A description of three new species of the genus Alienia Fibiger, 2011 from Southeast Asia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae: Micronoctuini)
Author
Qi, Mu-Jie
Author
Han, Hui-Lin
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4269.1.9
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Alienia cambodiaa
sp. n.
(
Figs 3, 4
,
9
)
Type
material.
Holotype
: male,
Cambodia
,
Cardamom
,
28–29.vi.2011
(legs.
Bae YS
et al.), gen. prep. no. hhl-3686- 1(
NEFU
)
.
Paratype
.
1 male
,
Cambodia
,
Samkos
,
7–8.ii.2015
(legs.
Bae YS
) (
NEFU
)
.
Diagnosis
. This species is similar to
A
.
laosa
(
Fig. 5
) in superficial characters, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: antemedial line rather straight; postmedial line rather arc curved, strongly at anterior half; in male genitalia, left sacculus shorter than right one; clasper small and triangular at left valva, ampullae triangular, ventral process thorn-shaped; anellus finger-shaped, hooked, truncated at top; carina long and strongly curved, bandshaped; vesica with 5 cornuti, basal one slice-like, apical four nipple-shaped. In
A
.
laosa
, the antemedial line curved, postmedial line is slightly waved; in male genitalia (
Fig. 10
), the ampullae are pileus-shaped, ventral plate with a spine; the anellus is long and hook-shaped, with pointed apex; carina sclerotised pushpin-shaped apically; the vesica with 5 cornuti, apical one large, triangle-shaped, basal four small grained.
Description.
Adult (
Figs 3, 4
).Wingspan
10–11 mm
. The subterminal and terminal lines areas of forewing grayishbrown, rather darker; basal, antemedial, median and postmedial lines areas pale yellow, and slightly brown at costal margin; basal line indistinct, represented by black dot at costa; antemedial line dark brown, slightly straight and internally oblique, with concave at 2A vein; median line thin yellow, indistinct, rather broad, and close to postmedial line, externaly oblique; postmedial line black, slender, smooth curved, the anterior part clearly arc-shaped; subterminal line brownish-red, indistinct, ends at tornus; terminal line formed by black dots; reniform stigma blurred. Hindwing dark brown; discal spot small, slightly dark, indistinct; terminal line pale yellow.
Male genitalia
(
Fig. 9
). Tegumen long and narrows evenly, about 2 times as long as vinculum. Valva gradually broadens from base to apex, asymmetrical, left one slightly larger; sacculus gradually sharped from base to apex, left shorter than right; clasper weak, triangular; ampullae triangular, with sparse short setae, ventral process thorn-shaped, left one more incisive than right. Juxta-anellus plate ovate; anellus well-sclerotised, finger shaped, hooked, truncated apically. Saccus triangular, pointed at bottom. Aedeagus cylindrical, straightness at anterior half, coiled at apical half; vesica with 5 cornuti, anterior one slice like, other four small, nipple-shaped.
Etymology.
This species name refers to the country of the
type
locality.
Distribution.
Cambodia
(Cardamom, Samkos).