Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker, 1863)

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 incertulas (Walker, 1863) ( Figs 49 , 55 , 57, 58 )

Chilo incertulas Walker, 1863 . List Specimens Lipid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 27: 143. Type locality: Borneo.

Catagela?admotella Walker, 1863 . List Specimens Lipid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 27: 192.

Schoenobius minutellus Zeller, 1863 . Chilonidarum Crambidarum Genera Species: 5.

Tipanaea bipunctifera Walker, 1863 . List Specimens Lipid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 28: 523.

Chilo gratiosellus Walker, 1864 . List Specimens Lipid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 30: 967.

Schoenobius bipunctifer ab. quadripunctellifera Strand, 1918. Stettin. Ent. Ztg., 79: 263.

Tryporyza incertulas: Wang, 1980 . Economic Insect Fauna of China, 21: 60.

Scirpophaga incertulas: Lewvanich, 1981 . Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 243.

Description. Length of labial palpi about 3 times the diameter of compound eyes. Male body ochreous; forewing ochreous, a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of cell, an oblique fuscous fascia from apex to the lower angle of cell. Female body yellow, anal tuft ochreous yellow; forewing yellow, a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of cell. In male genitalia, subteguminal process a bifid spine; aedeagus slender, two adjacent unequal curved spine-like cornuti present. In female genitalia, corpus bursae usually lined with dense spines in the basal 3/4.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Henan, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan). Japan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, West Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sumbo, Sulawesi, Philippines.

Figures

Figs 43–50. Male genitalia. a. Aedeagus. 43. Scirpophaga tongyaii. 44. S. linguatella. 45. S. adunctella. 46. S. khasis. 47. S. virginia. 48. S. auristrigella. 49. S. incertulas. 50. Schoenobius gigantellus. Scale bars=1 mm.

Figs 51–56. Female genitalia. 51. Scirpophaga flavidorsalis. 52. S. tongyaii. 53. S. adunctella. 54. S. virginia. 55. S. incertulas. 56. S. whalleyi. Scale bars=1mm.

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.