Calamotropha franki ( Caradja, 1931 )

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 : 461

Calamotropha franki ( Caradja, 1931)

( Figs 13 , 37 , 58 )

Crambus franki Caradja, 1931: 204 . TL: China (Sichuan). TD: MINGA.

Calamotropha franki (Caradja) : Bleszynski, 1961: 166.

Material examined. Fujian: 1♀ , Guadun (27.73°N, 117.65°E), Wuyishan, 1060 m, 8.VIII.2020, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN21332 ; 1♀, Huboliao Reserve (24.51°N, 117.26°E), 273 m, 25.VII.2020, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN20822 ; Guangxi: 1♁ 1♀ , Mt. Daming, Nanning , 1200 m, 5–6.VIII.2011, leg. SL Hao et al., slide No. KYN21330♁, KYN21331 ♀; Sichuan: 3 ♁ 8♀, Mt. E'mei, Leshan , 847– 790 m, 19–22.VII.2021, leg. S Yu et al., slide Nos. KYN21326 ♀, KYN21327♁, KYN21328 ♀; Zhejiang : 1♀, Datou Village (29.10°N, 118.45°E), Quzhou City, 707 m, 5.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. KYN21329 .

Diagnosis, Adult ( Fig. 13 ) wingspan 26.0–28.0 mm. Calamotropha franki is characterized by the white forewing densely covered with pale brown scales, the brownish orange medial and subterminal fasciae, a dark brown medial dot and the eight evenly distributed black dots of the terminal margin; in the male genitalia by the valva with clustered long setae at middle near ventral margin and apically produced to a large rounded process, and the spine shaped cornutus about 1/7 as long as the phallus ( Fig. 37 ); in the female genitalia by the enlarged elliptical antrum covered with dense microtrichia ( Fig. 58 ).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang).

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Adults of Calamotropha spp. 9. C. doii, ♀; 10. C. duofurcata, ♁; 11. C. duovirgata sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 12. C. formosella, ♁; 13. C. franki, ♀; 14. C. josettae, ♁; 15. C. latella, ♁; 16. C. melanosticta, ♀. Scale bars = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 34–39. Male genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 34. C. dentatella, slide No. KYN21484; 35. C. doii, slide No. KYN21197; 36. C. duovirgata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. KYN21337; 37. C. franki, slide No. KYN21330; 38. C. latella, slide No. KYN21271; 39. C. melanosticta, slide No. KYN21268. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 56–60. Female genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 56. C. doii, slide No. KYN20882; 57. C. duovirgata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. KYN21227; 58. C. franki, slide No. KYN21331; 59. C. latella, slide No. KYN21270; 60. C. melanosticta, slide No. KYN21273. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.