Botyodes Guenée, 1854

Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Singh, Harsimran & Ranjan, Rahul, 2019, Two new genera for the Botyodes species complex (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae), Zootaxa 4623 (2), pp. 387-395 : 388

Botyodes Guenée, 1854

In Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.) 8: 320

Type species: Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854 subsequently designated by Moore, ([1886] 1884–7)

Diagnostic characters: Antennae of male with four teeth on the basal joint enclosing a hollow; mid femora with a small grooved tuft at middle ( Hampson 1896). In male genitalia, base of uncus is quadra-radiated, tegumen is strongly modified for the attachment of quadra-radiated base of uncus; valvae with transparent windows, costa strongly indented at middle.

Remarks: Out of the 10 known species of Botyodes , the type species, B. asialis ( Figs. 1, 2 , 11–14 , 29 ) along with B. principalis ( Figs. 3, 4 , 15–18 , 30 ) are true members of this genus. A new genus, Neobotyodes gen. nov. is erected here for crocopteralis . The rest of seven species are in need of a future thorough review.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Adults. 1, Botyodes asialis, ♂, NE India, Mizoram, 2, ditto, ♀, NE India, Mizoram; 3, Botyodes principalis, ♂, NE India, Arunachal Pradesh, 4, ditto, ♀, NE India, Arunachal Pradesh; 5, Neobotyodes crocopteralis, gen. & comb. nov., ♂, NE India, Arunachal Pradesh, 6, ditto, ♀, NE India, Mizoram.

FIGURES 11–18. Male genitalia. 11–14, Botyodes asialis; 15–18, Botyodes principalis.

FIGURES 29–32. Female genitalia, 29, Botyodes asialis; 30, Botyodes principalis; 31, Neobotyodes crocopteralis, gen. & comb. nov.; 32, Caldubotys caldusalis, gen. & comb. nov.