Lophoptera tenuis ( Moore, 1868 )

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 : 20

Lophoptera tenuis ( Moore, 1868)

Figs. 74, 75 , 120 , 173

Cucullia tenuis Moore, 1868 , Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 60. Syntypes: [ India]: [West Bengal], Darjiling (BMNH; MNHU). Sadarsa tenuis: Hampson, 1912 . Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 204, fig. 11.

Lophoptera tenuis: Holloway, 1985 , Malay. Nat. J., 38: 264.

Diagnosis. Externally L. tenuis resembles L. longipennis , but differs from the later by shorter and wider forewing, the tornus of L. tenuis is angled but gently curved in L. longipennis ; wing pattern without black transversal lines in the basal half of the forewing as in L. longipennis . The hindwing has the basal half more transparent than in L. longipennis . The differences of the genitalia are as described above.

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: 1 male, Shuimushan, 2500 m, 6.VIII.1980; 1 male, Mangshi, 1200 m, 4.V.1980, coll. Li Hongxing; 1 female, Yingjiang, 1700 m, 15.IV.1980, coll. Shang Jinwen ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), India, N.E. Himalaya, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

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 119 – 124. Male genitalia. 119. Lophoptera longipennis. 120. Lophoptera tenuis. 121. Lophoptera acutiprocessa sp. nov. 122. Lophoptera negretinoides. 123. Lophoptera solealis sp. nov. 124. Lophoptera huma. Scale bars = 1 mm.

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.