Asyprocessa spinus Fibiger, 2010

FIBIGER, MICHAEL, 2010, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae, Zootaxa 2583 (1), pp. 1-119 : 63-64

Asyprocessa spinus Fibiger , new species

( Plate 7 , figure 8; male genit. plate 17, figure 3)

Material examined. Holotype: Male, Malaysia W, Penang, Telok Bahar , 14.xii.1984, leg. R. M. Pearson, Brit. Mus. 1986 – 354, genit. prep. 3209 M. Fibiger, coll. BMNH.

Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 8–10 mm.

Head, patagia, tegulae, thorax, and ground colour of forewing: grey, suffused with black scales (apo.).

Basal part of costa, costal part of medial area, and fringes: indistinct patches of grey black (apo.).

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

Reniform stigma: narrow, small, yellow.

Hindwing: light grey, with indistinct discal spot.

Underside: forewing grey brown; hindwing grey, with discal spot.

Male genitalia. Vinculum: dorsally reduced to a prominent, narrow, sticklike structure.

Sacculus: asymmetrical; long, curved spinelike process on right side; small, narrow, triangular plate on left side (apo.).

Ampulla: rather small, asymmetrical, longer than wide (apo.).

Phallus: curved to less than right angle (apo.).

Vesica: basally with slightly sclerotised plate with spinules.

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. A. spinus differs from other Asyprocessa species in:

- grey ground colour throughout;

- ampulla elongated, yellow;

- saccular spine curved;

- phallus smoothly curved to less than right angle.

Distribution. A. spinus known only from W and NW Thailand.

Figures

PLATE 7. Figures 1–8. Longiantrum, Abes, Asyprocessa, Tantulius, and Asymelissa species, adults. 1, Longiantrum coclea, female holotype, Vietnam N, Ban En Base Camp; 2, L. legraini, female holotype, Thailand, Loei; 3, L. burmaensis, male holotype, Myanmar N, Htawgaw; 4, L. quadra, male holotype, Vietnam N, Tonkin; 5, Abes vedi, female holotype, Thailand N, Chiang Mai; 6, Asyprocessa wapi, male holotype, Laos, Wapi; 7, A. laevi, female holotype, Thailand, Chiang Mai; 8, A. spinus, male holotype, Malaysia W, Penang.