Review of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, with descriptions of four new species
Author
Li, Weichun
Author
Li, Houhun
text
Journal of Natural History
2012
2012-11-30
46
43 - 44
2639
2664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.724719
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2012.724719
1464-5262
5202189
Calamotropha formosella
Bleszynski, 1961
(
Figures 3A
,
4A
and
5A
)
Calamotropha formosella
Bleszynski, 1961: 33
, figs. 18, 112.
Diagnosis
This species resembles
C. okanoi
Bleszynski, 1961
. It can be distinguished from the latter by the ductus bursae not conspicuously divided from the corpus bursae in the female genitalia, the apex of valva concave in C shape, and the vesica with a thornlike cornutus in the male genitalia. In
C. okanoi
, the ductus bursae is conspicuously divided from the corpus bursae, the valva is pointed distally, and the vesica bears a row of small spine-like cornuti.
Figure 3. Adults of
Calamotropha
spp.
: (A)
C. formosella
Bleszynski
, male; (B)
C. josettae
Bleszynski
, female; (C)
C. melli
(Caradja and Meyrick)
, female; (D)
C. latella
(Snellen)
, male.
Material examined
CHINA
:
1 male
,
Diaoluoshan
(
18
◦
47
′
N
,
109
◦
52
′
E
),
Lingshui
,
Hainan Province
,
300 m
,
10–15 August 2008
, coll.
Bingbing Hu
and
Li Zhang
;
1 female
,
Tongguling
(
19
◦
36
′
N
,
110
◦
45
′
E
),
Wenchang
,
Hainan Province
,
50 m
,
18 July 2008
, coll.
Bingbing Hu
and
Li Zhang
;
1 male
,
Nam Chung
,
New Territories
(
22
◦
25
′
N
,
114
◦
10
′
E
),
Hong Kong
,
135–150 m
,
18 April 2007
, coll.
Houhun Li
et al.;
1 male
,
Kadoorie Farm
and
Botanic Garden
,
New Territories
,
Hong Kong
,
210–455 m
,
13–14 April 2007
, coll.
Houhun Li
et al.;
1 male
,
Dalan Lack
,
Ho Chung
,
Sai Kung
,
New Territories
,
Hong Kong
,
105 m
,
24 September 2009
, coll.
Houhun Li
et al.;
3 males
,
Sha Law Tung
,
Tai Po
,
New Territories
,
Hong Kong
,
225 m
,
16 September 2009
, coll.
Houhun Li
et al.
Redescription
Adult (
Figure 3A
). Forewing length 7.0–9.0 mm. Frons and vertex white. Labial palpus white, orange yellow on outer surface. Maxillary palpus orange yellow, tip white. Antenna pale brown, orange yellow ventrally. Patagium white, orange yellow laterally. Thorax white. Tegula orange yellow. Forewing white, costa densely covered with blackish brown scales, forming a dark band, veins with scattered blackish brown scales; median fascia pale brown mixed with orange yellow, outcurved at about costal onethird, incurved at about dorsal two-fifths, with small blackish brown spot, outcurved near dorsum; cell with black spot near upper corner; subterminal fascia orange yellow, outcurved near middle; apex with triangular black stigma; terminal fascia black; cilia orange yellow mixed with pale brown. Hindwing white to pale brown; cilia yellowish white to orange yellow. Legs white, tarsi pale brown and white alternately on outer side; femora and tibiae of fore- and midlegs blackish brown on outer side.
Figure 4. Male genitalia of
Calamotropha
spp.
: (A)
C. formosella
Bleszynski
; (B)
C. josettae
Bleszynski
; (C)
C. melli
(Caradja and Meyrick) Scale
bars: 0.5 mm.
Male genitalia
Uncus and gnathos long and thin, nearly equal in length, bluntly rounded apically (
Figure 4A
). Valva short and broad, apex concave in C shape; costa long and thin, slightly concave near base, convex medially. Pseudosaccus ovate. Vinculum broad basally, apically concave at middle. Phallus about twice as long as valva, straight; vesica with single thorn-like cornutus.
Figure 5. Female genitalia of
Calamotropha
spp.
: (A)
C. formosella
Bleszynski
; (B)
C. josettae
Bleszynski
; (C)
C. melli
(Caradja and Meyrick)
. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
Female genitalia
Anal papilla ovate, nearly as long as apophysis posterioris (
Figure 5A
). Tergite eight about twice as long as apophysis anterioris. Antrum funnel-shaped, strongly sclerotized. Ductus bursae long and thin, not conspicuously differentiated from corpus bursae. Ductus seminalis arising from distal margin of antrum. Corpus bursae oval; signum absent.
Distribution
China
(
Hainan
,
Hong Kong
, Taiwan).
Remarks
The female of this species is described for the first time.