Twelve new species and four new records of Stenoloba Staudinger 1892 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Bryophilinae)
Author
Han, H. L.
Author
Kononenko, V. S.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-05
4388
3
301
327
journal article
30605
10.11646/zootaxa.4388.3.1
828c6b9b-3b4c-4887-b5ea-c664de163ee3
1175-5326
1188557
FAFE435D-C18A-443F-A2CA-03F9B8CA56D0
Stenoloba assimilina
sp. n.
(
Figs 15
,
43
,
50
)
Type
material.
Holotype
:
male,
China
, Aut. Reg.
Xizang
,
Linzhi
,
Layue
,
2200 m
,
14–15.viii.2014
,
H.L. Han
leg., slide HHL-3186-1, coll.
NEFU
.
Paratypes
:
2 males
,
3 females
, Aut. Reg.
Xizang
,
Yigong
,
Tongmi
,
8.viii.2017
,
H.L. Han
leg., genit
.
slide HHL-3847-2 (female);
1 male
,
2 females
, Prov.
Jiangxi
,
Guanshan Nature
reserve,
21– 23.viii.2017
,
H.L. Han
leg., genit
.
slide HHL-3854-1 (male);
3 males
,
1 female
, Aut. Reg.
Xizang
,
Yigong
,
Longmaqu
,
6 and 7.viii.2017
,
H.L. Han
leg., genit. slide HHL-3692-1, coll.
NEFU
.
Diagnosis.
The new species belongs to
S
.
jankowskii
species group. It is close to
S
.
assimilis
(Warren)
, but differs from the last by wide blackish with green dusting in basal and subbasal fields, straight black antemedial line and distinct black orbicular spot. In male genitalia, it differs by more massive and shorter uncus, somewhat shorter and broader shape of valva and arming of cucullus with strong spines and separated spine in subapical area. Aedeagus of
S
.
assimilina
compared with those of
S
.
assimilis
have much broader vesica, armed with broader flat cornutus.
Description. Adult
(
Fig. 15
). Wingspan
23 mm
. Head and thorax covered with grey scales, patagia with green in center. Forewings broad, rather short, triangular; ground colour of forewing ash-grey with some olive-green tint; basal part of wing darker, blackish, with intensive suffusion of green scales in basal field; antemedial fascia straight, formed by twin black lines and greenish suffusion between them; orbicular as black rounded spot; outer part of medial field grey, with pale ash-grey suffusion; reniform indistinct; postmedial line thin, black, tinged with green; subterminal and terminal fields dark grey, darker in costal area, with pale ash-grey subapical dash; terminal line thin, blackish, cilia twin, dark-grey. Hindwing dark yellowish grey, somewhat darker with inner part and traceable discal spot; cilia grey with pale inner line.
Male genitalia
(
Fig. 43
). Uncus short, flattened, rather massive; tegumen and vinculum narrow, tegumen two times higher than vinculum; juxta deltoid, wider basally; valva simple, moderate long, narrow, with parallel margins, distally slightly tapering; rounded apically; apex of valva with 6–8 strong setae and one separated thick spine ventro-subapically, directed ventrally; sacculus well bulged dorsally. Aedeagus relatively small, shorter than length of valva; vesica basally tubular, medially, bearing one broad diverticulum and armed with a single, flattened broad-based, strong spine.
Female genitalia
(
Fig. 50
). Ovipositor weak, moderate, with more or less quadrangular papillae anales; apophyses anteriores and posteriors ones weak, almost equal in length; antrum sclerotised, long and funnel-like, with wide sclerotised v-shaped cut posteriorly, slightly extended anteriorly; ductus bursae short in length, with lateral sclerotised band; corpus bursae elongate-ovoid, with caudal extension, membranous and slightly sclerotised in caudal part.
Etymology.
The species name
S
.
assimilina
refers to its affinity to closely related species
S
.
assimilis
.
Distribution.
Southwest
China
(
Xizang
Aut. reg. and Prov.
Jiangxi
, Guanshan Nature reserve). The species is known in
China
only from its type-locality where it occurs in mountain forest at elevation
2200 m
. The type-series was collected in August.