Scirpophaga lineata (Butler, 1879)

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 : 176

Scirpophaga lineata (Butler, 1879) ( Fig. 41 )

Apurima lineata Butler, 1879 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 4: 457. Type locality: Japan.

Schoenobius lineata: Wang, 1980 . Economic Insect Fauna of China, 21: 57.

Scirpophaga lineata: Lewvanich, 1981 . Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 240; Chen, Song & Wu, 2006. Zootaxa, 1236: 19.

Description. White body. Length of labial palpi about 3–4 times the diameter of compound eyes. Forewing with a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of cell, an oblique brown fascia from apex to middle of inner margin. Female with anal tuft white. In male genitalia, subteguminal process rectangular, constricted at base. In female genitalia, ostium bursae and ductus bursae membranous, section between ostium bursae and ductus seminalis constricted, lined with sclerotized plates.

Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Japan, India, Malysia, Indonesia.

Figures

Figs 35–42. Adults. 35. Scirpophaga magnella. 36. S. tongyaii. 37. S. linguatella. 38. S. adunctella. 39. S. khasis. 40. S. virginia. 41. S. lineata. 42. S. auristrigella.