Calamotropha nigripunctella ( Leech, 1889 )

Kim, Yongnam, Qi, Mujie, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2023, Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, Zootaxa 5297 (4), pp. 451-482 : 465-466

Calamotropha nigripunctella ( Leech, 1889)

( Figs 19 , 41 , 61 )

Crambus nigripunctellus Leech, 1889: 107 . TL: China (Zhejiang). TD: NHMUK.

Crambus hoenei Caradja, 1935: 23 . TL: China (Zhejiang). TD: MINGA.

Calamotropha flaviguttella Inoue, 1959: 234 .

Calamotropha nigripunctella (Leech) : Bleszynski, 1961: 186.

Material examined. Fujian: 1♁, Mt. Wuyi (27.76°N, 117.65°E), 1010 m, 10.VIII.2020, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN21283; 1♁, Tongmu Village (27.81°N, 117.71°E), 1090 m, 12.VIII.2020, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN21284 ; Guangdong: 1♁, Mt. Babao (24.85°N, 113.10°E), Shaoguan, 980 m, 19. Ⅴ.2021, leg. XH Zuo, slide No. KYN21298 ; Guizhou: 2♁, Mt. Leigong (26.37°N, 108.20°E), 1553 m, 1.VIII.2018, ML Zheng et al., slide No. KYN21295 ; Hubei: 2♁ 3♀, Suitian County (30.19°N, 115.69°E), 570 m, 2.VII.2014, leg. W Guan et al., slide No. KYN21243♁ ; Sichuan: 3♁ 5♀, Longcanggou (29.63°N, 102.87°E), Xingjing, 1388 m, 18.VII.2021, leg. S Yu et al., slide Nos. KYN21199♁, KYN21198 ♀; 4♁, Mt. Qingshan (30.92°N, 103.50°E), Doujiangyan, 860 m, 10.VII.2021, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. KYN21200 ; Zhejiang: 2♁, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmu , 1000m, 28.VII.2011, leg. LL Yang et al., slide No. KYN20369; 4♁, Longwantan (28.22°N, 120.52°E), Yongjia County, 127m, 21.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. KYN20373; 2♁, Linkeng Village (28.32°N, 120.42°E), Yongjia , 387 m, 26.VIII.2016, leg. QY Wang et al., slide No. KYN21237; 2♁ 1♀, Baishanzu Nature Reserve (29.34°N, 119.13°E), Qingyuan , 1149 m, 13.VIII.2016, leg. QY Wang et al., slide No. KYN21234♁; 1♁, Mt. Jiuing (28.40°N, 118.84°E), 430 m, 7.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin et al., slide No. KYN21241; 2♁, Huangtanyu (28.39°N, 118.84°E), Mt. Jiuling , 467 m, 3–9.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin et al., 2♁, Yanping (28.38°N, 119.89°E), Mt. Jiuling , 530 m, 4.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin et al .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 19 ) wingspan 16.5–24.5 mm. Calamotropha nigripunctella is diagnosed by the medial fascia of the white forewing bearing a short and wide black medial band, and the terminal margin with three black dots; in the male genitalia by the gnathos with a triangular dorsal process at distal 1/3, the valva with a dorsoapical process bearing a few spines, and the vesica with a row of spiniform cornuti ( Fig. 41 ); in the female genitalia by the ductus bursae slightly broadened posteriorly ( Fig. 61 ). Calamotropha nigripunctella is similar to C. brevilinella (South, 1901) superficially, and the differences between them are stated in the diagnoses of C. brevilinella .

Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), South Korea, Japan.

Figures

FIGURES 17–23. Adults of Calamotropha spp. 17. C. melli, ♁; 18. C. nigerifera sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 19. C. nigripunctella, ♁; 20. C. okanoi, ♁; 21. C. paludella, ♁; 21a. C. paludella, ♁; 22. C. parallela sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 23. C. parvispina sp. nov., holotype, ♁. Scale bars = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 40–45. Male genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 40. C. nigerifera sp. nov., holotype, slide No. KYN21260; 40a. enlarged distal part of uncus, slide No. KYN21494; 41. C. nigripunctella, slide No. KYN21234; 42. C. okanoi, slide No. KYN21487; 43. C. paludella, slide No. KYN20372; 44. C. parallela sp. nov., holotype, slide No. KYN21226; 45. C. parvispina sp. nov., holotype, slide No. KYN21305. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 61–64. Female genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 61. C. nigripunctella, slide No. KYN21198; 62. C. okanoi, slide No. KYN21485; 62a. enlarged antrum, slide No. KYN21488; 63. C. paludella, slide No. KYN20371; 64. C. parallela sp. nov., paratype, slide No. KYN21481. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.