Conilepia Hampson 1900
Creators: name: Dubatolov, Vladimir V.
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Witt, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Arctiidae
Conilepia

description: Conilepia Hampson, 1900
Conilepia Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: xii, 83, 219. TS: Oeonistis nigricosta Leech, 1889, by original designation.
Description. Generic characters designated by Hampson (1900). Strongly sexually dimorphic. Proboscis fully developed. Labial palpi very short, porrect. Antennae ciliate. Middle tibiae with apical pair of moderate spurs, hind tibiae with two pairs of moderate spurs. Forewing long and narrow; costal margin nearly straight, but slightly convex between apex and discal cell. Forewing venation: subcostal vein free; R1 and R2 arising from the discal cell not far from the apex; (R3+R4)+R5 stalked; R2 anastomosing with R3+5 to form the areole; M1 arising from well below upper angle of the discal cell; M2 absent; M3 arising from hind angle of the discal cell; Cu1 arising from well before hind angle of the discal cell; Cu2 arising from middle of discal cell, the two latter slightly curved at bases; anal vein free. Hindwing venation: Sc before the middle of discal cell, Rs and M1 coincident; M2 absent; M3 and Cu1 stalked; Cu2 arising from middle of discal cell; two anal veins free. Head dark grey, with occiput yellow in males; head entirely yellow in females. Wing pattern typical for the genus: in male forewings yellow, with dark costal and outer margins, hindwings yellow; in female wings yellow, forewing with two dark spots: one between costa and upper angle of discal cell, another between Cu2 and A. Male genitalia (Figs 46–50): uncus more or less broad, downturned at apex, cucullus short, broad and membranous, sacculus sclerotized, upturned at middle part. Harpe absent. Juxta X-shaped. Saccus broadly triangular. Aedeagus short, lacking spines. Vesica with spinulose and sclerotized plates. Female genitalia (Figs 52–53): papillae anales moderate, posterior apophyses no longer than papillae anales. A ring of IX abdominal segment well visible. Anterior apophyses as long as posterior apophyses. Postvaginal plate unsclerotized. Antevaginal plate poorly sclerotized, but sometimes producing two folds around the vaginal sinus. Ductus bursae moderate, consisting of better sclerotized quadrangular distal part and less sclerotized proximal part. Bursa copulatrix globular, with round sclerotized signa centered with a small spine.
Bionomics. Subtropical forest mountain genus restricted to mesophytic coenoses. Larvae and hosts are unknown.
Diagnosis. The genus is characterized by the following features:
• sexual dimorphism: male forewings yellow with costal pattern; female forewings also yellow with two black
spots;
• hindwing venation: Rs and M1 coincident in females; two veins arising near the hind angle of the discal cell on
forewings; these veins are slightly curved at bases;
• male genitalia: saccular process upturned medially; cucullus membranose, broad and short (autapomorphic
characters); harpe absent;
• female genitalia: corpus bursae slightly longer than ductus, with single round signa; vaginal sinus without
creases on antevaginal plate.
Distribution. Pacific-Himalayan: Japan; Taiwan; continental Eastern and Southern China; Vietnam; northern India (Eastern Himalayas), Nepal.
description: Published as part of Dubatolov, Vladimir V., Zolotuhin, Vadim V. & Witt, Thomas J., 2016, Revision of Lithosia Fabricius, 1798 and Conilepia Hampson, 1900 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae), pp. 175-196 in Zootaxa 4107 (2) on page 187, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/260857