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Morphological and Genitalic Studies of Ochropleura Leucogaster (Freyer) JCBPS; Section B; Nov. 2014 – Jan. 2015, Vol. 5, No. 1; 473-477 E- ISSN: 2249 –1929 Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences An International Peer Review E-3 Journal of Sciences Available online atwww.jcbsc.org Section B: Biological Sciences CODEN (USA): JCBPAT Research Notes Morphological and Genitalic Studies of Ochropleura Leucogaster (Freyer) Harkanwal Singh * and Shipali Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147 002, Punjab, India Received: 06 November 2014 2014; Revised: 18 November 2014; Accepted: 26 November 2014 Abstract: Genitalia plays very important function in species identification. In the present manuscript, external male and female genitalia of Ochropleura Leucogaster (Freyer) have been studied in detail and incorporated to species diagnosis for the first time. Keywords: Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Ochropleura Leucogaster, Genitalia, Morphology. INTRODUCTION Hubner1 established genus Ochropleura and Moore2 included a new species costalis Moore under it. Swinhoe3 added a new species ignota Swinhoe. Grote4 designated Phalaena plecta Linneaus as type species of this genus. Boursin5 added one new species geochroides Boursin under this genus. Kohler6 described another new species cirphisoides Kohler and two years later, Boursin7 described one more new species acutijuxta Boursin in this genus. Viette8 described in detail elevate, Viette9 in 1961, again added one more species marojejy Viette in the present genus. Boursin10, Viette11, Berio 12, 13, Loporte14 added new species in this genus. Holloway15 described male genitalia of costalis Moore. Poole16 catalogued 34 species in this genus from the world. Zolotarrenko and Dubatolov17 listed species plecta Linneaus from West Siberian Plains. Sivasankarn et al. 18 also listed same species in their checklist of Noctuidae of India. Lafontaine and Schmidt19 enlisted single species implecta Lafontaine from North America, north of Mexico. Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer) is a moth of the family Noctuidae and also known as Radford's Flame Shoulder. It is found near the Mediterranean Sea, Southern Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, North 473 J. Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. B, Nov. 2014 – Jan. 2015; Vol.5, No.1; 473-477. Morphological … Harkanwal and Shipali Africa and Southern Africa as well as on some Islands of the Indian Ocean. In the present research work, single male and two female representatives of Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer) were collected from different localities of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Male and female genitalic attributes of Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer) have been studied, photographed, described in detail for first time. Species also recorded for the first time from North-East India. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total number of three representatives of Ochropleura Leucogaster (Freyer) have been collected with the help of light traps from different localities of North-east India. The collected specimens were killed with the help of ethyl acetate vapours and processed as per standard techniques in Lepidopterology. The identification of captured specimens was done with the help of relevant literature. Observations Genus Ochropleura Hubner Hubner, 1821. Verz. bekannt. Schmett: 223. Type Species: Phalaena plecta Linneaus. Diagnostic characters: Eyes naked and without lashes; proboscis fully formed; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint evenly scaled, the 3rd prominent. Thorax and abdomen without tufts, the latter somewhat flattened. Tibiae very strongly spined. Fore wing with the outer margin not crenulate. Hindwing with veins Cu1 and M3 from cell. Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer) Noctua leucogaster Freyer, 1831, New. Beitr. Schmett, 1: 38 Description: Head grey brown, with two fuscous brown spots between antennae; labial palpi dark rufous except at tips; antennae ciliated, with black scales at base; collar brown, with black band at base. Thorax grey, thickly irrorated with red brown. Forewing silky purplish brown, costal area white tinged with purplish pink to beyond middle extending to middle of cell; a black brown streak in lower part of cell extending to submedian fold from base to origin of vein Cu2; orbicular and reniform small, with fuscous centre and white annuli, the former oblique, elliptical, the latter with black streak extending beyond it as a small triangular spot ending in a short ocherous streak; the subterminal line represented by slight dark marks; a terminal series of small black spots. Hindwing white, with veins and terminal area pale rufous. Abdomen white, tinged with pale and brown. Underside brown in forewing, white in hindwing with costal area brown. Male genitalia: Uncus long, curved near base, setosed, tip pointed; tegumen small, broad; transtilla weakly sclerotized; juxta small, triangular; vinculum V- shaped, long; saccus well developed, pointed, triangular; valve long, narrow, saccular margin curved; cucullus triangular, setosed, pointed; harpe long, robust, curved, tip spined; aedeagus long, rod- shaped, weakly sclerotized; vesica small, with large sclerotization patch, cornutus long, robust, straight; ductus ejaculatorius enters into the aedeagus sub apically. 474 J. Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. B, Nov. 2014 – Jan. 2015; Vol.5, No.1; 473-477. Morphological … Harkanwal and Shipali 475 J. Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. B, Nov. 2014 – Jan. 2015; Vol.5, No.1; 473-477. Morphological … Harkanwal and Shipali Female genitalia: Papilla analis long, tip pointed, leaf like, setosed with long setae, robust setae; posterior apophysis robust, longer than the anterior apophysis; ductus bursae small, robust, strongly sclerotized; corpus bursae triangular, large, upper half strongly sclerotized, with long sclerotized streak towards lower end, lower end round and membranous; signum absent. Material Examined: Arunachal Pradesh:Dirang 07.x.10- 1♂, 1♀. Sikkim: Golitar 21.ix.2010- 1♀. Distribution: India; Mediterranean Sea; Southern Europe; Turkey; Lebanon, Israel; North Africa; Southern Africa. Abbreviations: AED: Aedeagus; PAP.A: Papilla analis; ANT.APO : Anterior apophysis; CRP.BU : Corpus bursae; DU.BU : Ductus bursae; PO.APO : Posterior apophyses; Cu1: First cubital vein; Cu2 : Second cubital vein; 1A : First anal vein; 2A : Second anal vein; M1 : First medial vein; M2 : Second medial vein; M3 : Third medial vein; R1 : First radial vein; R2 : Second radial vein; R3 :Third radial vein; R4 : Fourth radial vein; R5 : Fifth radial vein; Rs : Radial sector; Sc+R1 : Stalk of Sc and R1; CRN: Cornuti/Cornutus; HRP: Harpe; JX : Juxta; TG : Tegumen; UN : Uncus; VES: Vesica; VN :Vinculum; VLV : Valva. Acknowledgements: The authors are thankful to the Head, Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala; Director, Zoological Survey of India and PCCF and other forest staff of Mizoram for providing necessary facilities during this research work. REFERENCES 1. J. Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmitt; 1821, 14: 209-224. 2. F. Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 580-632. 3. C. Swinhoe, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, (4): 396-431, pl. 43-44. 4. A.R. Grote, Entomol. Rec. J. Var., 1895, 6: 30 5. C.Boursin, Zeitschrift. Der. Wiener. Entomologischen. Gesellschaft., 1948, 33:97-136. 6. P. Kohler, Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina; 1955, 16: 15–24. 7. C. Boursin, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon; 1957, 26: 158-163. 8. P.E.L. Viette, Mem. Inst. Sci. Madag., Tenanarine (E); 1958, 9: 157-175. 9. P.E.L. Viette, Bull. Soc. Ent. France; 1961, 66: 42-54. 10. C. Boursin, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon; 1963, 32: 254-262. 11. P.E.L. Viette, Bull. Soc. Ent. France; 1967, 262-267. 12. E. Berio, Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana; 1972, 51: 169-182. 13. E. Berio, Estrate Dagii Annali Del Museo Civico Di Stroria Naturale Di Genoa; 1974, 81: 95-123. 14. B. Laporte, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon; 1977, 46: 297-303. 15. J.D. Holloway, Malayan Nat. J., 1989 42: 57-226. 16. R. W. Poole, Lepidopterorum catalogus (N. Ser.), Fasc. 118 Noctuidae. (E. J. Brill, Leiden.), 1989. 476 J. Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. B, Nov. 2014 – Jan. 2015; Vol.5, No.1; 473-477. Morphological … Harkanwal and Shipali 17. G. S. Zolotarenko, and V. V. Dubatolov, Far Eastern Entomology; 2000, 94: 1-23. 18. K. Sivasankaran, S. Ignacimuthu, M. G. Paulraj and S. Prabakaran, Rec. Zool. Surv. India; 2012, 111(3): 79-101. 19. J.D. Lafontaine, and B.C. Schmidt, Zookeys; 2010, 40: 1–239. * Corresponding author: Harkanwal Singh; Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147 002, Punjab, India 477 J. Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. B, Nov. 2014 – Jan. 2015; Vol.5, No.1; 473-477. .
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