Calamotropha aequilata Li & Li, 2012

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 : 455

Calamotropha aequilata Li & Li, 2012

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Calamotropha aequilata Li & Li, 2012: 2652 . TL: China (Hainan). TD: NKU.

Material examined. Holotype ♁, Hainan: Tongguling (19.60°N, 110.75°E), Wenchang , 50 m, 20.VII.2008, leg. BB Hu et al., slide No. LWC08409 . Paratype: 1♀, same data as holotype except dated 18.VII.2008 (abdomen missing) .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 2 ) wingspan 15.0–16.0 mm. Calamotropha aequilata is characterized by the brown forewing with a black medial speckle near the anterior corner of the cell; in the male genitalia by the aequilate valva with apex concave at posterior 1/3, the straight phallus about 1.5 X as long as the valva, and the vesica with a cluster of differently sized spine-like cornuti ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 2C ).

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Adults of Calamotropha spp. 1. C. abrupta, ♁; 2. C. aequilata, holotype, ♁; 3. C. alcesta, ♁; 4. C. aureliella, ♁; 5. C. bleszynskii sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 6. C. brevilinella, ♁; 7. C. brevistrigella, ♁; 8. C. dentatella, ♁. Scale bars = 5.0 mm.