Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 92. (Budapest 2000)

Ronkay, L.: Revision of the genus Lophoterges Hampson, 1906 (s. l.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Cuculliinae). Part I

Vesica long, tubular, fully recurved, basal part membranous, basal curve armed with fine, short cornuti. Medial and distal parts slightly broadened, covered with fine, pin-like cornuti, their size increasing towards distal end. Terminal cornutus rather small with elliptical basal plate and short, acute process. Bionomics and distribution - The species is known from the eastern and central parts of the Nepal Himalaya, occurring in the medium-high and higher forest regions (between 1700-3000 m a.s.l.). The imagines are on wing in March-April, and are attracted strongly to artificial light. Holotype - female, "Hoeng-Shan (900 m), Provinz Hunan, China, 27.11.1933. H. Hone"; "Allotype (underlined) Dichonia areolona Draudt", "Holotypus Speidelia apocrypha Ronkay, 1994". Slide No. RL3619 (coll. AKM Bonn). Paratypes - China: 1 male, Linping (sic), Pr. Kwangtung, 29.3.24, H. HÖNE; 1 female, Lingping (sic), Südchina, 5.11.23, H. HÖNE (coll. AKM Bonn). Thailand: 2 males, Doi Inthanon, Bang Khum Kiang, 1200 m, 98°32'E, 18°32'N, 7.1.1990, leg. CHANTARA MONGKOL & MALICKY; 2 males, from the same locality, 24.1.1990, leg. CHANTARA MONGKOL & MALICKY (coll. HACKER). Slide Nos HH5713, RL3616 (males). Diagnosis - S. apocrypha is an allopatric twin species of S.formosa sp. n. These two species differ externally in the colouration and the intensity of pattern of both wings, the forewing ground colour of S. apocrypha is considerably darker, the wing pattern is more obsolete and the hindwings are also darker in both sexes. The male genitalia of the two species differ mostly in the coiling of the vesica which is fully recurved in S. apocrypha, the basal part is membranous, without cornuti. The basal third of the vesica of S.formosa is slightly twisted, armed with a few small cornuti, the distal half is upturned dorsally but not recurved. The sclerotized plate of the carina of S. apocrypha has much larger proximal tooth and smaller distal teeth, the valva is broader, more straight, the cucullus is larger, more triangular, the pollex-like extension is broader, acute triangular. The sclerotized plate of the caSpeidelia apocrypha sp. n. (Figs 5, 6, 18, 19) Fig. 18. Female genitalia of Speidelia apocrypha sp. n., holotype, China