Lophomilia rustica Kononenko & Behounek

Kononenko, Vladimir & Behounek, Gottfried, 2009, A revision of the genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 with description of four new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae), Zootaxa 1989, pp. 1-22 : 11

Lophomilia rustica Kononenko & Behounek sp. n.

( Figs. 11, 12 , 30 , 45 )

Type material. Holotype: CHINA, male, Kuling Kiangsu (H. Höne leg.), prep. 2086 ZFMK, coll. ZFMK. Paratypes: 1 female, Lungtang b. Nanking, Prov. Kiangsu 19.vi.1933 (H. Höne leg.), prep. 2087 ZFMK; 4 female, Hoengshan, Prov. Hunan, 9, 16.vi, 27.viii.1933 (H. Höne leg.); 5 female, 1 male with prep. 5959 Berio, Ost Tien-mu-shan, Prov. Chekiang 12.iv (male), 13.vi., 2.vi.1931 (H. Höne leg.); 1 male 1 female, Lungtang b. Nanking, Prov. Kiangsu, vi.1933 (H. Höne leg.), coll. ZFMK. The type series of L. rustica , including the holotype, is in Zoological Institute and Museum Alexander Koenig ( ZFMK), Bonn, Germany.

Diagnosis. The new species belongs to the L. polybapta species group but can be recognized by its pointed forewing with a deep incision before the apex. The wing coloration, unlike related species, is uniform rusty reddish-brown, slightly paler in basal part; wing pattern expressed by dark lines. In the female genitalia the species differs by having a moderately wide, funnel-shaped antrum with a deep central incision.

Description. Adult ( Figs. 11, 12 ). Wingspan 26–28 mm. Forewing with deep incision before pointed apex. Ground color of forewing uniform rusty reddish-brown; basal line hardly traceable. Antemedial line brown, more distinct in dorsal part of wing, weakly traceable and diffused in costal part; postmedial line arises on dorsum as black, oblique bar, narrowing to thin line beyond Cu1 and extending to costa, bordered inside by dark brown suffusion, and outside by thin pale-brown line and brown suffusion; orbicular expressed as small black dot, reniform hardly traceable as pale spot; subterminal line diffuse, dentate, broken; terminal field with dark suffusion in apical part; cilia rusty-brown. Hindwing greyish-brown, slightly darker in terminal part, with weakly traceable diffused discal spot and blackish tornal spot; cilia yellowish-grey. Male genitalia ( Fig. 30 ). Uncus relatively thin, sickle-like, curved; tegumen higher than vinculum; juxta three-lobed; valva moderately long, with parallel margins; transtilla weak; costa well developed, in apical part separated from membranous valva; editum well expressed; clasper-harpe complex lies in longitudinal position, fused with costa, clasper with elongate sclerotized basal plate, harpe not expressed; sacculus small, sclerotised, with moderate flattened, stick-like extension, longer than half of valva; apical part of valva membranous, rounded, lobe-like; aedeagus relatively thin, moderate, with well expressed coecum, vesica large, bulbous, with three wide diverticula, with small patch of cornuti. Female genitalia ( Fig. 45 ). Ovipositor short, rather wide, papillae anales moderate, apophyses anteriores shorter than posterior ones, small, thin; antrum small, rather wide, funnel like; ductus bursae short, wide, flattened, sclerotized, in the region where it is joining with antrum membranous; corpus bursae rounded, elongate, with small signum in bottom part.

Distribution and biology. ( Fig. 54 ). East and South China. Probably multivoltine, adults collected from April to end of August. The larva and foodplant are unknown.

Etymology. The name refers to the rusty reddish-brown coloration of the forewing.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Lophomilia spp., adults. 9. L. nekrasovi, male, holotype, Russia, Primorye terr., Khasansky distr., Slayanka (ZISP); 10. L. nekrasovi, female, paratype, Russia, Primorye terr., Khasansky distr., Sukhanovsky pass near Ryazanovka (IBSS); 11. L. rustica, male, holotype, China, Tapaishan (ZFMK); 12. L. rustica, female, paratype, same locality (ZFMK). 13. L. hoenei, male, holotype, China, Noth Yunnan, A-tun-tse (ZFMK); 14. L. hoenei, female, same locality, grey form (ZFMK); 15. L. hoenei, female, same locality, contrast form (ZFMK); 16. L. kogii, male, Russia, Primorye terr. Khasansky distr., Andreevka (FNM).

FIGURES 29 – 32. Lophomilia spp., male genitalia. 29. L. nekrasovi, paratype, prep. 842 IBSS Russia, Primorye terr.; 30. L. rustica, paratype, China, Tapaishan, prep. 2086 VK ZFMK; 31. L. hoenei, China, Likiang, prep. 2101 VK ZFMK; 32. L. kogii, Russia, AM ZISP.

FIGURES 40 – 49. Lophomilia spp. and Hepatica anceps, female genitalia. 40. L. flaviplaga, South Korea, prep. 250 - 2 d HL CIS; 41. L. takao, China, Yunnan, prep. VK NEFU; 42. L. diehli; paratype, prep. 6538 GB, Indonesia, Sumatra; 43. L. polybapta, China, China, Yunnan, prep. VK NEFU; 44. L. nekrasovi sp. n. China, Tapaishan, prep. 2032 VK ZFMK; 45. L. rustica, China, Tapaishan, prep. 2087 VK ZFMK; 46. L. hoenei, China, Yunnan, prep. 2102 VK ZFMK; 47. L. kogii, South Korea, prep. 231 - 2 c HL CIS; 48. L. albistria, prep. 6526 GB, Nepal, Kathmandu, Pulchouki Mt.; 49. H. anceps, South Korea, prep. 255 - 2 HL CIS.

FIGURES 50 – 57. Lophomilia spp., distribution maps. 50. L. flaviplaga; 51. L. takao; 52. L. polybapta; 53. L. nekrasovi; 54. L. rustica; 55. L. hoenei; 56. L. kogii; 57. L. albicosta.