Stictoptera signifera ( Walker, 1857 )

Qi, Feng, Wang, Ke, Xue, Dayong & Yang, Ding, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Stictopterinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae) in China, Zootaxa 2926, pp. 1-45 : 7

Stictoptera signifera ( Walker, 1857)

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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).

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FIGURES 3 – 11. Venations. 3. Stictoptera signifera. 4. Aegilia describens. 5. Gyrtona lapidarioides. 6. Odontodes aleuca. 7. Lophoptera squammilinea. 8. Lophoptera longipennis. 9. Diascoides ferruginea. 10 – 11. Sigmuncus arcuata. 10, male; 11, female.