Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae Author FIBIGER, MICHAEL text Zootaxa 2010 2010-08-31 2583 1 1 119 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1 1175­5334 10094382 Vas owadai Fibiger , new species ( Plate 5 , figure 3; female genit. plate 23, figure 7) Material examined. Holotype : female, Thailand N, Chiang Mai Prov. , Doi Inthanon , South Ridge , 1650 m , 18–21.x.1983 , leg. M. Owada , genit. prep. 3282 M. Fibiger , coll. NSMT . Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 11 mm . Head, patagia, tegulae, thorax, and ground colour of forewing: brown; costal quadrangular patch of medial area and terminal area dark brown (apo.). Forewing: long and narrow, with pointed apex. Abdomen: grey; with dorsal tuft on basal segment. Crosslines: all present, though indistinctly marked; terminal line marked by black interneural dots. Reniform stigma: small, whitish, outlined by dark brown. Hindwing: light grey, with indistinct discal spot. Underside: forewing brown grey, hindwing light grey, discal spot of hindwing present. Female genitalia. Ovipositor: quadrangular, with rounded corners. Posterior apophyses: slightly longer than ovipositor. Anterior apophyses: 1/5 length of posterior apophyses. 7 th abdominal segment: half as long as wide; shortest ventrally. 8 th abdominal segment: ventrally free, with postvaginal, conelike plate. Ostium: displaced slightly to left, large. Antrum: broadly vaselike, 1.5 times longer than wide; ventrally shorter (apo.). Ductus bursae: membranous, very long and narrow; 3 times as long as corpus bursae (apo.). Corpus bursae: globular. Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae. Signum: cross-shaped, longitudinal bar shorter. Differential diagnosis. V. owadai differs from V. proceus in smaller size, in male genitalia, in larger patch in costa-medial area, and in female genitalia in longer antrum and longer ductus bursae. Distribution. V. owadai known only from type-locality in North Thailand .