Schistophleps fulvia is a species of moth in the family Erebidae (subfamily Arctiinae, tribe Lithosiini). It was described by the British entomologist George Hampson in 1900.
Taxonomy
The species belongs to the genus Schistophleps (Hampson, 1891) within the subtribe Nudariina. Its current valid combination is Schistophleps fulvia Hampson, 1900. The type locality is Mount Arjuno, Java, Indonesia. It is the namesake of the fulvia species group, which is characterized by the lack of distinct black spots inside and at the end of the discal cell of the forewing, instead having pale or brown faint larger dots.
Distribution
The species is recorded from Java and Bali, Indonesia. The fulvia species group is distributed largely in the Malay Archipelago.
Morphology
The male genitalia of Schistophleps fulvia are characterized by a quadrate and bifurcated uncus, and a valva with a distinct setose (bristly) lobe on the ventral angle of the apex. Males possess small eversible coremata (scent organs) laterally on the third abdominal sternite, a feature shared with other Bornean species of the genus.
Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea
- Family: Erebidae
- Subfamily: Arctiinae
- Tribe: Lithosiini
- Genus: Schistophleps
- Species: Schistophleps fulvia
