Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867)

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 : 186

Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867)

Schoenobius niloticus Zeller, 1867 . Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., (3)5: 462, pl. 24, fig. 2. Type locality: Egypt.

Schoenobius alpherakii Strand, 1874 . Stett. Ent. Zeit.,: 97; Caradja, 1925. Mem. Sect. Stiint. Acad. Rom., (3) 3: 301. Type locality: Russia.

Schoenobius vescerellus Chrétien, 1910 . Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1910: 368.

Schoenobius argophthalmus Meyrick, 1933 . Exot. Microlepid., 4 (12): 377.

Donacaula niloticus: Speidel, 2005 . Pyraloidea I, Microlepidoptera of Europe, 4: 119.

Description. Forewing pale ochreous in both sexes; male with a dark brown line from costal margin to centre of wing, running parallel to outer margin; female with a white discocellulares spot and a relatively blunt apex. In male genitalia, subteguminal process reduced; juxta pyriform, apex raised and slightly elongated.

Material examined. None.

Distribution. China (Gansu); Russia, Europe, Egypt.

Remarks. This species was recorded in Gansu Province (Kan-su) by Caradja (1925) (reported as Schoenobius alpherakii ). There is no further information until now. We did not find the species in our collection. Our description is mainly based on Speidel (2005).