Stenoloba benedeki 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 : 14

Stenoloba benedeki Ronkay, 2001

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Stenoloba benedeki Ronkay, 2001 , Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationals Hungarici. 93: 226, fig. 4–5, Type locality: N Vietnam, Mt. Fan-si-pan, Chapa , 1600–1800m, Holotype: male, preserved in HNHM, Budapest.

Material examined. 1 male, China, Prov. Shaanxi West Tien-mu-shan Mts., 30.iv.1932 (H. Höne) .

Diagnosis. The species ( Fig. 6 ) is characterized by pale olive-green forewing coloration and wing pattern with distinct basal line and dentate, somewhat diffused antemedial line; subterminal line diffused. In male genitalia ( Fig. 29 ) uncus developed, flat; valva relatively narrow, with sclerotized bar of clasper, armed on the apex with few short spines. Female genitalia described by Ronkay (2001). S. benedeki with its allies S. olivacea Kononenko & Ronkay, 2000 and S. futii Kononenko & Ronkay, 2000 form a group of species. The last two have not yet been found in China. Our record of S. benedeki in an old collection from Prov. Shaanxi significantly extends the distribution of the species northwards.

Distribution. Central China (Prov. Shaanxi, first record), North Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Stenoloba spp., adults. 1. S. yunley, male, holotype; 2. S. yunley, male, paratype; 3. S. viridibasis, male, holotype; 4. S. pulla, male; 5. S. oculatoides, male, holotype; 6. S. benedeki, male; 7. S. viridinivea, male, holotype; 8. S. viridinivea, male, paratype.

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.