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
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Conspica parainconspicua
Fibiger
,
new species
(
Plate 4
, figure 8; female genit. plate 23, figure 4)
Material examined.
Holotype
: female
Thailand
,
Chiang Mai
,
Doi Chiang Dao WS
, h’way 1322 to
Wiang Haeng
,
3 km
from
Khun Mae Ngaay
c’point,
900 m
,
15–16.iv.1994
, leg.
I.J. Kitching
et al.
, genit. prep. 3518
M. Fibiger
,
BMNH
(E) 1994-97.
Coll
BMNH
.
Diagnosis. Imago (external).
Wingspan:
9 mm
.
Head, patagia, tegulae, thorax, and all areas of forewing, including fringes: grey suffused with brown dots.
Abdomen: light grey, with dorsal tufts on two basal segments.
Medial area: costal part considerably darker brownish grey than rest of wing.
Antemedial and postmedial lines: brown, broad.
Terminal line: marked by black interneural dots.
Hindwing: light grey, darker towards termen, terminal line brown; with indistinct discal spot; fringes whitish.
Underside: forewing light grey, hindwing whitish, hindwing with discal spot.
Female genitalia.
Ovipositor: quadrangular, with rounded corners.
Posterior apophyses: 1.25 times longer than ovipositor (apo.).
Anterior apophyses: untraceable.
7
th
and 8
th
abdominal segment: longer than broad; totally fused (apo.).
Ostium: displaced slightly to left, very small, located half way up 8
th
segment.
Antrum: narrow; very short, less than twice as long as wide, cylindrical, sclerotised.
Ductus bursae: twice as long as corpus bursae, membranous, narrow and threadlike, slightly curved (apo.).
Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae.
Differential diagnosis.
Differences from
C. inconspicua
are given under that species.
Distribution.
C. parainconspicua
known only from N
Thailand
, where it occurs sympatrically with previous species.