The genus
The primary purpose of the present study was to report for the first time on a noctuid species in Korea. A caterpillar of
Following external examination, the moth was dissected for examination of genitalia. Nomenclature for larvae and adult morphology, including genitalia, followed that of Carter (1984) and Holloway (2005), respectively. The material has been preserved at Mokpo National University, Jeonnam, Korea (MNU). Abbreviations used in the text are as follows: TL, type locality; [JN], Jeollanam-do (=Jeonnam).
Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family Noctuidae Latreille, 1809
Subfamily Catocalinae Boisduval, 1829
Genus Tamba Walker, 1869
Characters undescr. Lepid. Heterocera: 94. Type species:
1*
1♀, Korea: [JN], Muan-gun, Chungkyemyeon,Sangma-ri, 34°55′57′′N, 126°25′30′′E, 28 m, 15 Sep 2010, ex pupa (MNU).
This species can be distinguished by its long labial palpi, large blackish discoidal dot, dentate antemedial line, medially projecting grayish postmedial line and medially with a whitish slender dot, a black triangular apical streak on the forewing and whitish postmedial line, and 3-4 dark brown spots on the tornus of the hindwing. This species is similar in wing pattern to
and black triangular apical streak on the forewing.
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Description. Adult (
Wingspan 23 mm. Antennae filiform; frons covered with long grayish and reddish scales;labial palpi well projected beyond frons. Body and legs covered with whitish scales. Forewing basally and medially grayish tinged with black scales; basal line thick dark bluish black, dentate; antemedial line transverse, not projecting,blackish dentate; large bluish black discoidal dot; postmedial line pale grayish, medially projected outward with whitish sc-ales; subtermen mixed with gray, ochreous and bluish scales, a undulating subterminal line; termen with triangular apical streak, medially with a pointed tip; fringes reddish on costa, ivory on termen. Hindwing medially with a small bluish black discoidal dot; postmedial line pale grayish; subtermen dorsally with 3-4 blackish dots; termen covered with bluish and gray scales and a series of dark bluish dots; outer margin undulating with ivory and dark bluish fringes.
Papillae anales simple rounded; apophyses posteriores long, almost five times of apophyses anteriores; antrum simple, rounded; ductus bursae long, sclerotized, anteriorly curved; corpus bursae long, slender vaseshaped, minute spinular signa arranged in a circular line.
Head green; body green, suffused with reddish brown, laterally seta with a long black hair; peritreme of spiracles black; abdominal prolegs on A4-A6, without on A3; thoracic legs and abdominal and anal prolegs light brownish.
This species is bivoltine from May to September, with an egg as the hibernating stage, and the first generation is larger than subsequent generation (Sugi, 1982; Yamamoto and Sugi, 1987). This species feeds on
Korea, Japan.
Korean name: 1*검푸른점짤름나방 (신칭)