Lophoptera squammigera Guenee 1852
Creators: name: Qi, Feng
name: Wang, Ke
name: Xue, Dayong
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Lophoptera
Lophoptera squammigera

description: Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852
Figs. 88, 89, 125, 151, 178
Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852, in Boisduval et Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins. (Lepid.), 7: 55, pl. 14, fig. 13. Holotype: male, [Australia]: New Holland (MNHN).
Lophoptera costata Moore, 1885, Lepid. Ceyl., 3: 123, pl. 159, fig. 8.
Lophoptera smaragdipanni Chen, 1999, Fauna Sinica (Insecta), 16: 952, pl. 43: 16. (nec Holloway, 1985)
Diagnosis. This species resembles L. squammilinea Holloway, 1985, but differs externally by grey longitudinal strip on the forewing, which is white in L. squammilinea. In the male genitalia, the apex of the valva is bifid, but complete in L. squammilinea; the base of the valva is wide, but expanded at both costa and sacculus sides in L. squammilinea; the juxta is quinquangular, but diamond shaped in L. squammilinea; the saccus is triangular, with the length equal to width, but in L. squammilinea, it is extremely long, and the length is about twice of the width. In the female genitalia, the lateral lobes are triangular, but rounded in L. squammilinea.
Material examined. CHINA, Jiangxi: 1 female, Doushui, 5.VII.1975, coll. Zhang Baolin (IZCAS). Hunan: 1 male, Zhangjiajie, 12.X.1988; 1 male, Yongshun, Shanmuhe Linchang, 600 m, 3.VIII.1988, coll. Chen Yixin (IZCAS). Hainan: 1 male, 1 female, Baisha, Yinggeling, Hongxincun, 417.8 m, 4–6.IV.2008, coll. Wu Chunsheng; 1 male, Limushan, 647 m, 29.XI.2007, coll. Wang Zhiliang; 2 males, Diaoluoshan, 930 m, 11–12.XII.2007, coll. Chen Fuqiang and Li Jing; 1 male, Xinglong, Redai Zhiwuyuan, 130 m, 16.V.2007, coll. Lang Songyun (IZCAS). Guangxi: 2 females, Pingxiang, 11–13.VI.1976; 1 male, Lingchuan, Lingtian, 390 m, 21.IX.1983, coll. Liu Ronglin; 1 female, Wuming, Damingshan, 1200 m, 29.VI.1984, coll. Zeng Yufen; 3 females, Miaoershan, Jiuniuchang, 1100–1150 m, 7–13.VII.1985, coll. Fang Chenglai; 4 males, 6 females, Napo, Defu, 1300 m, 14– 16.VIII.1998, coll. He Tongli; 1 male, Fangcheng, Fulong, 240 m, 13.III.1998, coll. Wu Chunsheng; 1 female, Napo, Nonghua, 750 m, 17.VIII.1998, coll. He Tongli; 1 male, Shangsi, Hongqi Linchang, 300 m, 27.V.1999, coll. Yuan Decheng (IZCAS). Sichuan: 1 female, Dukou, 2150 m, 22.VIII.1980, coll. Zhang Baolin; 1 female, Wanxian, Wangerbao, 1200 m, 27.V.1994, coll. Li Wenzhu (IZCAS). Guizhou: 1 male, 1 female, Dayong, Zhushitou, 18.VIII.1988, coll. Li Wei and Chen Yixin; 1 male, 1 female, Suiyang, Kuankuoshui, 1534 m, 8.VI.2010, coll. Chen Fuqiang (IZCAS). Yunnan: 1 female, Mangshi, 1200 m, 4.V.1980, coll. Shang Jinwen; 1 male, Lanping, 20.VIII.1984, coll. Chen Yixin (IZCAS).
Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet), Korea, Japan, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia.
Remarks. Lophoptera smaragdipanni Holloway, 1985 for China was recorded by Chen (1999) In present study, we re-identified the specimens and stated L. smaragdipanni (sensu Chen 1999) as a misidentification of L. squammigera. The species L. smaragdipanni is not distributed in China.
Biological notes. The larval host plants were recorded as Mallotus (Euphorbiaceae) (Gardner 1948; Chen 1999), Briedelia (Euphorbiaceae), Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) and Grewia (Tiliaceae) (Mathur 1942).
description: Published as part of Qi, Feng, Wang, Ke, Xue, Dayong & Yang, Ding, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Stictopterinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae) in China, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 2926 on pages 23-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205935