Pollex (Bilobiana) mindai, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 61

Pollex (Bilobiana) mindai Fibiger, new species

( Plate 7 , figure 8; female genit. plate 25, figure 1)

Material examined.

Holotype: female, Philippines, Samar , Gandarar, caught on light, 25.iv.1997, leg. W. Mey and W. Speidel, genit. prep. 3301 M. Fibiger. Coll. ZMHB.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 10 mm.

Forewing: narrow, greyish brown.

Transverse lines: brown; terminal line marked by black dots between veins.

Reniform: distinct, whitish grey, outlined by black.

Hindwing: unicolorous dark brown with an indistinct black discal spot.

Underside: unicolorous dark brown.

Female genitalia.

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised, slightly asymmetrical.

Anterior apophyses: length 1½ of posterior apophyses.

Position of ostium bursae: 1/5 from anterior edge of 7 th segment, slightly displaced to left.

Ostium bursae: heavily sclerotised on ventrally and on lateral sides half way around.

Antrum: long, sclerotised.

Ductus bursae: coils in several loops, membranous, long, 1½ X longer than corpus bursae.

Corpus bursae: elongated, only slightly wider subapically.

Appendix bursae: arising anteriorly from ductus bursae immediately after antrum.

Differential diagnosis.

P. mindai differs from other species by the sclerotisation on the ventral half of ostium bursae and the long, cylindrical, sclerotised antrum.

Figures

PLATE 7. Figures 1–8. Pollex subgenus Bilobiana species, adults. 1, P.(B.) lobifera (Hampson, 1926), male holoatype, Philippines, [Luzon], Los Banos; 2, 3, P. (B.) sapamori, male holotype, Philippines, Mindanao, Sapamoro, and female paratype, with same data; 4, P.(B.) poguei, female holotype, Philippines, [Luzon], Los Banos; 5, 6, P.(B.) speideli, male holotype, Philippines, [Luzon], Los Banos, and female paratype, with same data; 7, P.(B.) parabala, male holotype, Balabac, Dalawan Bay; 8, P.(B.) mindai, female holotype, Philippines, Samar, Gandara.