scholarly journals NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUIDÆ FOR 1906.: No. 2

1906 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 225-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
John. B. Smith
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Ground Colour

Cyathissa quadrate, n. sp.—Ground colour creamy-white, more or less washed with luteous, the maculation black, contrasting. In type it is like that of percara, and the lines are identical in course; there is the same basal dash, and the quadrate pale blotch on the costa in median space is very similar. But there is no green shading whatever in the wing, the black markings are more intense, more contrasting, usually broader, and, in the median space, they extend below the costal pale area, shading into smoky-brown at about the middle of the wing.

A new species of Dichagyris Lederer, 1857 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-600
Author(s):  
PETER GYULAI ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species

Dichagyris is a diverse genus with a Holarctic distribution. Only a few taxa of the subgenus Albocosta Fibiger & Lafontaine, 1997 occur in the northwesternmost part of the Oriental region. The genus is most diverse in Turkey, Iran and the Central Asiatic high mountains. However, there is a distinct Sino-Tibetan group of species, possibly representing an undescribed subgenus. However, this idea is provisional and awaits revision of the genus. For present purposes, we assign these species to the subgenus Dichagyris. They share the following putative synapomorphies: black, dark brown or dark greyish forewing ground colour (with one exception), with obscure, reduced wing pattern and a broad-based, short, conical harpe in the male genitalia. Species of this group can be subdivided to two species-groups. In the astigmata-group which was mentioned for the first time by Hreblay et al. (1998) but without description or diagnosis from the minuta-group, the vesica is elongate and tubular (males), the appendix bursae and corpus bursae are long, sack–like, almost equal in size (females). In the minuta-group, the vesica is more ample than in the astigmata-group, and coiled, and the appendix bursae is globular and much shorter than the corpus bursae. The astigmata-group includes Dichagyris astigmata (Hampson, 1906), D. gansuensis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998, D. geochroides (Boursin, 1948) and D. vargazoli (Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001). The minuta-group comprises D. minuta Hreblay & Plante, 1998 and D. kormos Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001. During a research expedition in Sichuan in 2019, the existence of a third species in the minuta-group was recognized, which is described here. In addition, the female and its genitalia of D. gansuensis, which was described by Hreblay & Ronkay (1998) based on a single male, are illustrated here for the first time. 

Descriptions of two new species of Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from the region of Muzo in Colombia—evidence from morphology and DNA barcodes

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1944 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
THIBAUD DECAËNS ◽  
RODOLPHE ROUGERIE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Additional Support

Two new species of Hemileucinae are described from the region of Muzo (Boyaca department) in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia. Leucanella bonillensis, new species, is a small greyish species whose closest relatives are L. newmani (Lemaire) and L. acutissima (Walker). It can be distinguished from those two species by several subtle differences in wing pattern and coloration as well as a few characters of the male genitalia, which are overall very conserved within the genus. Cerodirphia zulemae, new species, belongs to the very uniform species-group of C. speciosa (Cramer), characterised by a pink ground colour and the presence of a “Y”-shaped discal mark on the forewing. Based on its male genitalia, the new species is related to C. brunnea (Draudt) and C. apunctata Dias & Lemaire. It may be distinguished from the former by its more vivid ground colour, but detailed examination of the male genitalia are necessary to differentiate it from C. apunctata. Colour pictures of the habitus of the new species and their relatives are provided, and their genital structures are figured as well, including both sexes for C. zulemae. We also provide additional support to these descriptions based on genetic data obtained in the context of a global DNA barcoding campaign recently initiated for saturniid moths. Both L. bonillensis and C. zulemae are unambiguously distinguished from closest relatives based on genetic distances (no intraspecific distances in either case; interspecific distance ranges 5.6–6.6% and 6.7–12.5%, respectively) and inference of phylogenetic hypotheses based on partial sequences of the COI mitochondrial gene. These results emphasize the potential of DNA barcoding to support taxonomic work in species-groups considered difficult to address through morphology.

NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUIDÆ FOR 1905.—No. 2

1905 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 257-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
John. B. Smith
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Ordinary Lines

Mamestra ascula, n. sp.— Ground colour very pale ashen gray, with a somewhat luteous tinge more or less obvious in most specimens; best marked in the male, most frequently wanting in the female. The ordinary lines are all broken and obscured by the shading, yet all distinctly traceable, geminate, one part of the line blackish, the other smoky and always partly incomplete. Basal line usually marked by a geminate spot on costa. There is a short black basal streak, best marked and a little curved in the female, and above it the basal space tends to be a litter paler.

Leucapamea srnkai sp. n., a new Apameini species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4786 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-600
Author(s):  
PETER GYULAI ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
The Other ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
Northern Pacific ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

The genus Leucapamea was erected by Sugi (1982). The most recent revision of the genus was provided by Zilli et al. (2009), and include descriptions of five new species. Leucapamea species are diagnosed by the whitish ground colour of forewings and the very long, sword-like superior saccular process. Leucapamea is distinguished from the related genus Lateroligia Zilli, Fibiger & Ronkay, 2005 by the triangular cucullus having only a slight ventral extremity and the presence of the strong cornutus in the vesica. Thirteen species of Leucapamea have been described (Zilli et al. 2009), four of which are endemic to Taiwan, two to Japan, and the other species distributed from the northern Pacific to Southern China and Vietnam. Following research in Sichuan during the last years, an additional species is described and diagnosed here.Abbreviations for personal and institutional collections used herein are as follows: AFM = Alessandro Floriani (Milan, Italy); ASV = Aidas Saldaitis (Vilnius, Lithuania); HNHM = Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest, Hungary); PGM = collection of Péter Gyulai (Miskolc, Hungary); GYP = genitalia slide of P. Gyulai; RL = genitalia slide of L. Ronkay. 

