Hypsotropa Zeller, 1848

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, Budashkin, Yuriy & Yepishin, Viktor, 2020, Review of the tribe Anerastiini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) from Ukraine, Zootaxa 4718 (1), pp. 1-24 : 3-4

Genus Hypsotropa Zeller, 1848

type species: Hypsotropa limbella Zeller, 1848 , by monotypy.

= Tiarra Ragonot, 1888 .

type species: Tiarra pusillella Ragonot, 1888 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Hypsotropa is characterized by a basally nearly parallel-sided valva with a much narrower distal half. A distinct spike-like process from ventral base of valva and short triangular process in the distal portion of valva characterize the unipunctella -group. In the female genitalia, the emargination on the posterior margin of sternum VIII is shallow, the colliculum is usually distinct and the corpus bursae is large, without a signum. Externally Hypsotropa species are rather broad-winged Anerastiini which can be confused with some Ematheudes species, but the labial palpus are obliquely upturned far beyond the vertex of the head ( Hampson 1918: 67) ( Figs 3 , 7a ) whereas those of Ematheudes are downcurved ( Fig. 12 ).

Distribution. The great majority of species (21) is recorded from the Afrotropical region ( Hampson 1918; De Prins & De Prins 2019). The Palaearctic species are most diverse in the Mediterranean area ( Leraut 2014; Gastón et al. 2016). Several species are known from Oriental, Australian and Neotropical regions ( Nuss et al. 2003 –2019). One species is reported from Ukraine.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Hypsotropa unipunctella. 1, 2. Adults. 3. Head. 4, 5. Male genitalia. 4a, 5a. Cornuti (enlarged). b. Ventral view. 6. Female genitalia. 1, 5. ♂, Crimea. Prep. no. 221/18. 2. ♂, Zaporizhzhia reg. 3. ♀, Crimea. 4. ♂, Zabaikalskiy kray. Prep. no. 260/18. 6. ♀, Crimea. Prep. no. 224/18.

FIGURES 7–10. Hypsotropa limbella. 7, 8. Adults. a. Head. 9. Female genitalia. 10. Male genitalia. 7, 10. ♂, Crete. Prep. no. 283/18. 8, 9. ♀, Dalmatia. Prep. no. 282/18.

FIGURES 11–14. Ematheudes punctellus. 11. Adult. 12. Head. 13. Male genitalia. 14. Female genitalia. 11, 12. ♀, Crimea. 13. ♂, Crimea. Prep. no. 225/18. 14. ♀, Crimea. Prep. no. 47/19.