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
Bionomics and distribution - The genus comprises early (mid) spring and late autumnal species, inhabiting medium-high and high forest regions in the southern Himalayas, northern Thailand, southern China and Taiwan, up to 3000 m a.s.l. The early stages and the foodplants are unknown, the imagines are attracted strongly to artificial light. ICucullia taiwana WlLEMAN, 1915, Entomologist 48: 144. Type material examined - 1 male, 2 female syntypes, [Taiwan] Formosa: Arizan. The male syntype is here designated as lectotype, slide No. RL3980 (coll. BMNH London). Additional material examined - Taiwan. A larger series of both sexes, from the following localities: Prov. Taitung: 2 km E Hsiangyang, 2200 m, 11-13.III. 1996, leg. GY. FÁBIÁN and L. NÉMETH. Prov. Ilan: between Suyuan-Yakou and Pinan, 1550 m, 29.III.1997, leg. G. CSORBA and L. RONKAY. Prov. Nantou: 5 km N Shihmen, Hohuan-Pass, 3000 m, 13.X. 1996, leg. GY. FÁBIÁN & F. NEMES; 3 km S Hoshe, Yu-Shan Nat. Park, 1400 m, 16.X. 1996, leg. GY. FÁBIÁN & F. NEMES. Prov. Hualien: Hohuan Pass, 3000 m, 3.IV. 1997, leg. G. CSORBA and L. RONKAY; Kuanyiran, 2400 m, 4.IV.1997, leg. G. CSORBA and L. RONKAY; Tayuling, 2600 m, 12-14.IH.1985, leg. K. YAZAKI; Tayuling, 2600 m, 23-24.III. 1982, leg. H. YOSHIMOTO (coll. HNHM, GY. FÁBIÁN, B. HERCZIG, G. RONKAY). Slide Nos RL6764, RL6765 (males), RL5908, RL6773 (females). Diagnosis - S. t. taiwana differs from its Himalayan subspecies S. t. semialba by its larger size, broader wings and conspicuously darker whitish grey hindwings, irrorated with dark grey-brown, the hindwing of S. t. semialba is pure white with narrow dark margin and discal spot. The ground plan of the male genitalia of the two subspecies is rather similar, displaying, however, some easily recognizable differences in the shape and size of the fultura inferior and the distal part of the val va and in some features of the aedeagus and the vesica. The fultura inferior of S. t. taiwana is broader with more arcuate lateral margins, the apical incision is wider; Speidelia taiwana taiwana (WlLEMAN, 1915) (Figs 7, 8, 15, 16) Fig. 16. Female genitalia of Speidelia taiwana taiwana (WlLEMAN), Taiwan
