Gargela xanthocasis ( Meyrick, 1897 )

Song, Shimei, Chen, Fuqiang & Wu, Chunsheng, 2009, A review of the genus Gargela Walker in China, with descriptions of ten new species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Crambinae), Zootaxa 2090, pp. 40-56 : 42

Gargela xanthocasis ( Meyrick, 1897)

Figs. 1 , 13

Mixophyla xanthocasis Meyrick, 1897, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897: 81 , pl. A. fig. 8. Type-locality: Sangir. Mixophyla xanthocasis : Hampson, 1897, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1897: 135; Hampson, 1899, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 700, fig.1: 8.

Gargela xanthocasis: Inoue, 1982 , Moths of Japan II: 332, pl.38: 68 (3).

Material examined. IZCAS: 13, Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara, leg. Danau Mooat, 1200m, 1985. XI.9. Distribution. China (S. China, Taiwan); Japan, N.W. Himalayas, Pakistan, Indonesia, New Guinea. Remarks. This species is recorded in south China ( Inoue, 1982). We did not get the specimens from China. The distribution of the species is from literatures, we still have doubt for that. The specimen examined is exchanged from the British Museum of Natural History.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Adults. 1, G. xanthocasis, male; 2, G. renatusalis, female; 3, G. bilineata sp. nov., holotype, male; 4, G. hastatela sp. nov., holotype, male; 5, G. hainana sp. nov., holotype, male; 6, G. quadrispinula sp. nov., holotype, male.

FIGURES 13 – 18. Male Genitalia (a: aedeagus). 13, G. xanthocasis; 14, G. renatusalis; 15, G. bilineata sp. nov.; 16, G. hastatela sp. nov.; 17, G. hainana sp. nov.; 18, G. quadrispinula sp. nov.