A review of the genus Scirpophaga Treitschke, 1832 in China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Author Chen, Fuqiang Author Song, Shimei Author Wu, Chunsheng text Zootaxa 2006 1236 1 22 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.172796 e72afdb9-634f-4507-88c2-0e2e9ef1f2a0 1175­5326 172796 11. Scirpophaga linguatella sp. n. Figs. 3, 5 Diagnosis This species is placed in the excerptalis­ group on the basis of the genital structure. S. linguatella is similar to S. flavidorsalis , but differs in forewing maculation: ochreous, with a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of the cell in S. flavidorsalis , white, without any spots in S. linguatella . In the genitalia, the subteguminal process of S. linguatella is lobelike and linguiform, while in S. flavidorsalis it is tuberculate; three cornuti present in S. linguatella , while only one cornutus present in S. flavidorsalis ; the length of tegumen in S. linguatella is longer than that in S. flavidorsalis . Description Male: Expanse 24 mm . Head and thorax white. Labial palpus produced forward, length approximately 3 times diameter of compound eye. Forewing white, underside fuscous, with vein R1 anastomosed with Sc ; hindwing white, underside pale fuscous. Genitalia with uncus and gnathos slender, gnathos bent towards uncus; tegumen with dorsal sclerotized thickening X­shaped; subteguminal process lobe­like, linguiform, weakly sclerotized; valva relatively short; juxta plate­like; coremata present; aedeagus slender, swollen in apical 1/3; manica with two groups of spines; three plate­like cornuti. Female: Unknown. Material examined Holotype (♂): Menghai, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China , 21.9 °N 100.5 °E , 1400–1600m , 21.VII.1958 , Wang Shuyong (S388, IOZ (E) 202972). Paratype : 1♂ , Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China , 21.4 °N 101.5 °E , 620–650m , 29.V.1959 , ZhangYiran (S528, IOZ (E) 202973). Distribution China : Yunnan. Etymology This species is named for the lingual subteguminal process.