Two new species of the family Noctuidae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Author Han, H. L. Author Kononenko, V. S. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-10-25 4338 2 385 392 journal article 31750 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.2.12 048b4397-f4e7-4ba7-97ed-bbe388873f91 1175-5326 1036077 F30FB8DC-9A3D-4B7C-A998-17140D2F392A Genus Lacanobia Billberg, 1820 Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo G.J. Billberg : 87. Type species: Phalaena w-latinum Hufnagel [Germany] Berlin. Synonymy: Diataraxia Hübner (subgenus), Peucephila Hampson , Dianobia Behounek (subgenus); Alinobia Beck ; Contranobia Beck. Diagnosis. Medium sized moths. Frons smooth; eyes cowered with dense hairs; proboscis well developed; antennae of male simple, ciliated; labial palps short, upturned, pressed, 3rd segment four times shorter then 2nd; tibia unarmed, epiphysis nearly half of foretibia, tarsi with three rows of setae. Forewing elongate, ground colour varies from reddish-brown to grey or blackish; wing maculation includes main elements of Noctuidae pattern. In the male genitalia uncus moderately long, thin, tegumen almost equal to vinculum, usually with peniculus lobes; fixed peniculus hairs present; valva usually elongate, rather narrow; with distinct neck of cucullus; cucullus variable in shape, frequently acute, apex of cucullus rounded or hook-like pointed; sacculus moderate in size, elongate; clasper as longitudinal or transversal rib, in the subgenus Dianobia with outward directed process; harpe, if present small to moderate, usually positioned in distal part of valva; digitus in many cases presented. Aedeagus moderate and stout, usually curved; vesica tubular, usually coiled, bearing variable in shape cornuti (single one in subgenus Lacanobia , patch of moderate cornuti in the subgenus Dianobia , or complex cornuti in some species). In the female genitalia ovipositor elongate, papillae anales short, quadrangular; ostium positioned in deep vaginal sinus; ductus bursae usually flattened, sclerotised; appendix bursae presents mainly in the subgenus Dianobia ; corpus bursae membranous, bearing four ribbon-like signa. FIGURES 1–5. Victrix acronictoides sp. n. and V. confucii . Adult: 1, 2. V. acronictoides (1—male, holotype, 2—male, paratype; 3, 4. V. acronictoides , head structure (3—lateral vieW, 4—frontal vieW) [Coll. NEFU, Harbin]; 5. V. confucii , China, Sichuan [coll. A. Floriani]; 6, 7. Male genitalia: 6. V. acronictoides sp. n. , holotype, genitalia slide HHL-3815-1 (coll. NEFU); 7. V. confucii , syntype, China, Batan; genitalia slide ZISP 0362 A. Matov [coll. ZISP]. The genus is divided into the subgenera Lacanobia (s. str.), Diataraxia and Dianobia . The genus Lacanobia has the Holarctic distribution, containing 26 species, among them 22 are distributed in the Palaearctic and 4 in the Nearctic; in China it represented by 15 species. The genus has been revised by Behounek (1993) ; the European Lacanobia has been revised by Hacker et al (2002) ; Nearctic species have been revised by McCabe (1980) . Recently two new species of Lacanobia from Sichuan province of China have been described by Gyulai et al. (2011) .