Anania albeoverbascalis Yamanaka, 1966

Shin, Bora, Choi, Sei-Woong & Kim, Sung-Soo, 2022, Fourteen new records of Crambidae (Lepidoptera) from South Korea, Zootaxa 5159 (4), pp. 513-534 : 520

Anania albeoverbascalis Yamanaka, 1966

( Figs. 1D , 2E, 2F , 3D )

Anania albeoverbascalis Yamanaka, 1966: 32 . TL: Japan, Honshu, Toyama Prefecture, Kurobe, Keyakidaira.

Material examined. 1 male, Nari-dong, Is. Ulleungdo, GB: Ulleung , 2012.08.09, (Kim SS) ; 1 female, Nari-dong, Is. Ulleungdo, GB: Ulleung , 1998.07.24. (Kim SS) .

Diagnosis. Anania albeoverbascalis can be diagnosed by the brownish forewing with the dark brown lunular discal dot and a small dot on the central fascia, the weakly dentate and medially outwardly projected postmedial line, and the strongly waved subterminal line, and the brownish hindwing with medially bent postmedial line, and the strongly waved subterminal line. A. albeoverbascalis is externally similar to A. verbascalis (Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775) in wing color and wing pattern elements, but can be distinguished by the lunular discal dot and the costally not strongly bent postmedial line of the forewing. The male genitalia of A. albeoverbascalis are similar to those of A. verbascalis but can be distinguished by the lacking of the distal process of sacculus and the short and rounded distal process of the aedeagus.

Description. Wingspan 20mm. Head. Antenna filiform, frons broad, covered with light yellow and ochreous scales; maxillary palpi minute, brown; labial palpi long, about twice to eye diameter, 1 st segment whitish, 2 nd segment laterally tinged with brown scales. Body whitish. Forewing brownish in ground color; antemedial line weakly undulating, slightly slanted outward; postmedial line weakly dentate, costal and medial part strongly projected outward; central fascia tinged with dark brown scales, strongly tapered from costa to median, discal dot lunular, dark brown; subtermen with light brown, strongly waved line; termen lined with dark brown. Hindwing brownish in ground color; postmedial line weakly dentate; costal and medially projected outward; subtermen with an undulating light brown line; termen lined with dark brown. Male genitalia. Uncus long, triangular, laterally weakly concave, tapering strongly with weakly rounded tip; gnathos absent; vinculum dorsolaterally with a strong sharp process; juxta bowl-shaped, laterally sclerotized; saccus broad, medially projected. Valva long slender, medially inflated, apex hairy; costa straight, basal and medially same width, distally narrowed; fibula small rounded process with hairs directed dorsally; sacculus ventrally thick, distally with a small sclerotized process that dorsally connected with the fibula. Aedeagus long, rod-shaped, apex with a pair of sclerotized bump-shaped processes, cornuti a bunch of spinular processes. Female genitalia. Papilla anales small, rounded; posterior apophyses basally thick and tapered distally, curved; anterior apophyses basally thick, tapered distally, the same as long as posterior apophyses; ostium bursae broad, bowl-shaped, medially with triangular sclerotization; ductus bursae long, coiled more than three times, narrow band-shaped sclerotization anterior to ostium bursae; corpus bursae ovate, laterally with appendix bursae, signum large rhomboid process with dense spicules.

Distribution. South Korea, Japan, and China.

DNA barcoding: One specimen from South Korea ( OK501200 ) was sequenced, and the genetic difference between A. albeoverbascalis and its relative, A. verbascalis was 14%.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Adults of 14 species newly recorded from Korea. Scale bar=5 mm. A. Paracymoriza distinctalis, B. Pseudocatharylla duplicellus, C. Psammotis orientalis, D. Anania albeoverbascalis, E. Anania stachydalis, F. Ecpyrrhorrhoe rubiginalis, G. Scoparia iwasakii, H. Haritalodes basipunctalis, I. Nagiella inferior, J. Notarcha aurolinealis, K. Herpetogramma okamotoi, L. Glyphodes formosanus, M. Mecyna fusei, and N. Udea tritalis.

FIGURE 2. Male genitalia of the Crambidae from Korea. Scale bar = 1mm (A, E, G, I, K), 0.5mm (B, C, D. F, H, J, L). A, B. Paracymoriza distinctalis; C, D. Pseudocatharylla duplicellus; E, F. Anania albeoverbascalis; G, H. Scoparia iwasakii; I, J. Haritalodes basipunctalis; K, L. Nagiella inferior.

FIGURE 3. Female genitalia of the Crambidae from Korea. Scale bar = 1mm. A. Paracymoriza distinctalis, B. Pseudocatharylla duplicellus, C. Psammotis orientalis, D. Anania albeoverbascalis, E. Anania stachydalis, F. Ecpyrrhorrhoe rubiginalis.