Chilo pulverata (Wileman & South, 1917)

Figs. 98, 156.

Diatraea pulverata Wileman & South, 1917. Type locality: Taiwan [Formosa], Kanshirei, 1000 ft.

= Chilo izuensis Okano, 1962 a: 123, pl. 6, fig. 6; Bleszynski, 1970: 132 (syn.)

= Chilo izouensis Błeszyński, 1965 a: 115

MATERIAL

No material was examined for this species.

DIAGNOSIS

This species can be separated from other Chilo species by examination of the male genitalia (Fig. 98): juxta symmetrical, with lateral arms arms not extending beyond basal-costal angle of valva; phallus with short ventral arm, subapical long patch of thorns and elongate patch of small cornuti. In female genitalia (Fig. 156), the two lamellate signa of the corpus bursae separate this species from other congeneric species of the Philippines (Anon, 2019; Bleszynski, 1970c).

DISTRIBUTION

CHINA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Benguet); TAIWAN; TIMOR.

REMARKS

Błeszyński investigated two specimens (1 ♂, 1 ♀) of this species from Klondyke on Luzon, Philippines.