Scirpophaga virginia Schultze, 1908

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 virginia Schultze, 1908 ( Figs 40 , 47, 54)

Scirpophaga virginia Schultze, 1908 . Philipp. J. Sci., (A) 3: 34; Lewvanich, 1981. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 236. Type locality: Philippines.

Niphadoses gilviberbis Wang, 1978 , Acta Ent. Sinica, 21 (2): 171; Wang, 1980. Economic Insect Fauna of China, 21: 66; Wang, 1981. Iconocraphia Heterocerorum Sinicorum I: 61 (nec Zeller, 1863).

Description. Smaller than other species in the genus. Body pale ochreous white. Length of labial palpi about the diameter of compound eyes. Both wings white, without fascia. Female with anal tuft grayish white. In male genitalia, subteguminal process round; juxta with dense spines at apex, two groups of strong sclerotized spines present.

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Beijing, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangxi, Yunnan); Japan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, West Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines.

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.