Gyrtona semicarbonalis Walker, 1863

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 : 12

Gyrtona semicarbonalis Walker, 1863

Figs. 38, 39

Gyrtona semicarbonalis Walker, 1863b , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 27: 92. Syntypes: Borneo: Sarawak (OUM).

Gyrtona rotundalis Walker, 1863b , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 27: 93.

Gyrtona thoracia Walker, 1863b , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 27: 96.

Gyrtona spilalis Walker, 1863b , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 27: 97.

Gyrtona physicoides Moore, 1885 , Lepid. Ceyl., 3: 125.

Lophoptera angusta Pagenstecher, 1900 , Zoologica 12 (29): 92.

Diagnosis. The species is distinguishable from other congeners by the antemedial line having erected black scales dots posteriorly; the grey submarginal line is outlined with brown shadows both anteriorly and posteriorly. In the male genitalia, the two arms of valva are very slender, the sacculus is curved terminally and has a small basal process, the costal lobe also have a small basal process, which is a little shorter than that of the sacculus (followed Holloway 1985).

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 1 female, Jianfengling, 28.VIII.1982, coll. Liu Yuanfu ( IZCAS). Distribution. China (Hainan), Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea.

Figures

FIGURES 34 – 63. Adults. 34 – 37. Aegilia describens. 34, female, upperside; 35, female, underside; 36, female, upperside; 37, female, underside. 38 – 39. Gyrtona semicarbonalis. 38, female, upperside; 39, female, underside. 40 – 41. Gyrtona ochreographa. 40, female, upperside; 41, female, underside. 42 – 45. Odontodes aleuca. 42, female, upperside; 43, female, underside; 44, male upperside; 45, male, underside. 46 – 47. Lophoptera anthyalus. 46, female, upperside; 47, female, underside. 48 – 51. Lophoptera hamata. sp. nov., paratype. 48, male, upperside; 49, male, underside; 50, female, upperside; 51, female, underside. 52 – 53. Lophoptera coangulata. 52, male, upperside; 53, male, underside. 54 – 55. Lophoptera stipata. 54, female, upperside; 55, female, underside. 56 – 57. Lophoptera nama. 56, male, upperside; 57, male, underside. 58 – 59. Lophoptera brunnama. 58, male, upperside; 59, male, underside. 60 – 63. Lophoptera illucida. 60, female, upperside; 61, female, underside; 62, female, upperside; 63, female, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.