Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China
Author
Chen, Fu-Qiang
Author
Wu, Chun-Sheng
text
Zoological Systematics
2014
39
2
163
208
http://zoobank.org/eed31956-bf31-4dc1-aa6a-ab349ebfc756
journal article
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10.11865/zs20140201
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Donacaula forficellus
(Thunberg, 1794)
(
Figs 68
,
116
)
Tinea forficellus
Thunberg, 1794
.
Diss. Ent.
, 7: 85, fig. 4.
Type
locality:
Sweden
.
Tinea consortella
Hübner, 1796
.
Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge
, 8: 23, pl. 32, fig. 220.
Tinea lanceolella
Hübner, 1810
.
Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge
, 8: pl.43, fig. 296.
Palparia hirta
Haworth, 1811
.
Lepidoptera Britannica
, 3: 483.
Donacaula forficellus
:
Speidel, 2005
.
Pyraloidea I
,
Microlepidoptera of Europe
, 4: 120.
Description. Forewing yellow, a fuscous band along the upper margin of cell, from the base to apex; a fuscous spot at lower angle of cell; apex blunt in male and sharply pointed in female. In male genitalia, subteguminal process lobe-like; juxta nearly pyriform, with apex raised.
Material
examined.
IZCAS
:
Heilongjiang
,
Yichun
,
Dailing
,
1♀
,
12 November 1963
.
Distribution.
China
(
Heilongjiang
); Europe.
Remarks. The species is similar to
D. mucronella
, which mainly distributes from north Europe to Northern Asia.
D. forficellus
has a black spot at lower angle of cell and R
2
free from R
3+4
on forewing, while
D. mucronella
has spot absent and R
2
, R
3
and R
4
stalked. In female genitalia, ductus bursae of
D. forficellus
is little longer than that in
D. mucronella
(
Speidel, 2005
)
.
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Zoological Systematics
, 39 (2): 163–208
Additionally,
Wang (1980)
wrongly inentified
Schoenobius scirpus
sp.nov.
as
D. forficellus
(see
Schoenobius scirpus
).