Scoparia ancipitella ( La Harpe, 1855 )

Li, Weichun, Li, Houhun & Nuss, Matthias, 2010, Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China, Zootaxa 2609, pp. 1-33 : 17-18

13. Scoparia ancipitella ( La Harpe, 1855)

Eudorea ancipitella La Harpe, 1855: 41 , fig. 5. Type locality: Montagne, Switzerland. Eudorea conspicualis Hodgkinson, 1881: 223. Type locality: Windermere, Great Britain. Scoparia ulmella Knaggs, 1867: 217 . Type locality: East Meon, Great Britain.

Scoparia ancipitella ( La Harpe, 1855) : Leraut, 1984: 166; Nuss, 2005: 138.

Material examined. China: Hebei Province: 1 3, 1 Ƥ, Jinhekou, Xiaowutai (39.57°N, 115.02°E), Weixian, 1200 m, 22-24.vii.2000, leg. Yanli Du and Zhendong Li (genitalia slide nos. LWC05089, LWC06158); 5 Ƥ, Lianhuachi, Wulingshan (40.36°N, 117.29°E), Xinglong, 1800 m, 1.viii.2000, leg. Yanli Du and Zhendong Li (genitalia slide nos. LWC05069, LWC06155, LWC06167); 1 Ƥ, Zhongguyuan, Wulingshan, Xinglong, 900 m, 31.vii.2000, leg. Yanli Du and Zhendong Li (genitalia slide no. LWC06166); Jilin Province: 4 33, 26 Ƥ, Huangsongpu Forestry Center, Erdao (43.21°N, 125.39°E), 1010 m, 4-5.viii.2004, leg. Aihuan Zhang (genitalia slide nos. LWC06176, LWC06177); 3 Ƥ, Erdaobaihe (42.26°N, 128.08°E), 730–760 m, 1- 2.viii.2004, leg. Aihuan Zhang (genitalia slide nos. LWC08014, LWC08020); Heilongjiang Province: 1 Ƥ, Sanzhan, Heihe (50.14°N, 127.29°E), 400 m, 27.vii.1997, leg. Houhun Li (genitalia slide no. LWC06075); 16 33, 155 Ƥ, Liangshui National Nature Reserves (47.60°N, 128.32°E), 21-22. vii. 2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu; 1 3, Shiziping, Lushi (34.03°N, 111.02°E), Henan Province, 1700 m, 20.vii.2001, leg. Dandan Zhang (genitalia slide no. LWC08022); Sichuan Province: 1 3, Zhengshu, Jiuzhaigou (33.17°N, 103.54°E), 2300 m, 17.viii.2002, leg. Shulian Hao (genitalia slide no. LWC07475); 13 Ƥ, Kangding (33.04°N, 101.57°E), 2400 m, 8.vii.2001, leg. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang (genitalia slide nos. LWC06170; LWC06307); 1 Ƥ, Xunyangba, Ningshan (33.19°N, 108.20°E), Shaanxi Province, 1360 m, 28.vi.2007, leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide no. LWC08143); Gansu Province: 5 33, 14 Ƥ, Xinglongshan, Yuzhong (35.53°N, 104.06°E), 2120–2230 m, 29.vii-4.viii.1993, leg. Houhun Li (genitalia slide nos. LWC06205, LWC06305, LWC07478, LWC08019); 62 33, 18 Ƥ, Xinglongshan, Yuzhong, 2178 m, 19-21.VII. 2007, leg. Feng Yang and Hanguang Gao (genitalia slide nos. LWC07464, LWC07498); Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region: 3 33, 2 Ƥ, Xiaonanchuan, Jingyuan (25.29°N, 106.19°E), 2400 m, 8.viii.2000, leg. Houhun Li, Shuxia Wang et al. (genitalia slide no. LWC06178); 1 Ƥ, Xinmin Forestry Center, Jingyuan, 2100 m, 7.viii.2000, leg. Houhun Li, Shuxia Wang et al. (genitalia slide no. LWC06186); 1 3, Burqin (47.41°N, 86.59°E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 504 m, 21.vii.2007, leg. Xinpu Wang et al. (genitalia slide no. LWC07502), NKUM.

Diagnosis. Scoparia ancipitella is unique by the genitalia. It can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the strong spinelike cornuti in the male genitalia as well as by the protruding and spinulose medial part at one side of the ductus bursae in the female genitalia.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang); Europe.

Remarks. This Eurasian species is very similar, if not conspecific, to S. submolestalis Inoue, 1982 according to the figures provided by Inoue (1982: pl. 301 fig. 6) and Sasaki (1992: figs. 9, 11). Further investigation remains necessary to study the status of these two taxa. It is recorded here for the first time in China.