Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species
Author
Li, Houhun
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
lihouhun@nankai.edu.cn
Author
Zhang, Zhiwei
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China & College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
Author
Sinev, Sergey Yu.
Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Scaeosopha chionoscia
Meyrick, 1933
(
Figs. 19
,
43
,
56
)
Scaeosopha chionoscia
Meyrick, 1933: 374
;
Gaede, 1938: 92
;
Clarke, 1965: 533
; Sinev, 202: 37.
Description.
Adult (
Fig. 19
): Wingspan 14.0–17.0 mm.
Female genitalia (
Fig. 56
): Posterior apophysis about twice as long as anterior apophysis. Sterigma coneshaped, 2/5 length of posterior apophysis. Ductus bursae twice as long as posterior apophysis; ductus seminalis arising from 2/5 length of ductus bursae. Corpus bursae oval, about half length of ductus bursae; signa a pair of fanshaped plates.
Type material.
Lectotype
♂
,
INDONESIA
: Seneng,
Java
,
K. Bred
, vii.[19]32, genitalia slide no. JFGC7763 (
BMNH
, London) [examined].
Additional material:
BRUNEI
:
1 ♀
,
Rampayoh R.
, LP 195, GR 960785, Lowland dipterocarp forest,
300 ft.
,
11–19.iii.1989
, coll.
G. S. Robinson
, BM 1989-76 (
BMNH
, London)
;
1 ♀
, same locality,
21–24.ix.1992
,
G. S. Robinson
,
Brunei-Malaysia
,
Brit. Mus.
1993-2, BMNH
Microlep.
slide no. 31008,
Houhun Li
(
BMNH
, London)
;
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Lamunin
,
Sg Burong
water tanks, disturbed lowland forest,
60 m
,
17. ix.–30. ix. 1992
,
G. S. Robinson
, Brunei-
Malaysia
,
Brit. Mus.
1993-2, BMNH
Microlep.
slide no. 31007 (
♂
),
Houhun Li
(
BMNH
, London)
.
Hostplant.
Nauclea orientalis
(Linn.) (Rubiaceae)
(
Robinson, Tuck & Shaffer, 1994
).
Distribution.
Brunei
,
Indonesia
.
Diagnosis.
This species resembles externally
S
.
rotundivalvula
Li
(
Fig. 20
), but can be separated from it by the forewing having the largest spot at 3/5 wing length; in the male genitalia by the valva with small processes throughout and the wider valvella (
Fig. 43
); and the regularly cone-shaped sterigma in the female genitalia (
Fig. 56
). In
S. rotundivalvula
Li
, the forewing has the largest spot at end of cell, the valva has small processes partially and the valvella is narrower (
Fig. 44
); and the sterigma is trapezoid (
Fig. 57
).
Notes.
The female of this species is described for the first time.