Lophomilia striatipurpurea Holloway, 1976

Kononenko, Vladimir & Behounek, Gottfried, 2009, A revision of the genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 with description of four new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae), Zootaxa 1989, pp. 1-22 : 17

Lophomilia striatipurpurea Holloway, 1976

( Figs. 33, 34 )

Lophomilia striatipurpurea Holloway, 1976 , Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mount Kinabalu: 16, Pl. 6: 68, fig. 104. Type-locality: Borneo, Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, Power Station. Holotype: male, preserved in NHM, London.

Material examined. Original description ( Holloway 1976). The species is only known from the holotype.

Diagnosis. L. striatipurpurea ( Fig. 33 ) “resembles L. flaviplaga but differs in the proximity of the postmedial to the antemedial line on dorsum; lacks yellow tinge to dorsum of L. flaviplaga ; L. flaviplaga lacks pale striations on veins and is generally redder in tint” (see Holloway 1976). Wingspan 26–28 mm. Judging from the illustration in the original description ( Fig. 34 ), the structure of male genitalia is ancestral for the genus. All genitalia structures slender, the valva slightly constricted submedially, with small sacculus, saccular extension short and weak; clasper longitudinal, harpe not expressed. Aedeagus vesica lightly spined with a patch of broader spines. The female is unknown.

Distribution and biology. ( Fig. 60 ). Malaysia: Borneo, Sabah, Kinabalu Mt. The single specimen was collected in July ( 15.vii.1965). The larvae and foodplant are unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 33 – 39. Lophomilia spp. and Hepatica anceps, adults and male genitalia. 33. L. striatipurpurea, imago (after Holloway 1976); 34. L. striatipurpurea, male genitalia (after Holloway 1976); 35. L. albicosta, China, Tapaishan, prep. 2093 VK ZFMK; 36. L. kobesi, holotype, prep. 6540 GB, Indonesia, Sumatra (ZSM); 37. L. violescens, holotype, Nepal (after Yoshimoto 1993); 38. L. albistria, prep. 6526 GB, Nepal, Kathmandu, Pulchouki Mt. (ZSM); 39. Hepatica anceps, Russia, Primorye terr. prep. AM ZISP.

FIGURES 58 – 62. Lophomilia spp., distribution maps. 58. L. albistria; 59. L. violescens; 60. L. striatipurpurea; 61. L. diehli; 62. L. kobesi.