Lophoterges (Tibeterges), Ronkay, 2005

Ronkay, L., 2005, Revision Of The Genus Lophoterges Hampson, 1906 (S. L.) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Cuculliinae). Part Ii. The Genus Lophoterges S. Str., Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51 (1), pp. 1-57 : 15-16

Subgenus Tibeterges subgen. n.

Type species: Lophoterges hoenei DRAUDT, 1950 , Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 40: 56; pl. 4, fig. 10.

Diagnosis. External morphology ( Fig. 30 ). Large, relatively robust species with broad, rather acutely pointed fore wings. The maculation is typical of the genus with entirely white-filled stigmata and reduced crosslines. The cartilagineous pleural patches of the female abdomen are almost fully reduced.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 68 ). Ovipositor without lunulate intersegmental cartilagineous plates; ostium bursae broadly but conspicuously shortly calyculate with rather V-shaped dorsal and ventral sclerotised laminae; ductus bursae mainly membranous, with elongate sclerotised dorsal patch only; cervix bursae short, subconical, without sclerotised part; corpus bursae elliptical-ovoid; signum absent.

The subgenus Tibeterges is rather remote from the other subgenera of Lophoterges , representing a specially evolved descendant of the archetype with numerous autapomorphies (see above).

Figures

Figs 25–32. 25 = Lophoterges (Fibigerges) millierei millierei (STAUDINGER, 1871), female, Spain; 26–28 = L. (F.) m. fibigeri RONKAY et RONKAY, 1995: 26 = holotype, male, France, Basses Alps, 27 = paratype, male, France, Sisteron, 28 = paratype, female; 29 = L. (Lophoterges) fatua (PÜNGELER, 1904), holotype, male, Kuku-Noor; 30 = L. (Tibeterges) hoenei DRAUDT, 1950, holotype, female, Tibet, Batang; 31 = L. (Variterges) aksuensis (BANG-HAAS, 1912, holotype, male, Aksu; 32 = L.

Fig. 68. Lophoterges (Tibeterges) hoenei DRAUDT, holotype female, Tibet, Batang