Scirpophaga flavidorsalis ( Hampson, 1919 )

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 : 174-175

Scirpophaga flavidorsalis ( Hampson, 1919) ( Figs 19, 20 , 28, 51)

Topeutis flavidorsalis Hampson, 1919 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) 4: 319. Type locality: Bhutan.

Schoenobius melanostigmus Turner, 1922 . Proc. R. Soc. Vict., 35: 47; Lewvanich, 1981. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 231; Chen, Song & Wu, 2006. Zootaxa, 1236: 12.

Scirpophaga flavidorsalis: Lewvanich, 1981 . Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 230; Chen, Song & Wu, 2006. Zootaxa, 1236: 12.

Description. Body ochreous white. Length of labial palpi about 3–4 times the diameter of compound eyes. Forewing ochreous white, a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of cell; hindwing pale ochreous. Female with anal tuft pale ochreous white. In male genitalia, subteguminal process tubercle-like; aedeagus slender, swollen in apical 1/3, a flat plate-like cornutus present, with serrate margin, manica with two groups of spines. In female genitalia, ostium bursae broad, weakly sclerotized, section between ostium bursae and ductus seminalis weakly sclerotized.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand, West Malaysia, Java, Philipppines, New Guinea, Australia.

Figures

Figs 13–20. Adults. 13. Scirpophaga praelata. 14. S. xanthopygata. 15. S. nivella. 16. S. parvalis. 17. S. humilis. 18. S. excerptalis. 19. S. flavidorsalis, male. 20. S. flavidorsalis, female.