Pollex (Bilobiana) lomboki, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 49-50

Pollex (Bilobiana) lomboki Fibiger, new species

( Plate 6 , figure 1; female genit. plate 24, figure 1)

Material examined.

Holotype: female, Indonesia, Lombok , Suranadi, 200 m, 18.iii.1991, by light in open area in forest, leg. R. de Jong, genit. prep. 3922 M. Fibiger, Coll. RMNH.

Paratype: female, Indonesia, W Java, Bogor , 250 m, 21.v.1954, leg. J. v.d. Vecht, genit. prep. 5765 M. Fibiger. Coll. RMNB .

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 9 mm.

Forewing: narrow, blackish brown.

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

Reniform: distinct, yellow, outlined by black.

Hindwing: unicolorous grey; discal spot nearly invisible.

Underside: unicolorous grey.

Female genitalia.

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised, asymmetrical.

Anterior apophyses: length 1½ of posterior apophyses.

Position of ostium bursae: a little above middle of 7 th segment, slightly displaced to left.

Antrum: basally and posteriorly narrow, medially enlarged, sclerotised.

Ductus bursae: membranous, long, twice as long as corpus bursae.

Corpus bursae: globular.

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

Differential diagnosis.

P. lomboki differs from the other species in the group by the antrum, which is more sclerotised and broader medially.

Figures

PLATE 6. Figures 1–8. Pollex subgenus Bilobiana species, adults. 1, P.(B.) lomboki, female holotype, Indonesia, Lombok, Suranadi; 2, P.(B.) silaui, Indonesia, Sumatra N, Huta Padang; 3, P.(B.) balabaci, male holotype, Philippines, Balabac, Dalawan Bay; 4, 5, P. (B.) newguineai, male holotype, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Birdshead Pininsula E, female paratype, with same data; 6, P. (B.) utarai, male holotype, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Manado; 7, P.(B.) philippini, male holotype, Phillippines; 8, P.(B.) lobifera (Hampson, 1926), male paratype, Philippines, [Luzon], Los Banos.