Tolpia andamani, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 16

Tolpia andamani Fibiger, new species

( Plate 2 , figure 1)

Material examined.

Holotype: female, [ India], Andamans S, 15-27.vii.1927, leg. Ferrar, Presented by R. L. E. Ford, B.M. 1949- 487. Coll. BMNH.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 13 mm.

Transverse lines: present; narrow, wavy, and brown; basal, antemedial, and postmedial lines marked with a black spot by costa; terminal line black, slightly broken.

Reniform: blackish, very close to postmedial line.

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Hindwing and abdomen missing.

Differential diagnosis.

T. andamani differs from the other species of the genus in having an almost complete (un-interrupted), black, terminal line.

Note. It is not possible to determine the species-group to which T. andamani belongs, so it is placed here according to its geographical occurrence.

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.