Tolpia talauti, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 21-22

Tolpia talauti Fibiger, new species

( Plate 2 , figure 6; female abdomen plate 13, figure 4)

Material examined.

Holotype: [ Indonesia], Talaut Isl. , -. ii.-iii.1892, leg. W. Doherty, abdom. prep. 3717 M. Fibiger. Coll. BMNH.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 14 mm.

Transverse lines: brown, suffused with black scales; antemedial and postmedial lines indistinct, with a black spot by costa; subterminal line present, indistinct; terminal line indicated by black elongated spots between veins.

Reniform: black.

Hindwing: brown.

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Abdomen: brown.

Female genitalia.

Abdomen: mostly eaten but 6 th segment heavily sclerotised medially and outwardly (see plate 13, fig. 4). apodeme narrow, typical for Micronoctuidae .

Differential diagnosis.

Wings narrower than those of the other species, with a prominent invagination low on the hindwing. The position of T. talauti in this group is supported by the heavy sclerotisation of the anterior part of the 6 th abdominal segment, – see e.g., T. montana .

Figures

PLATE 2. Figures 1–8. Tolpia species, adults. 1, T. andamani, female holotype, India, S Andamans; 2, T. kampungi, male holotype, Malaysia, Pahang district; 3, T. orientis, male holotype, Thailand SE, Chanthaburi district; 4, 5, T. alexmadseni, male paratype, Indonesia, Sumatra W, Bukittinggi and male holotype; with same data; 6, T. talauti, female holotype, Indonesia, Talaut; 7, T. palawani, female holotype, Philippines, Palawan; 8, T. montana, female holotype, Philippines, Palawan.