Flavala crypta Behounek, Han & Kononenko 2012, sp. n.
Creators: name: Behounek, G.
name: Han, H. L.
name: V. S. Kononenko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Flavala
Flavala crypta

description: Flavala crypta Behounek, Han & Kononenko, sp. n.   
(Figs. 5, 6, 15)  
 Material examined. Holotype: male, China, W. Sichuan, road Dawe / Lushan, Xiling Xue Shan Mt., H - 2800 m, 21.vii.2011;N 30˚51’569’’N, E 102˚46’274’ (Floriani & Saldaitis leg.)./ genit. Prep. 8031 (GB) coll. GB, ZSM, München, BC ZSM Lep 58654. Paratypes: 1 male, China Prov. Sichuan, Qingcheng Shan Mt. (= Quingshen Shan) 1500 – 1800 m, 31˚12’N 102˚47’E, 1 – 30.vi.2006 (leg. Siniaev & team) (PG); 2 males, 2 females, North Vietnam (GR); Not included to type-series: 1 male, Vietnam, Prov. Lao Cai, 1900 m, 103˚46.06’E 22˚20.9’N, 29 – 30.viii.1998, leg. A. Kun / genit. prep. No 6679 det. L. Ronkay /99 (HNHM); 2 males, with same label [HNHM}; 2 males, Vietnam, Prov. Lao Cai, 1800 m, Fan Si Pan Mts, 16 km NW Sa Pa (Cha Pa), 16 – 17.iii.1998 (leg. L. Peregovics & T. Vasarhelyi) (HNHM).   
 Diagnosis. The species is closely related to F. flavala. It can be recognized by paler ground colour of the forewing, distinct straight antemedial line, thinner, dentate postmedial line, and less expressed subterminal line. The hindwing paler than in F. flavala, the wing pattern less distinct, differing from F. flavala by greyish terminal band (in F. flavala, the broad terminal band lies more distant from the terminal margin, the latter is yellow; the discal spot distinct, the basal part of the hindwing greyish brown. The underside of wings is darker in F. crypta than in F.flavala, having a broad terminal band and distinct medial fascia on hindwing (in F. flavala the underside more yellow, with less developed brown-grey pattern, in the hindwing, the terminal band separated from the wing margin by a yellow area; medial band marked only in costal area). The male genitalia are almost identical with F. flavala, while F. crypta has somewhat narrower uncus and valva.   
 Description. Adult (Figs. 5, 6). Wingspan 32 – 38 mm. Labial palps and frons covered with short whitish scales; vestiture of thorax formed by hair-like scales; patagia and tegulae whitish-grey; ground colour of forewing ash-grey, wing pattern formed by blackish lines; basal field and costal area with whitish suffusion; subbasal field grey; antemedial line black, distinct, straight; medial field grey, with indistinct diffused medial shadow, darker in costal area; orbicular small, marked by dark surrounding line; reniform distinct, formed by dark surrounding line and two whitish spots inside; postmedial line blackish, thin, dentate, costal area around postmedial line with whitish suffusion; subterminal field grey, darker, brownish grey outwardly; subterminal line dark, diffused; terminal field brownish grey; terminal line as row of dark diffused streaks; cilia greyish-brown. Hindwing pale yellowish-grey, with greyish suffusion along inner margin, traceable discal spot and diffused terminal band along outer margin; cilia pale, yellowish-grey. Underside pale yellowish-grey, with wide dark terminal band and dark suffusion around distal part of discal cell on forewing and wide greyish-brown terminal band along outer margin and diffused medial fascia on hindwing. Male genitalia (Fig. 15) as described for the genus and in the paragraph “Diagnosis”. Female unknown.   
 Distribution. (Map 21). Southwest China, probably North Vietnam.   
 Etymology. The species name crypta indicates that the species represents a hidden taxon.
description: Published as part of Behounek, G., Han, H. L. & V. S. Kononenko, 2012, Two new genera and three new species of the Pantheinae from East Asia and China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Contribution to revision of Pantheinae VIII, pp. 78-88 in Zootaxa 3587 on pages 80-81