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Stictoptera cucullioides Guenee 1852

Description

Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée, 1852

Figs. 16–25, 106, 133, 159

Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée, 1852, in Boisduval et Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins. (Lepid.), 7: 52. Holotype: male, [Indonesia]: Java.

Steiria subobliqua Walker, 1857, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 13: 1136.

Steiria variabilis Moore, 1882, in Hewitson & Moore, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln late Mr W.S. Atkinson: 164.

Stictoptera timesia Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6), 12: 218.

Stictoptera cuculloides Chen, 1999, Fauna Sinica (Insecta), 16: 947. (misspelling)

Diagnosis. This species shares the similar wing patterns and polymorphisms with S. signifera, but has a special pattern: one of the forms has an even grey (male) or cream (female) band from the base to the outer margin and almost the complete width of the forewing; the anal margin, tornus and apex of the forewing have pale brown or cream markings, which sometimes connect together (followed Holloway 1985). The differences of the male genitalia between this species and S. signifera are as discussed above.

Material examined. CHINA, Jiangxi: 2 males, Dayu, 17–19.VI.1977; 1 female, Lushan, 5.VII.1975, coll. Liu Youqiao (IZCAS). Hainan: 1 female, Diaoluoshan, 6.V.1984, coll.Gu Maobin; 1 female, Jianfengling, 14.IV.1980, coll. Zhang Baolin (IZCAS). Guangxi: 1 female, Fangcheng, Fulong, 300 m, 24.V.1999, coll. Yuan Decheng; 1 female, Napo, Defu, 1350 m, 21.VI.2000, coll. Zhu Chaodong (IZCAS). Yunnan: 3 males, 2 females, Jinghong, 14–23.IV.1982, coll. Chen Yixin; 1 male, Mengla, 20.IV.1982, coll. Chen Yixin (IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet), Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Australia, United States (Hawaii, introduced).

Biological notes. The larval host plants were recorded as Mesua and Calophyllum (Holloway 1985; Zhang 1994), Garcinia (Clusiaceae) (Sevastopulo 1914; Mathur et al. 1954 –1960; Beardsley 1982; Zhang 1994; Chen 1999), Clusia rosea and Mammea auericana (Zhang 1994).

Notes

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 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205935

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Guenee
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Stictoptera
Species
cucullioides
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Stictoptera cucullioides Guenee, 1852 sec. Qi, Wang, Xue & Yang, 2011

References

  • Guenee, A. (1852) Noctuelites 3. In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. & Guenee, A. (Eds.). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes (Lepidoptera), Species General des Lepidopteres, 7, 1 - 442, pls. 1 - 24.
  • Walker, F. (1857) List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part 13, Edward Newman, London, pp. 983 - 1236.
  • Moore, F. (1882) Heterocera (continued) (Cymatophoridae-Herminiidae). In: Hewitson, W. C. & Moore, F. Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson (2), 89 - 198, pls. 4 - 6.
  • Swinhoe, C. (1893) New species of Oriental moths. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6) 12, 210 - 225.
  • Chen, Y-X. (1999) Fauna Sinica (Insecta Vol. 16, Lepidoptera Noctuidae). Science Press, Beijing, lxxiii + 1596 pp., 701 figs, 68 pls.
  • Holloway, J. D. (1985) Moths of Borneo, part 14: Family Noctuidae: Subfamilies Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae. Malayan Nature Journal, 38, 157 - 317.
  • Zhang, B-C. (1994) Index of Economically important Lepidoptera. CAB International, Wallingford, 599 pp.
  • Mathur, R. N., Singh, B., Roonwal, M. L. & Bhasin, G. D. (1954 - 1960) A list of insect pests of forest plants in India and the adjacent countries. Forest Bulletin, Dehra Dun, 171, 10 parts.
  • Beardsley, J. W. Jr. (1982) A key to the late instar larvae of some Hawaiian Noctuidae. Proceedings of Hawaiian Entomological Society, 24, 37 - 49.