Lophoptera hayesi Sugi, 1982

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 : 18-19

Lophoptera hayesi Sugi, 1982

Lophoptera hayesi Sugi, 1982 , in Inoue et al., Moths of Japan, 1: 790; 2: 376. pl. 193: 21, pl. 371: 7. Holotype: male, Japan.

Diagnosis. L. hayesi is similar by wing pattern to previous two species, with wide black postmedial line curved inwards after M3, both sides of the postmedial line bordered with black lines, however, the apex of this species lacks greyish-white patch. In the male genitalia, it is similar to L. nama by presence of small process on apex of valva, but the shape of saccus is different, and the outer margin of the saccus is arched but angled basally in L. nama (followed Sugi 1982).

Material examined. None.

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong), Japan. The species was reported for China by Ades & Kendrick (2004).