Pretty in pink: A new treefrog species of the genus Boophisfrom North-Eastern Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1684 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. WOLLENBERG ◽  
F. ANDREONE ◽  
F. GLAW ◽  
M. VENCES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Group A ◽  
Masoala Peninsula ◽  
A New Species

Treefrogs of the genus Boophis comprise the most species-rich genus among all Malagasy frogs. In this paper we describe a new species to be added to this genus from Masoala Peninsula and nearby areas. Related populations have been found in three localities of North-Eastern Madagascar (Tsararano, Marojejy, and Anjanaharibe-Sud), and molecular data indicate that at least the Marojejy population is strongly differentiated. The new species has an attractive pink or reddish colour pattern on a green ground colour. It bears a strong similarity to Boophis bottae and B. rappiodes in morphological appearance, but is genetically very distinct from these and other members of the Boophis rappiodes group. Boophis ulftunni sp. n. belongs into a separate evolutionary lineage probably related to the Boophis microtympanum group, a lineage of highland species from Central Eastern Madagascar which otherwise have very different phenotypes and advertisement calls. We here include B. ulftunni in a new phenetic species group, the Boophis ulftunni group.

Description of two new phanerobranch nembrothid species (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae: Doridacea)

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pola ◽  
J.L. Cervera ◽  
T.M. Gosliner
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Vas Deferens ◽  
Bursa Copulatrix ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Dark Blue

Two new species of dorid nudibranchs of the genus Tambja are described from the Indo-Pacific and the temperate waters of the western Atlantic. Tambja haidari sp. nov. is only known from the type locality in Senegal. This species has dark blue ground colour with yellow bands and sky-blue spots, which become real tubercles along the tail. The internal features are typical of species of the genus, with rachidian teeth that lack denticles and with a prostate slightly differentiated from the rest of the vas deferens. Tambja blacki sp. nov., from Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia, has yellow-green or green colour with black blotches. There are two large blotches on the head continuing from the inner side of the base of the rhinophores towards the rear. The notal margin is elevated and joins behind the gill in a well-developed hump. The reproductive system of this species is very characteristic because it has some features more typical of species of Nembrotha than of Tambja (i.e. vaginal gland absent, prostate spread over the bursa copulatrix and wide and elongate vagina). These descriptions bring the number of species of Tambja found around the world to 31.

A NEW SPECIES OF EUPITHECIA (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE) FROM ALASKA

1977 ◽  
Vol 109 (7) ◽  
pp. 1019-1020
Author(s):  
K. B. Bolte
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hind Wing ◽  
Outer Margin ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Medium Length ◽  
Light Line ◽  
Brown Band ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Medial Area

DESCRIPTION. Adult. Male antennae simple, with short, fine cilia evenly and thickly distributed over the entire ventral areas. Palpi medium length. Forewing with ground colour light cream-grey. Antemedial and basal lines faint, grey-brown. Distinct wavy light line, divided by a fine postmedial line, formed between inner margin of subterminal area and outer margin of medial area. Terminal and subterminal areas combined into a grey-brown band with rust-brown spots between veins at the outer margin. Discal dot prominent. Hind wing pattern similar to that of forewing but more blurred. Wing expanse, with forewings fully extended, 20–22 mm.

A new species of dorid nudibranch (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) belonging to the genus Anisodoris

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 2694-2705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra V. Millen
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Large Size ◽  
The Family ◽  
Shallow Subtidal ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Anisodoris (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) is described. It is found in shallow, subtidal, rocky areas in southern British Columbia, Canada. This species is characterized by its large size, by its white or creamy ground colour with large brown blotches on the dorsum, and by the scalloped, platelike spines on its penis. Its spawn and embryological and larval development are described. The taxonomic status of this species is discussed in relation to genera in the family Discodorididae. The new species is compared with all known species of the genus Anisodoris.

A new species of the genus Polychrysia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Plusiinae) from the Inner Tian-Shan, Kyrgyzstan

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-74
Author(s):  
S.K. Korb ◽  
A.Yu. Matov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Tian Shan

Polychrysia iuno sp. nov. is described from the Inner Tian-Shan, Kyrgyzstan (Dzhumgaltoo Range, Sary-Kayky Massif, right bank of Karakol River, 42°11.300′N 74°03.193′E, 2093 m asl). The new species differs from the closely related P. esmeralda (Oberthür, 1880) in the wing pattern and ground colour tone, and by the structure of male genitalia.

NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA

1905 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Barnes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Fore Wing ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Chrome Yellow

Stiria aliaga, n. sp.—♂. Expanse, 30 mm.Ground colour even chrome-yellow, a shade lighter beyond t.p. line. Small ochraceous spot at inner thrid of cell, one towards its outer end and traces of one beyond. These are about equidistant from each other. T. p. line the only other marking on fore wing. This is quite faint, ochraceous, wavy and cannot be followed to costa in the speciments before me. The fringe is darker than wing, of a somewhat “Ashes of Roses” colour.

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