Acta Zoologica 45. (1999)
1999 / 1. szám - HREBLAY MÁRTON - PEREGOVITS LÁSZLÓ - RONKAY LÁSZLÓ: New genera and species of Noctuidae from Vietnam, Thailand and Nepal (Lepidoptera)
Acta Zoologien Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 45 (1), pp. 1-96, 1999 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF NOCTUIDAE FROM VIETNAM, THAILAND AND NEPAL (LEPIDOPTERA) Hreblay, M., Peregovits, L.* and L. Ronkay* H-2030 Érd, Somfa и. 15, Hungary *Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross и. 13, Hungary, E-mail: perego@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu: ronkay @ zoo. zoo. nhmus. hu A taxonomic study of the Himalayan winter Noctuidae fauna has resulted a large number of new taxa. In this paper two new genera (Daseutype and Csorbatype), 39 new species (Hermonassa sobeyi, Diarsia ypsiloidea, Dryobotodes himalayensis, Himalistra jeleni, Nyctycia dissimilis, N. szabokyi, N. nivescens, N. ionochlora, N. albivariegata, N. niveifera, Potnyctycia frontiért, Meganyctycia fansipana, Isolasia caovansungi, I. jacktordoffi, I. dilutissima, Daseuplexia brevipennata, Daseutype porphyrea, Paranyctycia miraculosa, Agrochola kosagezai, A. pallidilinea, A. karma, A. plumbitincta, Hemiglaea ionea, Rhynchaglaea discoidea, Owadaglaea reticulata, Elwesia macrophthalma, E. vuquangconi, Hyalobole subtropica, Xanthia glaucozona, Mniotype chlorobesa, M. esanadii, Apamea erythrographa, A. nigrostria, Chandata maminti, Actinotia stevenswani, Diphtherocome impectinata, D. bryochlora, D. chloronympha, Amphipyra owadai) and 7 new subspecies (Nyctycia stenoptera violascens, N. endoi hiemalis, Agrochola albirena annamica, Hemiglaea costalis leptotaenia, Elwesia tarka sericea, E. diplostigma vasarhelyii and Amphipyra owadai nepalensis) are described. Nyctycia plumbeomarginata (Hampson, 1895), Agrochola antiqua (Hacker, 1992), A. semirena (Draudt, 1950), A. sakabei (SUGI, 1980) and Diphtherocome thaumasia (Hreblay et Ronkay, 1998), are stated as comb. n. The majority of these novelties is collected in North Vietnam at the higher forest belts of the Fan Si Pan Mts (the highest mountains in Indochina). With 171 figures. Key words: new taxa, Noctuidae, Himalayan winter fauna, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal INTRODUCTION Within the framework of an academic exchange programme between the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Vietnamese National Centre for Natural Sciences started some thirty years ago. Entomologists of the Department of Zoology of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest carried out two shorter collecting trips to northern Vietnam in December 1997 and in March 1998 (PEREGOVITS et al. 1999). The present work fits well into the series of studies carried out by Hungarian lepidopterists during the last decade on the Noctuidae fauna of the greater Himalayan region from Pakistan to Taiwan. The aims of these studies were to explore the components of the so-called winter noctuid fauna and their zoogeographical connections within this region. However, due to Acta zoo I. hinifi. 45, 1999 Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest