Aegilia describens Walker, 1857

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 : 10

Aegilia describens Walker, 1857

Figs. 4 , 32–37 , 110 , 137 , 163

Aegilia describens Walker, 1857 . List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 13: 1139. Syntypes: Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] (BMNH).

Lophoptera xylinata Walker, 1865b , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 920.

Stictoptera anisoptera Snellen, 1880 , Tijidschr. Ent., 23: 88.

Stictoptera describens: Hampson, 1912 , Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 149.

Stictoptera anca Swinhoe, 1919 , Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (9) 4: 120.

Diagnosis. The forewing has a black longitudinal strip from the base to the outer margin, and a short black strip lies parallel to it near the tornus. In the male genitalia, the harpe is hooked, longer than half length of the sacculus, a small digitiform process presents at the base of the harpe; a club-shaped process lies at the base of the costa.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 2 males, 1 female, Diaoluoshan, 930 m, 11–12.XII.2007, coll. Chen Fuqiang and Li Jing; 1 male, Jianfengling, 10.XI.1983, coll. Chen Peizhen; 1 male *, Jianfengling, 13.IV.1982, coll. Lin Youdong; 1 female, Jianfengling, 8.XII.1982, coll. Gu Maobin ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Hainan), Japan, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea.

Biological notes. The larval host plant was recorded as Mesua ferrea (Guttiferae) ( Holloway, 1985) .

Remarks. The specimen from Hainan denoted by an asterisk (*) was misidentified by Chen and illustrated as Stictoptera cucullioides (misspelled as cuculloides ) ( Chen 1999: 947, pl. 43: 5).

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 11. Venations. 3. Stictoptera signifera. 4. Aegilia describens. 5. Gyrtona lapidarioides. 6. Odontodes aleuca. 7. Lophoptera squammilinea. 8. Lophoptera longipennis. 9. Diascoides ferruginea. 10 – 11. Sigmuncus arcuata. 10, male; 11, female.

FIGURES 12 – 33. Adults. 12 – 13. Stictoptera trajiciens. 12, male, upperside; 13, male, underside. 14 – 15. Stictoptera repleta. 14, male, upperside; 15, male, underside. 16 – 25. Stictoptera cucullioides. 16, female, upperside; 17, female, underside; 18, male, upperside; 19, male, underside; 20, female, upperside; 21, female, underside; 22, male, upperside; 23, male, underside; 24, female, upperside; 25, female, underside. 26 – 27. Stictoptera macromma. 26, male, upperside; 27, male, underside. 28 – 29. Stictoptera grisea. 28, male, upperside; 29, male, underside. 30 – 31. Stictoptera semialba. 30, male, upperside; 31, male, underside. 32 – 33. Aegilia describens. 32, male, upperside; 33, male, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.

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.

FIGURES 104 – 111. Male genitalia. 104. Stictoptera trajiciens. 105. Stictoptera repleta. 106. Stictoptera cucullioides. 107. Stictoptera macromma. 108. Stictoptera grisea. 109. Stictoptera semialba. 110, Aegilia describens. 111. Odontodes aleuca. 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.

FIGURES 157 – 163. Female genitalia. 157. Stictoptera trajiciens. 158. Stictoptera repleta. 159. Stictoptera cucullioides. 160. Stictoptera macromma. 161. Stictoptera grisea. 162. Stictoptera semialba. 163. Aegilia describens. Scale bars = 1 mm.