Circobotys obscuriptera Wang, 2018

Gao, Qiang & Wang, Shuxia, 2018, Seven new species of the genus Circobotys Butler from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), with a checklist of the world, Zoological Systematics 43 (2), pp. 196-210 : 204-206

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201818
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F2078D57-E217-4B7F-AC95-5C5FA9E0AEFD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459645
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD8900-FF95-5027-FF65-F8CBFA451138
treatment provided by	Diego
scientific name	Circobotys obscuriptera Wang
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Circobotys obscuriptera Wang , sp. nov. ( Figs 12 View Figures 5–12 , 19 View Figures 13–19 , 24 View Figures 20–24 )

Diagnosis. This species is similar to C. plebeia Munroe & Mutuura, 1969 superficially. It can be differentiated by the broad valva with basal half narrower slightly narrower, the sacculus with a slender finger-shaped dorsal process, and the sella basally produced to end of the sacculus and forming a sharp process in the male genitalia. In C. plebeia , the valva is subparallel dorso-ventrally, the sacculus has a triangular dorsal process, and the sella is not produced basally to form a process.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 12 View Figures 5–12 ) wingspan 24.0–30.0 mm. Vertex and frons dark yellowish brown. Labial palpus with first segment snowy white except tinged with brown dorsally; second segment dark yellowish brown except tinged with white ventrally; third segment dark yellowish brown. Maxillary palpus brown. Antenna dark grayish brown. Tegula and thorax dark yellowish brown. Abdomen ventrally pale brown, dorsally dark brown except white on posterior margin of each segment. Forewing broad triangular; costal margin straight except slightly arched before apex; apex slightly curved downward; termen obliquely truncate, shorter than length of dorsal margin; dorsal margin almost straight. Ground color dark yellowish brown, patterns blackish brown: antemedian line from basal 1/3 of costal margin to basal 2/5 of dorsal margin, almost straight; orbicular stigma rounded, small, not obvious in some individuals; distal discoidal stigma somewhat semilunate; postmedian line from basal 3/4 of costal margin to basal 2/5 of R 5, then to middle of CuA 2 through middle of M 2, M 3 and CuA 1, arched outward, finally to basal 2/3 of dorsal margin, serrate; terminal line blackish brown, sinuate. Hindwing dark yellowish brown, area covered by forewing yellowish white; termen arched; postmedian line brown, from basal 2/3 of costal margin to CuA 2. Cilia of wings yellow, basal line buff; apex of forewing with dark brown cilia. Ventral patterns of wings more distinct.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 19 View Figures 13–19 ). Uncus broad at base, gradually narrowed to middle, distal half almost uniformly narrow, produced to a short spine apically. Valva broad, basal half slightly narrower than distal half, bluntly rounded at apex; costa somewhat concave before middle, distal 1/6 narrow, apically reaching distal 1/5 of costal valva; sacculus with a slender finger-shaped dorsal process at basal 1/3; sella broad basally, extending to end of sacculus and forming a slender sharp process, hook-shaped distally. Juxta anchor-shaped, posterior and lateral margins concave medially. Phallus short, approximately half length of valva, with a bundle of spines.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 24 View Figures 20–24 ). Apophyses anteriores about 2 times as long as apophyses posteriores. Anntrum produced backward laterally, forming a pair of rabbit ear-shaped plates widending posteriorly. Ductus bursae with broad sclerite throughout posterior 1/4; sclerite gradually broadened anteriorly, with dentations on anterior end, with roundly inflated bursa protruding from anterior end. Signum sharp at both ends of transversal median carina, posterior margin sharp, anterior margin flat.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, Yonghong Village , Mabian County (28º33′N, 103º24′E; elev. 1500 m), Sichuan, 23 July 2004, coll. Yingdang Ren GoogleMaps , genitalia slide No. GQ 11188. Paratypes. 1♀, same data as holotype; 1♂, Guadun (27º44′N, 117º38′E; elev. 1100 m), Fujian, 28 July 2008, coll. Weichun Li GoogleMaps et al.; 1♂ 2♀, Pingbaying , Xianfeng County (29º24′N, 108º59′E; elev. 1280 m), Hubei, 22 July 1999, coll. Houhun Li GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Xunyangba , Ningshan County (33º32′N, 108º32′E; elev. 1360 m), Shaanxi, 3 July 2007, coll. Haili Yu. GoogleMaps