longipennis. 72, female, upperside; 73, female, underside. 74 – 75. Lophoptera tenuis. 74, female, upperside; 75, female, underside. 76 – 77. Lophoptera acutiprocessa. sp. nov., paratype. 76, female, upperside; 77, female, underside. 78 – 79. Lophoptera phaeobasis. 78, female, upperside; 79, female, underside. 80 – 81. Lophoptera negretinoides. 80, male, upperside; 81, male, underside. 82 – 83. Lophoptera negretina. 82, female, upperside; 83, female, underside. 84 – 85. Lophoptera solealis. sp. nov., holotype. 84, male, upperside; 85, male, underside. 86 – 87. Lophoptera huma. 86, male, upperside; 87, male, underside. 88 – 89. Lophoptera squammigera. 88, female, upperside; 89, female, underside. 90 – 91. Lophoptera squammilinea. 90, male, upperside; 91, male, underside. 92 – 93. Lophoptera purpurfera. sp. nov., holotype. 92, male, upperside; 93, male, underside. 94 – 95. Lophoptera trigonoprocessa. sp. nov., paratype. 94, female, upperside; 95, female, underside. 96 – 97. Lophoptera obliquilinea. 96, female, upperside; 97, female, underside. 98 – 99. Lophoptera hypenistis. 98, female, upperside; 99, female, underside. 100 – 101. Lophoptera partitistis. 100, female, upperside; 101, female, underside. 102 – 103. Diascoides ferruginea. 102, female, upperside; 103, female, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 171 – 177. Female genitalia. 171. Lophoptera illucida. 172. Lophoptera longipennis. 173. Lophoptera tenuis. 174. Lophoptera acutiprocessa sp. nov. 175. Lophoptera phaeobasis. 176. Lophoptera negretina. 177. Lophoptera solealis sp. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.