Scoparia molestalis Inoue, 1982

Li, Weichun, Li, Houhun & Nuss, Matthias, 2010, Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China, Zootaxa 2609, pp. 1-33 : 28-29

21. Scoparia molestalis Inoue, 1982

Scoparia molestalis Inoue, 1982: 312 , pl. 36 figs. 40, 41, pl. 300 fig. 6, pl. 301 fig. 7; Inoue, 1994: 346, figs. 5, 6, 26, 38. Type locality: Kitakawa, S. Alps, Japan.

Scoparia molestalis Inoue : Song & He, 1997, in Yang (ed.): 1166, fig. 146 (misidentification); Song, 2003, in Wang et al. (eds.): 192, fig. 238 (misidentification).

Material examined. Holotype: Ƥ, "Holo- | type ", "Kitazawa | (2000 m) | S. Alps | 5.viii.1958 | H. Yamamoto", "slide 6449 | (Ƥ)", "Inoue Coll. | B. M. 1992-71", " Holotype | Scoparia molestalis | Inoue (1982) ", " Type status | verified | K. Buckmaster 1997", " Type | photographed | in colour", BMNH.

Distribution. Japan.

Remarks. Scoparia molestalis was recorded by Song & He (1997) in Hubei and Sichuan provinces of China with two specimens (1 3, Longmenhe, Xingshan, Hubei Province; 1 3, Wangerbao, Wanxian, Sichuan Province). We regard it as a misidentification of Eudonia puellaris after having checked the specimens deposited in IZCAS. Song (2003) also reported S. molestalis in Fujian Province of China with eight specimens (Huanggangshan, Wuyishan, Fujian Province, 2150 m, 27.vii.2000), but they were misidentified based on the correlative specimens deposited in IZCAS that we have checked. Actually, they are S. congestalis .