Scirpophaga gotoi Lewvanich, 1981

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 : 177

Scirpophaga gotoi Lewvanich, 1981 ( Fig. 60 )

Scirpophaga gotoi Lewvanich, 1981 . Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 249. Type locality: Japan.

Description. Body ochreous yellow. Length of labial palpi about 3 times the diameter of compound eyes. Both wings shining ochreous yellow, sometimes a dark fuscous spot present at forewing. In male genitalia, subteguminal process lobe like. In female genitalia, ductus bursae sclerotized wholly, section between ostium bursae and ductus seminalis constricted.

Distribution. China (Jiangsu, Guangdong); Japan.

Remarks. According to the original description of the species, the forewing has a dark fuscous spot present at the lower angle of cell. In our examination, this spot is absent in the materials from Guangdong. So the character may be various in different populations as in the excerptalis group.

Figures

Figs 57–64. Adults. 57. Scirpophaga incertulas, male. 58. S. incertulas, female. 59. S. whalleyi. 60. S. gotoi. 61–62. Schoenobius gigantellus. 63. Sc. scirpus sp.nov., male. 64. Sc. scirpus sp.nov., female.