Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis Caradja, 1933

Chen, Fu-Qiang & Wu, Chun-Sheng, 2014, Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 163-208 : 202-203

Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis Caradja, 1933 ( Figs 114 , 120 , 124 )

Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis Caradja, 1933 . In: Caradja & Meyrick, Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 47: 142. Type locality: China, Guangdong.

Description. Labial palpi porrect, slender and dark fuscous, under side white. Female with anal tuft dark rufous. Forewing white, two black spots present at both basal quarter and middle of upper margin of cell, another three black spots present at upper angle of cell, lower angle of cell and below the middle of Cu 2; two short pale yellow lines present outside discocellulares. Hindwing white; three yellow patches separately present at lower angle of cell, middle of Cu 1 and anal angle. In male genitalia, gnathos semicircular; valva with a sclerotized hooked transtilla; juxta U-shaped; coremata present. In female genitalia, ostium bursae membranous, wrinkled, two membranous plates present at ostium bursae, suffused with dense setae.

Material examined. IZCAS: Guangdong, Mt. Dinghu , 1♂, 1♀, 13–21 August 1979, Ying-Shu Xie, Shao-Kun Du, Shi-Yang Xia ; Guangdong, Fengkai , Heishiding, 1♂, 30 May 1984, Xiang Yu ; Guangdong, Fengkai , Heishiding, 1♀, 23 May 1986, De-An Lan ; Guangxi, Jinxiu , Luoxiang, 200 m, 1♂, 5♀, 15 May 1999, Hong-Xiang Han ; Guangxi, Fangcheng, Fulong , 300–350 m, 20♂, 2♀, 23–24 May 1999, Wen-Zhu Li, De-Cheng Yuan ; Guangxi, Fangcheng , Fulong, 550 m, 1♂, 1♀, 26 May 1999, Yan-Zhou Zhang ; Guangxi, Shangsi , Hongqilinchang, 300 m, 1♂, 27 May 1999, Yan-Zhou Zhang ; Guangxi, Shangsi , Nanping, 350 m, 1♂, 9 June 2000, Chao-Dong Zhu ; Guangxi, Fangcheng , Banba, 250 m, 2♂, 3 June 2000, Wen-Zhu Li ; Guangxi, Jinxiu , Jinzhong Road, 1 100 m, 1♂, 12 May 1999, Fu-Sheng Huang ; Yunnan, Shuangjiang , 888 m, 2♂, 2–5 June 1980, Wang Zhang ; Yunnan, Kunming, Mt. Xi , 1♂, 2 March 1957, Shu-Yong Wang ; Yunnan, Xishuangbanna , Mengyang, 1 600 m, 1♂, 2 April 1957, Shu-Yong Wang ; Yunnan, Jingdong , 1 170 m, 1♀, 17 June 1956 ; Yunnan, Shiping , Jiaoyuan, 1♀, 21 June 1979, Yong-Jie Liu .

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand.

Figures

Figs 108–115. Adults. 108. Archischoenobius pallidalis. 109. A. nigrolepis. 110. A. nanlingensis. 111. A. minumus. 112. Acropentias aureus. 113. Leechia sinuosalis. 114. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 115. Promacrochilo ambiguellus.

Figs 116–121. Female genitalia. 116. Donacaula forficellus. 117. Archischoenobius pallidalis. 118. A. nigrolepis. 119. A. nanlingensis. 120. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 121. Promacrochilo ambiguellus. a. Sclerotized plate. Scale bars=1 mm.

Figs 122–125. Male genitalia. a. Aedeagus. b. Juxta. 122. Acropentias aureus. 123. Leechia sinuosalis. 124. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 125. Promacrochilo ambiguellus. Scale bars =1 mm.