A New Moth of the Genus Lophotyna (Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae) from East Nepal

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• The lepidopterous fauna of the Nepal Hymalayas is rather poorly known, especially for nocturnal forms, because of the difficulty in making intensive collectings on the steep high mountains. In the autumn of 1979, I had an opportunity to visit Nepal as a member of an expedition made by the National Science Museum, Tokyo. I was fortunate to collect a large number of nocturnal moths in East Nepal, using a light-trap set with a portable generator, and in this collection many interesting autumnal species are included. In this paper, I am going to describe a new species of the genus Lophotyna on the basis of this collection. This genus was erected by HAMPSON (1910) for the typespecies, Mamestra albirena MOORE, 1867, from Sikkim and Bengal. BOURSIN (1956) discussed on its systematic position and added three more species, albosignata (MOORE, 1881) from Punjab and Afganistan, hoenei BOURSIN, 1956, from West China, and crinomima (WILTSHIRE, 1946) from Iran. In that paper, he illustrated the male genitalia of albirena, albosignata and hoenei (Taf. 31: 6-8), while the right valva and aedeagus of crinomima were figured in WILTSHIRE'S original description (p.121, fig.1). Judging from all the known collecting data of Lophotyna-species, it can be safely surmised that they occur in the autumn; the present new species was also collected in October and November. Before going further, I wish to express my hearty thanks to Dr. S.-I. UENO, under whose leadership this Nepal expedition 1979 was carried out, and also to Dr. Y. KUROSAWA of the National Science Museum (Nat. Hist.), Tokyo, who gave me an opportunity to participate in the project and valuable advice. In the field survey, I am indebted to the authorities of Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, for permission to conduct research and collect specimens in Nepal. I have also to thank all the members of the expedition for their kind aid and encouragement in the field.

• 日本鱗翅学会の論文
• 1981-02-20

著者

• Owada Mamoru

  Department Of Zoology National Science Museum(nat. Hist.)

• Owada Mamoru

  Department Of Zoology National Science Museum

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