A review of the genus Stenoloba Staudinger, 1892 from China, with description of 6 new species and 7 new records for China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Bryophilinae) Author Han, H. L. School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, CH- 150014 China. E-mail: hanhuilin @ yahoo. com. cn Laboratory of Entomology, Institute of Biology and Soil Science Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, RF- 690022 Vladivostok, Russia. E-mail: kononenko @ ibss. dvo. ru Corresponding author Author Kononenko, V. S. text Zootaxa 2009 2009-10-20 2268 1 1 22 https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2268.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2268.1.1 1175-5326 5306321 Stenoloba benedeki Ronkay, 2001 ( Figs. 6 , 29 ) Stenoloba benedeki Ronkay, 2001 , Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationals Hungarici . 93: 226, fig. 4–5, Type locality: N Vietnam , Mt. Fan-si-pan, Chapa , 1600–1800m , Holotype : male, preserved in HNHM, Budapest. Material examined. 1 male , China , Prov. Shaanxi West Tien-mu-shan Mts., 30.iv.1932 ( H. Höne ) . Diagnosis. The species ( Fig. 6 ) is characterized by pale olive-green forewing coloration and wing pattern with distinct basal line and dentate, somewhat diffused antemedial line; subterminal line diffused. In male genitalia ( Fig. 29 ) uncus developed, flat; valva relatively narrow, with sclerotized bar of clasper, armed on the apex with few short spines. Female genitalia described by Ronkay (2001) . S. benedeki with its allies S. olivacea Kononenko & Ronkay, 2000 and S. futii Kononenko & Ronkay, 2000 form a group of species. The last two have not yet been found in China . Our record of S. benedeki in an old collection from Prov. Shaanxi significantly extends the distribution of the species northwards. Distribution. Central China (Prov. Shaanxi , first record), North Vietnam .