Bellulia antemediana, Fibiger, 2008

Fibiger, Michael, 2008, Figures 17 – 23. Lygephila Spp., Female Genitalia. 17, L In Description Of A New Species Of Lygephila Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae) From Russian Far East And North China, Zootaxa 1867, pp. 1-136 : 26

The antemediana species­group

The group comprises 2 species. It is characterised as follows:

­ forewing with some markings absent (apo.);

­ ground colour of forewing light brown;

­ antemedial line well marked, black;

­ medial shade with black patch on costa;

­ reniform stigma prominent, yellowish;

­ hindwing with indistinct discal spot;

­ saccus short, triangular;

­ tergite log­like, with stout hair­like setae at apex;

­ processes from fultura superior log­like, with medial pointed process (apo.);

­ phallus broadest at ductus ejaculatorius, curved subapically, tapered towards apex;

­ vesica often with two or three small triangular cornuti;