Sigmuncus arcuata ( Hampson, 1897 )

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 : 29

Sigmuncus arcuata ( Hampson, 1897)

Figs. 10, 11

Sadarsa arcuata Hampson, 1897 , J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 11: 454. Syntypes: India: Sikkim; Meghalaya; Khasis (BMNH). Gyrtona camptobasis Hampson, 1897 , J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 11: 454.

Gyrtona arcuata: Hampson, 1912 , Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 207.

Sigmuncus arcuata: Holloway,1976 , Malay. Nat. J., 38: 284.

Diagnosis. This species is close to S. albigrisea . Besides the differences mentioned above, there is also a black patch at the tornus of the forewing in S. arcuata , but no black patch in S. albigrisea .

Material examined. None.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Hong Kong), India, Southeast Asia. The species was reported for China by Ades & Kendrick (2004).

Remarks. Poole (1989) reffered this species as a Gyrtona . Based on the wing patterns and the genitalia, we follow the treatment of Holloway (1985), placed it to the genus Sigmuncus .

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.