Calamotropha sienkiewiczi Bleszynski, 1961

Kim, Yongnam, Qi, Mujie, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2023, Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, Zootaxa 5297 (4), pp. 451-482 : 470-471

Calamotropha sienkiewiczi Bleszynski, 1961

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Calamotropha sienkiewiczi Bleszynski, 1961: 190 . TL: China (Sichuan). TD: NHMUK.

Calamotropha multicornuella Chen & Song, 2002: 41 . TL: China (Fujian). TD: IZCAS. syn. nov.

Material examined. Chongqing: 3♁, Xiaonanhai, Qianjiang District , 670 m, 21.VII.2012, leg. YH Sun et al., slide No. KYN21323 ; 1♀, Jinyin Mountain , Youyang County, 660 m, 25.VII.2012, leg. YH Sun et al., slide No. KYN21380 ; Fujian: 3♁ 4♀, Guadun (27.73°N, 117.65°E), Mt. Wuyi , 1060 m, 8.VIII.2020, leg. MJ Qi et al., KYN21282 ♁; Guangdong: 1♀, Xinshan (24.45°N, 113.11°E), Shimentai , 790 m, 17.VIII.2022, leg. H Sun et al .; 1♀, Fenshui'ao (24.75°N, 112.89°E), Chengjiaxiang , 1013 m, 4.VIII.2022, leg. H Sun et al . Guangxi: 3♁, Jiuniantang Checkpoint (25.88°N, 110.49°E), Cat Mountain Nature Reserve, Guilin City , 1016 m, 24.VII.2015, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN21306 ; Guizhou: 1♁, Banzhai Village (25.23°N, 108.03°E), Libo County, 513 m, 24.VII.2019, leg. MR Xing et al., slide No. KYN21288; 6♁, Dongdai, Limingguan Township , Libo County , 720 m, 19.VII.2015, leg. MQ Yang et al., slide No. KYN21294; 2♁, Maoya Town (28.14°N, 107.17°E), Suiyang County , 869 m, 3.VII.2019, leg. MR Xing et al., slide No. KYN21286; 2♁ 3♀, Sanchahe Town (28.48°N, 106.42°E), Xishui County, 804 m, 2.VII.2019, leg. MR Xing et al., slide Nos. KYN21287♁, KYN21290 ♀; 1♁, Xiannütang (26.37°N, 108.19°E), Xueshan , 1535 m, 25.VII.2019, leg. MR Xing et al., slide No. KYN20387 ; Hubei: 4♀, Duchuan Village (31.89°N, 110.71°E), Fang County, 793 m, 19.VII.2017, leg. WD Ji et al., slide No. KYN21245; 2♁ 5♀, Mt. Bagua (32.09°N, 109.67°E), Zhuxi County, 790 m, 12.VII.2017, leg. WD Ji et al., slide No. KYN21246♁ ; 3♀, Quanxi Town (32.03°N, 109.69°E), Zhuxi County, 868 m, 9.VII.2017, leg. WD Ji et al., slide No. KYN21247 ; Hunan: 3♁, Houwangzhai (24.98°N, 112.86°E), Mt. Mang Reserve , Yizhang County, 541 m, 24.VII.2020, leg. H Sun et al., slide No. KYN21255 ; Zhejiang: 1♀, Laofoyan Village (28.21°N, 118.41°E), Shuangxikou Town, Jiangshan City , 424 m, 8.VIII.2016, leg. QY Wang et al., slide No. KYN21235 ; 3♀, Wangdongyang Wetland Reserve (27.41°N, 119.38°E), Jingning County, 1174 m, 17.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. KYN21242; 2♁, Mt. Jiulong , 400 m, 4.VIII.2011, leg. LL Yang et al., slide No. KYN21232 ; 2♀, Mt. Jiulong (28.39°N, 118.84°E), Lishui City , 509 m, 26.VIII.2017, leg. SN Qian et al., slide No. KYN21231 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu Authority (30.31°N, 119.44°E), 335 m, 1.VII.2014, leg. AH Yin et al., slide No. KYN21240; 1♁, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmu , 1000 m, 28.VII.2011, leg. LL Yang et al., slide No. KYN21229 ; 1♀, Longwantan (28.22°N, 120.52°E), Yongjia County, 127m, 21.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. KYN20374 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 26 ) wingspan 18.0–25.0 mm. Calamotropha sienkiewiczi is diagnosed by the white forewing with the orange yellow medial fascia bearing yellowish brown speckle at costal margin and at middle respectively, and the yellow terminal margin with four black dots on posterior 2/5; in the male genitalia by the rectangular valva with two narrow sclerites apically and with a narrow fold extending from base to apex above the ventral margin, and the vesica with two sets of 19–20 spiniform cornuti ( Fig. 48 ); in the female genitalia by the semicircular lamella postvaginalis and the slender elongate lamella postvaginalis 2/3 the length of the funnel-shaped antrum ( Fig. 68 ). This species is similar to C. bleszynskii sp. nov. and C. parvispina sp. nov., and the differences between them are stated in the diagnoses of the latter two species.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Shanghai, Zhejiang).

Remarks. We found the female of C. multicornuella Chen & Song, 2002 to be identical to that of C. sienkiewiczi Bleszynski, 1961 and the male was different from it. As stated in the remarks of C. bleszynskii sp. nov., the male of C. sienkiewiczi Bleszynski (1961) was described as C. bleszynskii sp. nov. Here we propose C. multicornuella as a synonym of C. sienkiewiczi , and the male in C. multicornuella was actually the male of C. sienkiewiczi .

Figures

FIGURES 24–28. Adults of Calamotropha spp. 24. C. punctivenella, ♁; 25. C. shichito, ♀; 26. C. sienkiewiczi, ♁; 27. C. sperlingi, ♀; 28. C. unispinea, ♁. Scale bars = 5.0 mm. Scale bars = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 46–50. Male genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 46. C. punctivenella, slide No. KYN21322; 47. C. shichito, slide No. KYN21378; 48. C. sienkiewiczi, slide No. KYN21232; 49. C. sperlingi, slide No. KYN21309; 50. C. unispinea, slide No. KYN21157. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 65–69. Female genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 65. C. parvispina sp. nov., paratype, slide No. KYN21376; 66. C. punctivenella, slide No. KYN21310; 66a. C. punctivenella, slide No. KYN21374; 67. C. shichito, slide No. KYN21342; 68. C. sienkiewiczi, slide No. KYN21235; 69. C. sperlingi, slide No. KYN21350. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.