Indomyrlaea sutasoma Roesler & Küppers, 1979

Ren, Yingdang, Yang, Linlin & Li, Houhun, 2015, Taxonomic review of the genus Indomyrlaea Roesler & Küppers 1979 of China, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), Zootaxa 4006 (2), pp. 311-329 : 315

Indomyrlaea sutasoma Roesler & Küppers, 1979

( Figs. 2, 3 , 19, 20 )

Indomyrlaea sutasoma Roesler & Küppers, 1979: 119 ; Roesler, 1983: 55. Sandrabatis crassiella Ragonot, 1893 (nec): Hampson, 1896: 75; Roesler & Küppers, 1979: 107; Roesler, 1983: 53. Misidentification.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 22.0−24.5 mm ( Figs. 2, 3 ). Indomyrlaea sutasoma can be recognized by the following characters: the base of the forewing with dense and thick scales; the triangular uncus pointed at apex, the valva with broadened, rounded apex, the terminal of costa bluntly protruded, the sacculus stretching to 2/5 of the valva, with a small hook distally, the stout aedeagus bearing sparse dentations apically, cornuti comprising of numerous spinule and sclerotized crimples in the male genitalia ( Fig. 19 ); the gourd-shaped corpus bursae with lots of long bodkin-shaped spines surrounding near middle, and a caudal bursa protruding on posterior margin in the female genitalia ( Fig. 20 ).

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Bubang (21°36'N 101°35'E), Mengla, 650 m, 24-VIII-2005, coll. Yingdang Ren, gen. slide Nos. RYD04713m, RYD04714f ( NKUM); 1 ♀, Rare Botanical Garden (24°00΄N 97°50΄E), Ruili, 1000 m, 06-VIII-2005, coll. Yingdang Ren, gen. slide No. RYD04764 ( NKUM). Xizang: 1 ♀, Yadong (27°19′N 88°35′E), 2950 m, 27-VIII-2003, coll. Xinpu Wang & Huaijun Xue ( NKUM).

Distribution. China (Xizang, Yunnan), Indonesia (Sumatra), India, Sikkim, Bhutan, Sir Lanka.

Remarks. Indomyrlaea sutasoma is recorded for the first time from China.

Figures

FIGURE 2 - 7. Adults of Indomyrlaea spp. 2, I. sutasoma, ♂; 3, I. sutasoma, ♀; 4, I. bannensis sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 5, I. bannensis sp. nov., paratype, ♀; 6, I. fastigipalpa sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 7, I. fastigipalpa sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (scales bar = 2.0 mm).

FIGURES 19 – 20. Indomyrlaea sutasoma. 19, male genitalia, slide No. RYD 04713; 20, female genitalia, slide No. RYD 04714 (scales bar = 0.5 mm).