Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae
Author
FIBIGER, MICHAEL
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1
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10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1
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Tolpia mons
Fibiger
,
new species
(
Plate 9
, figure 8; female genit. plate 25, figure 4)
Material examined.
Holotype
: female, [
Indonesia
, middle
Java
,
Barat
,
Pengalengan
,
1469 m
],
Preanger
,
Pengalengan
,
Rothschild Bequest B.M.
1939-1, genit. prep. 5890
M. Fibiger
, coll.
BMNH
.
Diagnosis. Imago (external).
Wingspan:
13 mm
.
Forewing: light brown.
Transverse lines: all lines brown, indistinct, all with a black costal spot; terminal line indicated by black interneural dots.
Reniform stigma: light brown, outlined darker brown.
Fringes: length of scales in three levels, appearing as three lines.
Hindwing: greyish brown
Underside: unicolorous brown.
Abdomen: brown, with black crest on first segment.
Female genitalia.
Ovipositor: quadrangular, with rounded corners.
Posterior apophyses: twice as long as ovipositor.
Anterior apophyses: as long as posterior apophyses.
Antrum: relatively long; smoothly tapered from wide ostium to ductus bursae, almost as wide as 7
th
segment (apo.). Ductus bursae: membranous, long, 1.5 times longer than corpus bursae. Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae. Corpus bursae: broad, ovoid. Signum: cross shaped, transverse bar weaker.
Differential diagnosis.
female genitalia of
T. mons
show relationship to those of
T. palawani
Fibiger, 2007
but differ in: - position of ostium more posterior; - slightly narrower and shorter antrum; - shorter, ovoid corpus bursae; - lighter brown ground colour.
Distribution.
T. mons
is known only from type-species from
Indonesia
,
Central Java
.