A revision of the genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 with description of four new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)
Author
Kononenko, Vladimir
Author
Behounek, Gottfried
text
Zootaxa
2009
1989
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274658
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274658
Lophomilia striatipurpurea
Holloway, 1976
(
Figs. 33, 34
)
Lophomilia striatipurpurea
Holloway, 1976
,
Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mount Kinabalu
: 16, Pl. 6: 68, fig. 104. Type-locality: Borneo, Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, Power Station.
Holotype
: male, preserved in NHM, London.
Material examined.
Original description (
Holloway 1976
). The species is only known from the
holotype
.
Diagnosis.
L. striatipurpurea
(
Fig. 33
) “resembles
L. flaviplaga
but differs in the proximity of the postmedial to the antemedial line on dorsum; lacks yellow tinge to dorsum of
L
.
flaviplaga
;
L. flaviplaga
lacks pale striations on veins and is generally redder in tint” (see
Holloway 1976
). Wingspan
26–28 mm
. Judging from the illustration in the original description (
Fig. 34
), the structure of male genitalia is ancestral for the genus. All genitalia structures slender, the valva slightly constricted submedially, with small sacculus, saccular extension short and weak; clasper longitudinal, harpe not expressed. Aedeagus vesica lightly spined with a patch of broader spines. The female is unknown.
Distribution and biology.
(
Fig. 60
).
Malaysia
: Borneo, Sabah, Kinabalu Mt. The single specimen was collected in July (
15.vii.1965
). The larvae and foodplant are unknown.