Lophoptera longipennis Moore 1882
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 longipennis

description: Lophoptera longipennis (Moore, 1882)
Figs. 8, 72, 73, 119, 146, 172
Sadarsa longipennis Moore, 1882, in Hewitson & Moore, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln late Mr W.S. Atkinson: 165, pl. 5, fig. 14. Syntypes: India: West Bengal, Darjiling (MNHU).
Nigramma longipennis Hampson, 1912, Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 198.
Lophoptera longipennis: Holloway, 1985, Malay. Nat. J., 38: 265.
Gyrtona longipennis: Poole, 1989, in Heppner, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, Fasc. 118 Noctuidae: 473.
Lophoptera tenuis Chen, 1999, Fauna Sinica (Insecta), 16: 956, pl.43: 26. (nec Moore, 1868)
Diagnosis. This species shares the similar wing patterns with L. tenuis (Moore, 1868), but can be distinguished by having an extremely elongate forewing; three black wavy transverse lines, formed by erected scales, directed vertically to the anal margin above 2A, then oblique inwards to the anal margin at the basal one third of the forewing; the submarginal line is blackish-brown and dentate. The basal half of hindwing is not as transparent as in L. tenuis. In the male genitalia, the costa with stick-like process, arising from the middle part, but those of L. tenuis is broadly expanded, without process. In the female genitalia, the post-ostial invagination reduced into a small triangular sclerotization near the posterior side of the ostium, but in L. tenuis the post-ostial invagination is funnel-like.
Material examined. CHINA, Gansu: 1 male, Kangxian, Qinghe Linchang, 1450–1650 m, 15.VII.1998, coll. Yao Jian; 1 male, Wenxian, Liujiaping, 2100 m, 27.VI.1998, coll. Yao Jian (IZCAS). Hubei: 1 female, Badong, Tiedinghuang, 1500 m, 21.V.1989, coll. Li Wei (IZCAS). Guangxi: 1 male, 2 females, Miaoershan, Jiuniuchang, 1150–1600 m, 7–15.VII.1985, coll. Fang Chenglai (IZCAS). Sichuan: 1 male, Wanxian, Wangerbao, 1200 m, 10.VIII.1993, coll. Song Shimei; 1 male, Qingchengshan, 1000 m, 3.VI.1979, coll. Shang Jinwen (IZCAS). Guizhou: 2 males, Suiyang, Kuankuoshui, Xiangshuwan, 845m, 3.VI. 2010, coll. Chen Fuqiang; 1 male, 1 female, Suiyang, Kuankuoshui, 1534 m, 8.VI.2010, coll. Chen Fuqiang (IZCAS). Tibet: 1 female, Bomi, Yi’ong, 2300 m, 25.VIII.1983, coll. Han Yinheng; 1 female, Nyalam, 2250 m, 19.V.1974, coll. Zhang Xuezhong (IZCAS). Yunnan: 1 male, Jinping, 2000 m, 18.V.2006, coll. Cui Jianxin (CAU).
Distribution. China (Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Taiwan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet), India, N.E. Himalayas, Indonesia.
Remarks. This species was placed in Nigramma Walker, 1863 by Hampson (1912) and transferred to Gyrtona by Poole (1989). In this study, we accepted the treatment of Holloway (1985) and place it in Lophoptera based on the male and female genitalia. The specimens from Tibet were identified as L. tenuis by Chen (1999). We reidentified the specimens and stated the misidentification of L. longipennis, so the real L. tenuis is not distributed in Tibet.
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 19-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205935