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

Figs 21 , 49

Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) brandstetteri Benedek et al., 2011: 109, fig. 2 (male genitalia), pl. 15: figs 5, 6 (adults) (type locality: “ China, W. Sichuan, Kangding, near Zheduo Pass, 3700–4200 m ”).

Type material examined.

Holotype (Figs 21 , 49 ): • ♂, “ China, W. Sichuan | Kangding near | Zheduo Pass | 3700–4200 m., | 14.10 [x]. 2009. | Floriani & Saldaitis leg. ”, gen. slide. No.: JB 1477 ( ZSM) . Paratypes. China • 4 ♂♂, same data as in holotype ( AFM, ASV, BBT) .

Diagnosis.

The forewing length is 12.0 mm in males. Dasypolia brandstetteri with its strongly bipectinate male antenna, brown colouration, and the lack of the forewing transverse lines, is externally dissimilar to other species in the D. nivalis species group and is most reminiscent of D. ruficilia , a detailed comparison with which is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter. The male genital capsule of D. brandstetteri is distinct from other species in the D. nivalis species group by the narrower cucullus and the triangular valvula protruding ventrally. The vesica structure of D. brandstetteri is most reminiscent of D. nivalis with its vesica having a ventral diverticulum but in the former species the diverticulum is longer and bilobate.

The female is unknown.

Distribution.

The species is currently known only from its type locality in western Sichuan Province, China.

Figures

Figures 21–28. Adults of Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) spp. Depositories of the specimens: 21. In ZSM; 22–28. In TU.

Figures 47–50. Male genitalia of Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 47, 48, 50. In TU; 49. In ZSM.