Araeopteron xanthopis ( Hampson, 1907 )

Jin, Yuanyuan, Yao, Chunhua & Han, Huilin, 2025, Four new and one newly recorded species of Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Erebidae, Boletobiinae, Araeopteronini), with the checklist of the genus from China, ZooKeys 1256, pp. 259-273 : 259-273

Araeopteron xanthopis ( Hampson, 1907)

Figs 11 , 12 , 18 , 24 Common name: 黑白纤翅夜蛾

Araeopterum xanthopis Hampson, 1907 , Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 672. TL: Sri Lanka, Haldamulla.

Material examined.

China • 1 ♂; Yunnan, Lincang City ; 6–7.IX.2014; HL. Han, MJ. Qi leg.; genit. prep. no. hhl- 4431-1; in NEFU • 1 ♀; Yunnan, Baoshan City, Longyang District, Baihualing Village, Mt. Gaoligong ; 30.VII–2.VIII.2008; HL. Han leg.; genit. prep. no. hhl- 4430-2; in NEFU .

Description.

Male genitalia (Fig. 18 ). Tegumen membranous, triangular. Paratergal sclerites robust and large. Vinculum thick, slightly sclerotized, U-shaped. Saccus sclerotized, mango-shaped. Valva broadened basally and apically, narrowed medially, with a bilobed apex; harpe narrow, positioned at c. 2 / 3 the length from valva base; costa narrow at base, gradually widening, broader than cucullus; cucullus narrow, apically rounded. Uncus slender, slightly curved. Juxta slightly sclerotized. Aedeagus tube-shaped; vesica membranous, with a single cornuti field. Female genitalia (Fig. 24 ). Papillae anales broad, slightly sclerotized. Apophysis posterioris and apophysis anterioris slender, sclerotized, almost equal in length. Ostium bursae U-shaped, widened, thick, and sclerotized. Ductus bursae short, narrow. Anterior part of corpus bursae slightly sclerotized, bearing small spiny grains; posterior part membranous.

Distribution.

China ( Yunnan); Sri Lanka (Haldamulla).

Remarks.

Hampson (1907) first recorded this species and described the characteristics of the adult. In this study, the genitalia of this species are described and illustrated in detail for the first time.

Figures

Figures 7–12. Adults of Araeopteron spp. 7. A. kononenkoi sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 8. A. kononenkoi sp. nov., female, paratype (NEFU); 9. A. legraini (after Bippus 2018, BMNH); 10. A. legraini (after Bippus 2018, BMNH); 11. A. xanthopis, male (NEFU); 12. A. xanthopis, female (NEFU). Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figures 13–18. Male genitalia of Araeopteron spp. 13. A. maculas sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 14. A. ussurica sp. nov., male, paratype (after Fibiger and Kononenko 2008, ZMUC); 15. A. simaoensis sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 16. A. medogensis, male (after Han and Kononenko 2021, NEFU); 17. A. submedogensis sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 18. A. xanthopis, male (NEFU).

Figures 19–24. Male and female genitalia of Araeopteron spp. 19. A. kononenkoi sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 20. A. legraini, male (after Bippus 2018, BMNH); 21. A. maculas sp. nov., female, paratype (NEFU); 22. A. kononenkoi sp. nov., female, paratype (NEFU); 23. A. legraini, female (after Bippus 2018, BMNH); 24. A. xanthopis, female (NEFU).