Lophoptera purpurfera Qi & Wang

Qi, Feng, Wang, Ke, Xue, Dayong & Yang, Ding, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Stictopterinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae) in China, Zootaxa 2926, pp. 1-45 : 24-25

Lophoptera purpurfera Qi & Wang , sp. nov.

Figs. 92, 93 , 127 , 153

Diagnosis. By external appearance L. purpurfera is almost identical to those of L. squammilinea , but the former has a distinct purple shining at the forewing terminal area. In the male genitalia, the costa bears an apical elongate process, which is much smaller in L. squammilinea ; the valva is apically narrower than in L. squammilinea ; the juxta is heart shaped but diamond shaped in L. squammilinea .

Description. Head. Frons yellowish-brown, convex. Male antenna filiform, brown. Vertex with a black transversal line. Labial palpus brown, extended beyond frons, the second segment with thick and long scales terminally. Thorax. Forewing length: male 14 mm. Thorax yellowish-brown; tegulae covered with thick yellow scales; patagia longer than half of mesothorax, covered with scales yellowish-brown basally, blackish-brown terminally. Wing pattern. Forewing costal margin with longitudinal blackish-brown band from base to apex, widest near postmedial line, with lower margin gently curved; a longitudinal greyish-white line below blackish-brown band from base to postmedial line; antemedial line black, double, wavy; medial line thin, black, slightly wavy; reniform obscure, ringed with black; postmedial line black, double, wavy; antemedial, medial and postmedial lines visible only between greyish-white band and anal margin; area outside postmedial line tinged with purple shining; thin black line between postmedial and submarginal lines slightly wavy, outlined with greyish-white shadow anteriorly; submarginal line greyish-white, thin and slightly wavy; terminal line black, interrupted on vein ends, outlined with greyish-white shadow anteriorly; fringes blackish-brown basally, greyish-brown terminally. Hindwing blackishbrown, basal half slightly transparent, veins black; fringes same color as forewing. Underside: forewing with basal half light greyish-brown, terminal half dark greyish-brown; hindwing with almost transparent basal half, terminal half blackish-brown. Abdomen. Brown. Male genitalia. Uncus long, pointed apically. Gnathos short, connected at middle, forming a small round process at base of uncus. Base of costa with a quadrate bulge, ending with elongate process, about half length of bulge; sacculus expanded. Juxta heart shaped. Saccus elongate, almost same length as valva. Aedeagus long and narrow, slightly expanded basally. Female genitalia. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: male, CHINA, Hainan: Jianfengling, 28.VIII.1982, coll. Liu Yuanfu ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Etymology. The specific name derived from the Latin word purpura, which means purple, and the suffix -fera, which means present. This refers to the purple shining at the anal margin of the forewing.

Figures

FIGURES 64 – 103. Adults. 64 – 71. Lophoptera illucida. 64, female, upperside; 65, female, underside; 66, female, upperside; 67, female, underside; 68, male, upperside; 69, male, underside; 70, male, upperside; 71, male, underside. 72 – 73. Lophoptera longipennis. 72, female, upperside; 73, female, underside. 74 – 75. Lophoptera tenuis. 74, female, upperside; 75, female, underside. 76 – 77. Lophoptera acutiprocessa. sp. nov., paratype. 76, female, upperside; 77, female, underside. 78 – 79. Lophoptera phaeobasis. 78, female, upperside; 79, female, underside. 80 – 81. Lophoptera negretinoides. 80, male, upperside; 81, male, underside. 82 – 83. Lophoptera negretina. 82, female, upperside; 83, female, underside. 84 – 85. Lophoptera solealis. sp. nov., holotype. 84, male, upperside; 85, male, underside. 86 – 87. Lophoptera huma. 86, male, upperside; 87, male, underside. 88 – 89. Lophoptera squammigera. 88, female, upperside; 89, female, underside. 90 – 91. Lophoptera squammilinea. 90, male, upperside; 91, male, underside. 92 – 93. Lophoptera purpurfera. sp. nov., holotype. 92, male, upperside; 93, male, underside. 94 – 95. Lophoptera trigonoprocessa. sp. nov., paratype. 94, female, upperside; 95, female, underside. 96 – 97. Lophoptera obliquilinea. 96, female, upperside; 97, female, underside. 98 – 99. Lophoptera hypenistis. 98, female, upperside; 99, female, underside. 100 – 101. Lophoptera partitistis. 100, female, upperside; 101, female, underside. 102 – 103. Diascoides ferruginea. 102, female, upperside; 103, female, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 125 – 130. Male genitalia. 125. Lophoptera squammigera. 126. Lophoptera squammilinea. 127. Lophoptera purpurfera sp. nov. 128. Lophoptera trigonoprocessa sp. nov. 129. Lophoptera obliquilinea. 130. Lophoptera hypenistis. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 131 – 156. Aedeagus. 131. Stictoptera trajiciens. 132. Stictoptera repleta. 133. Stictoptera cucullioides. 134. Stictoptera macromma. 135. Stictoptera grisea. 136. Stictoptera semialba. 137. Aegilia describens. 138. Odontodes aleuca. 139. Lophoptera anthyalus. 140. Lophoptera hamata sp. nov. 141. Lophoptera coangulata. 142. Lophoptera stipata. 143. Lophoptera nama. 144. Lophoptera brunnama. 145. Lophoptera illucida. 146. Lophoptera longipennis. 147. Lophoptera acutiprocessa sp. nov. 148. Lophoptera negretinoides. 149. Lophoptera solealis sp. nov. 150. Lophoptera huma. 151. Lophoptera squammigera. 152. Lophoptera squammilinea. 153. Lophoptera purpurfera sp. nov. 154. Lophoptera trigonoprocessa sp. nov. 155. Lophoptera obliquilinea. 156. Lophoptera hypenistis. Scale bars = 1 mm.