Lophoptera negretina ( Hampson, 1902 )

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 : 22

Lophoptera negretina ( Hampson, 1902)

Figs. 82, 83 , 176

Stictoptera negretina Hampson, 1902 , J. Bomb. Soc., 14: 212. Holotype: female, [ India]: [Meghalaya], Khasis Hills (BMNH). Lophoptera negretina: Hampson, 1912 , Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 189, pl. 179, fig. 2.

Diagnosis. The species is distinguishable from L. negretinoides by presence of black area between subbasal and antemedial lines, which is yellowish-brown in L. negretinoides ; in the female genitalia the lateral lobes are short and complete, but that of L. negretinoides are long and bifid terminally. L. negretina also resembles L. solealis sp. nov. and differs mainly in the female genitalia, this species has a V-shaped sclerotization posteriorly to the ostium, but L. solealis has two small triangular lobes posteriorly to the ostium.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 1 female, Jianfengling, Tianchi, 14.IV.1980, coll. Zhang Baolin ( IZCAS). Guangxi: 7 females, Pingxiang, 23–24.IV.1980 ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Hainan, Guangxi), India.

Figures

FIGURES 64 – 103. Adults. 64 – 71. Lophoptera illucida. 64, female, upperside; 65, female, underside; 66, female, upperside; 67, female, underside; 68, male, upperside; 69, male, underside; 70, male, upperside; 71, male, underside. 72 – 73. Lophoptera longipennis. 72, female, upperside; 73, female, underside. 74 – 75. Lophoptera tenuis. 74, female, upperside; 75, female, underside. 76 – 77. Lophoptera acutiprocessa. sp. nov., paratype. 76, female, upperside; 77, female, underside. 78 – 79. Lophoptera phaeobasis. 78, female, upperside; 79, female, underside. 80 – 81. Lophoptera negretinoides. 80, male, upperside; 81, male, underside. 82 – 83. Lophoptera negretina. 82, female, upperside; 83, female, underside. 84 – 85. Lophoptera solealis. sp. nov., holotype. 84, male, upperside; 85, male, underside. 86 – 87. Lophoptera huma. 86, male, upperside; 87, male, underside. 88 – 89. Lophoptera squammigera. 88, female, upperside; 89, female, underside. 90 – 91. Lophoptera squammilinea. 90, male, upperside; 91, male, underside. 92 – 93. Lophoptera purpurfera. sp. nov., holotype. 92, male, upperside; 93, male, underside. 94 – 95. Lophoptera trigonoprocessa. sp. nov., paratype. 94, female, upperside; 95, female, underside. 96 – 97. Lophoptera obliquilinea. 96, female, upperside; 97, female, underside. 98 – 99. Lophoptera hypenistis. 98, female, upperside; 99, female, underside. 100 – 101. Lophoptera partitistis. 100, female, upperside; 101, female, underside. 102 – 103. Diascoides ferruginea. 102, female, upperside; 103, female, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 171 – 177. Female genitalia. 171. Lophoptera illucida. 172. Lophoptera longipennis. 173. Lophoptera tenuis. 174. Lophoptera acutiprocessa sp. nov. 175. Lophoptera phaeobasis. 176. Lophoptera negretina. 177. Lophoptera solealis sp. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.