Naarda mirabilis, Tóth & Ronkay, 2015

Tóth, Balázs & Ronkay, László, 2015, Revision Of The Palaearctic And Oriental Species Of The Genus Naarda (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae) Part 2. Description Of Ten New Species From Asia, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 61 (1), pp. 3-23 : 9-12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.17109/AZH.61.1.3.2015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6870800
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87F4-590E-FFC8-93F5-19DBAB32FCB5
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Naarda mirabilis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Naarda mirabilis sp. n.

( Figs 3 View Figs 1–6 , 27 View Figs 25–39 )

Holotype. m, Vietnam, LaoCaiprovince , SaPadistrict, FrontierSateliteCamp, 22° 19’ 17,7”N, 103°47’30,9”E, 2240 m, 18–22 VIII.1998, leg. A. Kun; slide No. RL 7920m (coll. HNHM) .

Paratypes. 2 m, withthesamedataastheholotype; slideNosRL 7921m, RL 7942m (coll. HNHM).

Taxonomy. Theclosestrelativeofthenewspeciesis N. glauculalis ( Hampson, 1893) , thedetailedcomparisonisgivenintheDiagnosis. Thestructureof antennaeof N. mirabilis issimilartothatofcertaintaxaoccurringinthePhilippines, whiletheshapeandpatternofthewingsarerathersimilartothoseof N. blepharota ( Strand, 1920) .

Description. Wingspan 20 mm, lengthofforewing 10 mm. Antennaefiliform, with finecrest- likeventralthickeningsofeachjointprojectedslightlytowardstipofantenna, baseoftheseplateswithtwosetaeoneachsegmentbeingtwicelongerthandiameterof flagellum; ciliaemergefromtheventraledgeofplatesbeing 1.5 timesdiameterofflagellum. Lengthoflabialpalpsnearlythreetimesdiameterofeyes; thirdsegmentshort, its tiplight; secondsegmentquitebroad, dorsalscalesrelativelyshort, basalthirdwithout dorsalscales. Scale-hoodofvertexlong, triangular, broad-based, itstippointed. Protibiae withdensehairs. Characteristicwingpatternfeatures: forewingbroadwithcostanotconcave; groundcolourofforewingbrown; subterminallinecreamywhite, stronglysinuous; postmediallinestronglymarked, verydarkbrown, slightlysinuous; fieldbetweenthetwo transverselineswithdarkerareaclosetodorsum; antemediallinepresent; reniformstigma brightyellow, withoutdarkermarkingsinside, oval- shaped, relativelysmallandcloseto costa; orbicularstigmahardlyvisible. Hindwingslightlypalerthanforewing, transverse linesvisiblenearinneredgeonly; discalspotclearlyvisible, long, narrowandcurved.

Malegenitalia ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1–6 ). Uncuslong, banana- shaped, itstiphooked. Scaphiumaslong asuncus, curvedagainstit. Tegumenaslongasvinculum. Juxtadeltoid-shaped, nearlyas wideaslong. Valvabroad, withparalleledgesinbothsections, basaltwo- thirds (saccular section) catwiceasbroadasapicalthird; cucullusobliquelytruncate. Dorsalhalfofcucullusfusedwiththestronglydevelopedcosta. Sacculuslong, narrowatbase, medialthird twicebroaderthanbasalpartandminutelydentatealongdorsaledge, distalthirdaswide asbasalpart; distalhalfofsacculuscharacteristicallysetose. Harpestronglydeveloped, broad-based, fusedwithsacculusatanarrowsection; erectpartforminglarge, mushroomshapedprocessdirectedtowardsthetipofvalva. Aedeaguslong, slightlycurved, itsedges parallel, carinalprocessabsent; vesica (uneverted) scobinate.

Diagnosis. Theexternalfeaturesandthegenitaliaof N. mirabilis aresimilartothoseof N. glauculalis . However, adarkareaispresentin N. mirabilis closetothesubterminalline, whichisabsentin N. glauculalis . Inthemale genitaliaofthenewspeciesthejuxtaismoreangular, thevalvaisbroader, andtheharpeismuchbigger, mushroom-shaped, beingverydifferentfrom thatof N. glauculalis ; inaddition, theaedeagusof N. mirabilis islesscurved.

Thegenitalstructuresof N. mirabilis and N. vicina arestrikinglydifferentforthefirstsight ( Figs 3 & 4 View Figs 1–6 ) butthehomologouspartsarerecognisable, displayingacloserrelationshipbetweenthetwonewspecies.

Etymology. Thebeautifulmalegenitaliainspiredustogivethespecificname.

Distribution. NorthernVietnam (SaPa, LaoCaiprovince).