Tantulius belli Fibiger, 2010

FIBIGER, MICHAEL, 2010, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae, Zootaxa 2583 (1), pp. 1-119 : 64-65

Tantulius belli Fibiger , new species

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Material examined. Holotype. Female. S India, Karwar, 16.viii. [19]30, leg. T. R. Bell, B.M. 1934-394, two labels - handwritten and printed: Melaleucia sp. n., 1658, det. W.H. T. Tams, coll. BMNH.

Remarks. Melaleucia Hampson is a genus in Nolinae. Number 1658 refers probably to W.H.T. Tams gen-

Head, patagia, anterior part of tegulae, prothorax, basal part of costa, costal part of medial area, and fringes: blackish brown, costal medial area quadrangular (apo.).

Forewing: short and relatively broad; ground colour yellow; terminal area brown, suffused with few black scales.

Crosslines: antemedial and postmedial line well marked, narrow, light brown (apo.).

Terminal line: indistinct, indicated by few brown, interneural dots (apo.).

Reniform stigma: untraceable.

Hindwing: grey, without discal spot.

Underside: forewing light brown, hindwing light grey.

Male and Female genitalia. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. Described under genus.

Distribution. T. belli known only from South India.

Figures

PLATE 8. Figures 1–8. Clarior and Obscura species, adults. 1, Tantulius belli, female holotype, abdomen lost, India S, Kawar; 2. Asylemissa comma, male holotype, NE Thailand, Chaiyapumh Distr.; 3, Clarior kitchingi, male holotype, Thailand N, Dot Phu Kha Nat. P.; 4, Obscura lateraprocessa, female holotype, Indonesia, N. Sumatra; 5, O. clarus, male holotype, Indonesia, West Sumatra; 6, O. niasiensis, male holotype, Indonesia, S Nias Isl.; 7, O. fragilis, female holotype, Thailand NW, Mae Hong Son; 8, O. davisi, male paratype, Sri Lanka, District, Chundikkulam Sanct.