Lophomilia hoenei Berio 1977
Creators: name: Kononenko, Vladimir
name: Behounek, Gottfried
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Lophomilia
Lophomilia hoenei

description: Lophomilia hoenei (Berio, 1977)
(Figs. 13–15, 31, 46)
Atuntsea hoenei Bero, 1977, Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 81: 237, fig. 26, Type-locality: China, North Yunnan, A-tun-tse. Holotype: male, preserved in ZFMK, Bonn.
Speidel 1993: 10, Taf. A, figs 2, 3 (Atuntsea).
Material examined. Holotype: CHINA: male, A-tun-tse (Nord Yunnan) Mittlere Höhe ca. 4500, 11.viii.1936 (H.Höne leg.) / E. Berio. Prep N 5938; Atuntsea hoenei Berio typ. Berio det. / red label: Typus. Coll. ZFMK. Other material: 29 specimens (11male, 18 female) same locality and collector, 4000–4500 m, 6.v, 18.v, 31.v, 13, 23, 26.vi, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 30.vii, 2, 12, 16.viii.1935, 1936 and 1937, genit. prep. 2029 male, 2101, 2102 male ZFMK female ZFMK; 2 male, 1 female, Li-kiang, ca. 3000 m. Prov. Nord-Yuennan, 21.iv; 7.v, 16.vi. 1935 (H. Höne leg.). Genit prep. of light contrast form 2028 male ZFMK, coll. ZFMK. 1 female, Prov. Setchuan, Mian Mian Shan, 20 km W Lugu Lake, 27°42'N, 100°34'E, August, 2005, leg. Siniaev and his team, coll. WS.
Diagnosis. L. hoenei and the next species are characterized by acute shape of forewing, grey or greybrown coloration, strongly developed wing pattern and the structure of male genitalia. L. hoenei is a dimorphic species. Adult typical (grey) form of L. hoenei (Figs. 13, 14) is recognized by its larger size, brownish-grey ground color of forewing and fully developed wing pattern. Basal line well expressed; subbasal field grey; antemedial line black with greyish suffusion inside; orbicular and reniform presented, distinct; postmedian line blackish, thin, surrounded outside by grey suffusion; subterminal line broken, expressed as curved row of diffused black streaks; terminal field brown-grey, with two diffused black streaks near apex and grey apical suffusion; terminal line developed as row of diffused black streaks; cilia bicolorous, dark-brown and whitish. Hindwing brownish-grey, darker towards margin; terminal line dark, cilia pale yellowish-grey. Light form of L. hoenei (Fig. 15) differs by its contrasting wing pattern with dark-brown ground color, and with the basal, antemedial and postmedial lines surrounded by wide white bands and subterminal line with a thin white line outwards; terminal field with white apical dash bordered by black streak and two brown spots under streak and in tornal angle; orbicular and reniform distinct, white, surrounded by black line. Wingspan 27–30 mm. In male genitalia (Fig. 31) uncus thin, curved apically; tegumen 1.5 times longer than vinculum; juxta not separated in lobes; valva moderately long, constricted medially; transtilla weak; costa well developed, in apical third separated from membranous valva; clasper and harpe lie in longitudinal position, along costa, basally fused with costa, clasper with elongate sclerotized basal plate, harpe long, thin, slightly longer than costa; sacculus small, well formed, clavus expressed; saccular extension as long as 2/3 of valva, flattened, rounded on apex; apical part of valva membranous, rounded, lobelike; aedeagus relatively thin, moderate, curved, vesica large, bulbous, with four small diverticula, the biggest one finely scobinated. In female genitalia (Fig. 46) ovipositor short and wide, papillae anales large, quadrangular; apophyses anteriores and posteriores moderate, thin, almost equally long; antrum large and wide, funnel-like; ductus bursae short and wide, membranous, corpus bursae wide, rounded with small signum at bottom.
Distribution and biology. (Fig. 55). South West China. Probably bivoltine, adults collected from mid April to mid August at elevations of 3000 to 4500 m. The larvae and foodplants are unknown.
description: Published as part of Kononenko, Vladimir & Behounek, Gottfried, 2009, A revision of the genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 with description of four new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 1989 on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274658