Xestioplexia colorata ( Corti & Draudt, 1933 ) Corti & Draudt, 1933

Gyulai, Peter, Ronkay, László & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2015, Xestioplexia gen. n. with the description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Zootaxa 4007 (1), pp. 131-137 : 136

Xestioplexia colorata ( Corti & Draudt, 1933) comb. n.

( Figs 4 –6, 9)

Taxonomic notes. The species was described from Tibet by Corti & Draudt in the Seitz Supplementum (1933) combining with the genus Anaplectoides . Since then, its taxonomic position was debatable. The holotype of the taxon has not been found during our studies, but a male paratype and further two specimens are preserved in the Corti collection, NMB (one male and one female, the abdomen of the female is, unfortunately, missing). The specimens and their labels are illustrated in the figures 4–6. The male genitalia of the species are illustrated here for the first time; the detailed comparison with its congener is given in the introduction and in the diagnoses of X. albicollis , therefore a full redescription of the species seems to be unnecessary.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Xestioplexia spp. adults. 1. X. albicollis sp. n., male, holotype, China, Sichuan (PGM); 2. X. albicollis sp. n., male, paratype, China, Sichuan (AFM); 3. X. albicollis sp. n., female, paratype, China, Sichuan (AFM); 4. X. colorata, male, paratype, China, Tibet (NMB); 5. X. colorata, male, China, Tibet (NMB); 6. X. colorata, female, China, Tibet (NMB).