Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae
Author
FIBIGER, MICHAEL
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Zootaxa
2010
2010-08-31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1
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Tactusa dohertyi
Fibiger
,
new species
(
Plate 3
, figure 3)
Material examined.
Holotype
: male,
Indonesia
,
Java
, Arjuno, leg.
W. Doherty
, coll.
BMNH
.
Taxonomic notes.
T. dohertyi
is a member of the
nieukerkeni
species-group, which has a blackish triangular or quadrangular patch between the antemedial and postmedial lines.
Diagnosis. Imago (external).
Wingspan:
10 mm
.
Forewing: ground colour light brown, suffused with brown scales, with acutely-angled blackish patch in upper medial area and dark brown subterminal area; a blackish patch between reniform stigma and fringes (apo.) and five black dots, including that by apex, between medial quadrangular patch and apex (apo.).
Crosslines: only terminal line marked by interneural black spots.
Reniform stigma: white, inwardly outlined black.
Hindwing: dark grey, with very faint discal spot.
Underside: unicolorous grey.
Abdomen lost, male and female genitalia unknown.
Differential diagnosis.
T. dohertyi
differs from other
Micronoctuidae
from SE Asian and Oriental regions in unique forewing pattern described above.
Distribution.
Known from
one specimen
from
Indonesia
,
Java
.