Review of the genus Isodemis Diakonoff (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from China, with description of three new species
Author
Sun, Yinghui
Author
Li, Houhun
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ZooKeys
2011
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.77.937
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.77.937
1313-2970-77-51
Isodemis serpentinana (Walker, 1863)
Batodes serpentinana
Walker 1863
: 317. Type locality: Indonesia.
(Tortrix?) sulana
Walker 1866
: 1784. Type locality: New Guinea.
Cacoecia serpentinana
(Walker, 1863):
Meyrick 1912
: 18.
Tortrix serpentinana
(Walker, 1863):
Meyrick 1921
: 149.
Syndemis serpentinana
(Walker, 1863):
Diakonoff 1941
: 41.
Isodemis serpentinana
(Walker, 1863):
Diakonoff 1952
: 147.
Distribution.
China (Hainan, Yunnan, Taiwan); India, Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sumatra), New Guinea, Philippine, Sri Lanka, Tailand.
Notes.
Based on the description of
Isodemis serpentinana
and the illustration of its male genitalia provided by
Diakonoff (1941)
, this species is distinguished by the phallus bearing two unequal cornuti with the longer one undulate in the male genitalia. When
Diakonoff (1983)
described
Isodemis stenotera
, hepointed out that
Isodemis stenotera
was very similar to
Isodemis serpentinana
superficially, but could be separated by the male genitalia having two cornuti equal in length. By checking the holotype deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, we also found that the subapical blotch in
Isodemis serpentinana
is subtriangular, while it is narrowly semioval in
Isodemis stenotera
. More differences of the two species are stated under
Isodemis stenotera
.