Lophoptera tenuis (Moore, 1868)

Figs. 74, 75, 120, 173

Cucullia tenuis Moore, 1868, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 60. Syntypes: [India]: [West Bengal], Darjiling (BMNH; MNHU). Sadarsa tenuis: Hampson, 1912 . Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 204, fig. 11.

Lophoptera tenuis: Holloway, 1985, Malay. Nat. J., 38: 264.

Diagnosis. Externally L. tenuis resembles L. longipennis, but differs from the later by shorter and wider forewing, the tornus of L. tenuis is angled but gently curved in L. longipennis; wing pattern without black transversal lines in the basal half of the forewing as in L. longipennis . The hindwing has the basal half more transparent than in L. longipennis . The differences of the genitalia are as described above.

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: 1 male, Shuimushan, 2500 m, 6.VIII.1980; 1 male, Mangshi, 1200 m, 4.V.1980, coll. Li Hongxing; 1 female, Yingjiang, 1700 m, 15.IV.1980, coll. Shang Jinwen (IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), India, N.E. Himalaya, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.