Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China Author Kim, Yongnam College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China Author Qi, Mujie 0000-0002-1931-8401 College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China & qimujie @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1931 - 8401 Author Wang, Shuxia 0000-0002-9316-6661 College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China & shxwang @ nankai. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9316 - 6661 shxwang@nankai.edu.cn Author Li, Houhun College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China & College of Life and Geographic Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi 844000, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau, Kashi 844000, China text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-06 5297 4 451 482 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.1 1175-5326 8009006 E54272D0-DE18-482C-8D74-19E7DD7887BC Calamotropha franki ( Caradja, 1931 ) ( Figs 13 , 37 , 58 ) Crambus franki Caradja, 1931: 204 . TL: China ( Sichuan ). TD: MINGA. Calamotropha franki (Caradja) : Bleszynski, 1961: 166 . Material examined. Fujian : 1♀ , Guadun ( 27.73°N , 117.65°E ), Wuyishan , 1060 m , 8.VIII.2020 , leg. MJ Qi et al. , slide No. KYN21332 ; 1♀ , Huboliao Reserve ( 24.51°N , 117.26°E ), 273 m , 25.VII.2020 , leg. MJ Qi et al. , slide No. KYN20822 ; Guangxi : 1♁ 1♀ , Mt. Daming , Nanning , 1200 m , 5–6.VIII.2011 , leg. SL Hao et al. , slide No. KYN21330♁, KYN21331 ♀ ; Sichuan : 3 ♁ 8♀ , Mt. E'mei, Leshan , 847– 790 m , 19–22.VII.2021 , leg. S Yu et al. , slide Nos. KYN21326 ♀ , KYN21327♁, KYN21328 ♀ ; Zhejiang : 1♀ , Datou Village ( 29.10°N , 118.45°E ), Quzhou City , 707 m , 5.VIII.2018 , leg. S Yu et al. , slide No. KYN21329 . Diagnosis, Adult ( Fig. 13 ) wingspan 26.0–28.0 mm. Calamotropha franki is characterized by the white forewing densely covered with pale brown scales, the brownish orange medial and subterminal fasciae, a dark brown medial dot and the eight evenly distributed black dots of the terminal margin; in the male genitalia by the valva with clustered long setae at middle near ventral margin and apically produced to a large rounded process, and the spine shaped cornutus about 1/7 as long as the phallus ( Fig. 37 ); in the female genitalia by the enlarged elliptical antrum covered with dense microtrichia ( Fig. 58 ). Distribution. China ( Fujian , Guangxi , Guizhou , Shaanxi , Sichuan , Taiwan , Zhejiang).