A taxonomic revision of the Stictopterinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae) in China
Author
Qi, Feng
Author
Wang, Ke
Author
Xue, Dayong
Author
Yang, Ding
text
Zootaxa
2011
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45
journal article
46596
10.5281/zenodo.205935
405d15e2-bb87-4797-99e0-92ae38e628c7
1175-5326
205935
Stictoptera signifera
(
Walker, 1857
)
Fig. 3
Steiria signifera
Walker, 1857
,
List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
, 13: 1136.
Syntypes
: [Borneo]:
Sarawak
(BMNH).
Gadirtha ferromixta
Walker, 1863a
,
J. Proc. Linn. Soc.
(Zool.), 7: 162.
Steiria humeralis
Walker, 1863a
,
J. Proc. Linn. Soc.
(Zool.), 7: 174.
Minica nigrilinea
Walker, 1863a
,
J. Proc. Linn. Soc.
(Zool.), 7: 176.
Stictoptera transversa
Snellen, 1877
,
Tijdschr
.
Ent
., 20: 30.
Stictoptera griseata
Hampson, 1912
,
Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus.
, 11: 161.
Stictoptera signifera
:
Hampson, 1912
,
Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus.
, 11: 155.
Stictoptera signifera unipuncta
Warren, 1916
,
Novit. zool.
, 23: 211.
Stictoptera griseata superans
Prout, 1922
,
Bull. Hill. Mus.
, 1: 209.
Stictoptera poiensis
Prout, 1926
,
Sarawak
Mus. J.
, 3: 223.
Diagnosis.
This species is smaller than
S. cucullioides
Guenée,
1852
in size and shares similar range of polymorphism with that species. The main differences between them are in the male genitalia: the costal lobe of the valva of
S. signifera
is pointed, while it is rounded in
S. cucullioides
; the uncus is shorter and the juxta is smaller than in
S. cucullioides
(Followed
Chen 1992
)
.
Material examined.
None.
Distribution.
China
(Hunan),
India
,
Malaysia
,
Indonesia
. The species was reported for
China
by
Chen (1992)
.