Revision Of The Palaearctic And Oriental Species Of The Genus Naarda (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae) Part 2. Description Of Ten New Species From Asia Author Tóth, Balázs Author Ronkay, László text Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 2015 2015-04-30 61 1 3 23 http://dx.doi.org/10.17109/azh.61.1.3.2015 journal article 101165 10.17109/AZH.61.1.3.2015 779ae168-3c95-49a5-a890-342248548e92 2064-2474 5734508 Naarda palawana sp. n. ( Figs 10 , 19 , 37 ) Holotype . m, Philippines , Palawan , BrookesPoint , UringUring , 23.VIII.1961 , Noona DanExp., „caughtbylightofPetromax”, slideNo. RL 7992m (coll. ZMUC ). Paratypes . 1 m , 5 f, Philippines , Palawan , BrookesPoint , UringUring , 16., 17. and 18.VIII.1961 , NoonaDanExp.; slideNo. RL8003f (coll. ZMUC , HNHM ). Threespecimens lacktheirabdomen . Indonesia : 1 m , 1 f, S.W. Celebes : PangeannearMaros . 2,000 ft. March 1938 ; J.P.A.Kalis. B.M.1938-397, slideNosBMNoct. 21816m , 21817f (coll. BMNH ) Taxonomy. Theshapeandthepatternofthewingsareclosesttothoseof N. maculifera , butconspicuousdifferencescanbeobserved (seetheDiagnosis). Description. Wingspan 11–12 mm , lengthofforewing 5–5.5 mm . Oneofthesmallestspeciesofthegenus. Maleantennaconsistingofsomewhatthickenedjoints, withlong fasciculateciliaarisingfromventralcrest- likeridge; femaleantennawithconsiderably lessthickenedjoints, withoutprominentridgeandciliabutwithsparredscales. Frontal scale-hoodsmall, roundedtriangular, consistingofbroad, largescales. Malepalpsshort, twicelongerthandiameterofeye, gracile, slightlyupturneddistally, greyish- brownwith somewhitishhair-scales; thirdjointratherlongandacute. Femalepalpssomewhatlonger, thicker, moreporrect. Characteristicwingpatternfeatures: groundcolourdarkblackish-grey; allcrosslinesdissolvedindarkgroundcolourorhardlyvisible; subterminallinedark mousegrey, othertransverselinesdark, blackish, subterminalandpostmediallinesparallel, veryslightlysinuous. Reniformstigmaconspicuous, narrow, yellow, relativelysmall, withindistinctdarkedge, withoutdarkerinnerscales; orbicularstigmamissing; hindwing lighterthanforewing, mouse-grey, withouttracesoftransverselinesanddiscalspot. Malegenitalia ( Fig. 10 ). Uncusverybroad, short, withhook- liketip. Scaphium straight, aslongasuncus. Tegumenslightlylongerthanvinculum. Saccusindistinct. Juxta Y-shaped, bifurcate; itsbranchesverynarrowanddirectedventro- laterally. Valvalshape uniquewithinthegenus, itsdorsalandventraledgesnearlyparallel, graduallytapering, sacculusdistallygraduallydilated, aslongasvalva; cucullusnotdifferentiated. Dorso-lateralcornerofsacculusextendingbeyongdorsaledgeofvalva. Costapresentonlyat thebasal 1/3 ofvalva, butbroad. Harpeabsentorentirelyfusedwithsacculus. Aedeagus verythick, slightlycurved, carinawithshort, straight, slightlysclerotisedprocess. Vesica globular, itsapicalhalfdenselyscobinatebyelongategrains, basalpartwithbroadand longdiverticulum, apicalpartofthisdiverticulumisarmedbyca. 10 small, rose-spine-like cornuti. Femalegenitalia ( Fig. 19 ). Ovipositorlobesshort, angular. Apophysesanteriores onlyhalfaslongasapophysesposteriores. SternumA7 short, sinusabsent. Ductusbursaerelativelybroad, moderatelylong, colliculumlarge, entirelycoveringductusbursae. Corpusbursaeellipsoidal, itswholesurfacescobinatebytinygrains; posteriorquarter with broad and very long cervix bursae being as long as the 2/3 of corpus bursae. Cervix smooth, exceptforitsverybasalparthavingsimilarscobinateasincorpusbursae. Diagnosis. Theexternalappearanceofthisnewspeciesissimilarto N. maculifera ( Staudinger, 1892 ), but N. palawana issmallerinsize, thelabialpalps areshorter, theforewingisbroader, thereniformstigmaissmallerandthe orbicularstigmaismissingwhileitispresentin N. maculifera . Themalegenitaliaof N. palawana aresomewhatreminiscenttothoseof N. melinau Holloway, 2008 ( Fig. 12 ) butintheformertaxontheuncusismuch broaderandshorter, thecostalprocessof N. melinau isabsent, thedistalpart ofthesacculusismuchbroader, andthevesicaofaedeagushasmuchmore, smallercornutithaninthelatterspecies. Thefemalegenitaliaofthisnewspeciesareverysimilartothoseof N. alternata TóthetRonkay, 2014, buttheapophysesanterioresareconsiderably longerin N. palawana , theductusbursaeisbroaderandentirelycoveredby thelargecolliculumwhichisabsentin N. alternata . Thefemalegenitaliaare also somewhat similar to those of N. bisignata Walker, 1866 ( Fig. 23 ), but the ductusbursaeisbroader, thecorpusbursaeisslightlynarrowerandscobinate incontrasttothesmoothcorpusbursaeof N. bisignata . Etymology. ThisspeciesisthemosteasytodistinguishamongthosewhichwerecollectedattheislandofPalawan. Distribution. ThesouthernpartofPalawanandsouthwesternSulawesi.