Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) ruficilia Benedek, Behounek, Floriani & Saldaitis, 2011

Chen, Enyong, Pan, Zhaohui, Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Benedek, Balázs & Zhou, Yonghong, 2025, On the taxonomy of the subgenera Tatsipolia, Chalapolia, and Kitapolia of the genus Dasypolia Guenée with the description of six new species from southern Xizang, China (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), ZooKeys 1244, pp. 249-280 : 249-280

Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) ruficilia Benedek, Behounek, Floriani & Saldaitis, 2011

Figs 17 , 45

Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) ruficilia Benedek et al., 2011: 108, fig. 2 (male genitalia), pl. 15: fig. 4 (adult) (type locality: “ China, W. Sichuan, Kangding, near Zheduo Pass, 3700–4200 m ”).

Type material examined.

Holotype (Figs 17 , 45 ): • ♂, “ China, W. Sichuan | Kangding, near | Zheduo Pass | h- 3700–4200 m. | 14. 10. 2009 | Floriani & Saldaitis leg. ” / red label “ Holotypus | Dasypolia ruficilia | Benedek, Behounek, Floriani & | Saldaitis sp. nov., 2011 | Esperiana, Buchreihe zur | Entomologie, 16: 108, ” gen. prep. No.: BG 7015 (prepared by Behounek) ( ZSM) .

Diagnosis.

The forewing length is 12.0 mm in the male holotype. Dasypolia ruficilia differs externally from other species in the D. vignai species group in the unicolourous pale brown forewing ground colour and the reddish-brown forewing cilia, and is most reminiscent of D. brandstetteri , from which, however, it can be easily distinguished by the markedly shorter rami of the male antenna and the lack of the longitudinal black stripes in the cell and along the vein A 1, which are characteristic of D. brandstetteri . Additionally, unlike in D. brandstetteri , D. ruficilia has a forewing with a more medially convex costal margin and a less elongate apex, reddish-brown cilia, and distinct transverse lines. The male genitalia structure of D. ruficilia is similar to D. intermedia sp. nov. and a detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter.

The female is unknown.

Distribution.

The species is known only from its type locality in western Sichuan Province of China ( Benedek et al. 2011).

Figures

Figures 11–20. Adults of Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) spp. Depositories of the specimens: 11–14. In TAAHU; 15. In AFM; 16. In HNHM (photo by B. Tóth); 17. In ZSM; 18–20. In TU.

Figures 43–46. Male genitalia of Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 43. In TAAHU; 44. In AFM; 45. In ZSM; 46. In TU.