Meganola daminga

Hu, Yan-Qing, Han, Hui-Lin, László, Gyula M., Ronkay, Gábor & Wang, Min, 2013, Five new species of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Nolinae) from China, Zootaxa 3608 (7), pp. 595-600 : 600

Meganola daminga Hu, Han & Wang, sp. nov.

( Figs. 15–16 )

Material examined. Holotype. 1 male, Damingshan, Guangxi, 23–30. V. 2011, Yan-Qing Hu & Hai-Ming Xu, Slide No. Hyq 686 (SCAU). Paratype. 1 male, Nanling, Guangdong, 5. IX. 2005, Slide No. hyq 296 (SCAU).

Diagnosis. The new species is externally similar to Meganola subascripta but has darker forewing ground color; the postmedial line is curved inwards below cell; harpe is shorter and triangular; the vesica is armed by a conspicuously long cornutus. In M. subascripta , the postmedial line is angled towards tornus above anal vein; the harpe is much longer and cuneate; the vesica lacks the cornutus.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 15 ). Wingspan 20–21 mm. Head brown with white; antenna brown, bipectinate; labial palpus short, pale brown with white scales dorsally. Thorax brown mixed with grayish white scales. Collar pale. Abdomen brown. Forewing ground color grayish brown; basal line poorly visible; antemedial black, arcuate; medial line running parallel to and very close to postmedial line; postmedial line brown, with arcuate upper and straight lower section; subterminal line grayish brown, broad and wavy; cilia grayish brown. Hindwing ground color pale brown, light at base; discal spot black and small; cilia grayish brown. Male genitalia ( Fig. 16 ): Uncus long, broad, tapering and pointed near the tip; tegumen thin and long, shorter than vinculum; valva long, somewhat constricted at middle; cucullus smooth; costa slightly humped at base, costal margin sclerotized; sacculus smooth; harpe small, triangular, dentated at inner margin; vinculum long and broad; juxta quadrangular. Aedeagus thin, long and curved; cornutus very thin and long, just broad in the basal fifth. Female: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi).

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type-locality, Damingshan.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 16. 1 – 4. Meganola subascripta sp. nov.; 5 – 8. M. nanlinga sp. nov.; 9 – 10. M. cenwanga sp. nov.; 11 – 14. M. wilbarka sp. nov.; 15 – 16. M. daminga sp. nov.