Stenoloba lichenosella Kononenko & Ronkay, 2001

Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2009, A review of the genus Stenoloba Staudinger, 1892 from China, with description of 6 new species and 7 new records for China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Bryophilinae), Zootaxa 2268 (1), pp. 1-22 : 16

Stenoloba lichenosella Kononenko & Ronkay, 2001

( Figs. 12 , 27 , 43 )

Stenoloba lichenosella Kononenko & Ronkay, 2001 , Insecta Koreana , 18(2): 100, fig. 6, 27. Type locality: North Vietnam, Tam Dao, 1200 m. Holotype: male, preserved in ZFMK, Bonn.

Material examined. 1 male, Prov. Jiangxi, Dayu , 18.vii.1975 (coll. B.L. Zhang) ; 1 male, Prov. Jiangxi, Dayu , 18.vi.1977 ; 2 female, Prov. Fujian, Taipingqiao , 21, 22.v. I 1989 (coll. S.C. Qi) ; 1 male, Aut. Reg. Guangxi, Longzhou, Nonggang , 13.vi.2000 (coll. W.Z. Li) ; 5 males, 1 female, Aut. Reg. Guangxi, Napo, Defu , 19.vi.2000 (coll. J. Yao & J. Chen) ; 3 males, Prov. Yunnan, Pur , 14.vi.2007 (coll. H.L. Han) .

Diagnosis. The species and its ally S. lichenosa , described from Taiwan, represent a pairs of siblings whose external features are rather remote from other species of the genus. They resemble most dark specimens of S. manley , but differ by prominent grass-green tint. S. lichenosella ( Fig. 12 ) is externally close to S. lichenosa , but can be distinguished by the male genitalia. S. lichenosella ( Fig. 27 ) has, compared with S. lichenosa , somewhat wider uncus, more robust valva with broader, but shorter distal saccular lobe; more sclerotized, narrower distal part of valva; short ventral extension and two small, but strong spines at apex; the shape of aedeagus and vesica are also different. The species has been described from a single male from North Vietnam ( Kononenko & Ronkay 2001). Our data significantly extend its known distribution. The female genitalia are described below.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 43 ). Ovipositor rather short; apophyses anteriores and posteriores equal in length; antrum medium long, flattened, with stronger medial sclerotization; ductus bursae long, narrower than in S. lichenosella , flattened, sclerotized; cervix bursae relatively short, but stronger than in S. lichenosella , heavily sclerotized, folded; corpus bursae somewhat shorter than in S. lichenosella , sacciform, membranous.

Distribution. South China (Provinces Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Aut. Reg. Guangxi, first record), North Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 9–17. Stenoloba spp., adults. 9. S. brunneola, male; 10. S. brunneola, male, holotype (ZFMK); 11. S. viridimicta; 12. S. lichenosella, male; 13. S. glauca, male; 14. S. rufosagittoides, male, holotype; 15. S. rufosagitta; 16. S. viridescens, male; 17. S. acutivalva, male, holotype.

FIGURES 24–29. Stenoloba spp., male genitalia. 24. S. viridinivea, paratype, genit. prep. HHL-1338-1; 25. S. brunneola, genit. prep. HHL-1220-1; 26. S. viridimicta genit. prep. HHL-1330-1; 27. S. lichenosella, genit. prep. HHL- 1237-1; 28. S. basiviridis, genit. prep. HHL-1247-1; 29. S. benedeki, genit. prep. ZFMK 2021 VK.

FIGURES 39–44. Stenoloba spp., female genitalia. 39. S. yunley, paratype, genit. prep. HHL-1333-2; 40. S. manley, Japan, genit. prep. 691 VK. IBSS; 41. S. viridinivea, paratype, genit. prep. HHL-1337-2a; 42. S. brunneola, genit prep. HHL-1334-2a; 43. S. lichenosella, genit. prep. CAU-104-2; 44. S. viridescens, genit. prep. HHL-1336-2.