Calamotropha unispinea, Li & Li, 2012

Li, Weichun & Li, Houhun, 2012, Review of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, Journal of Natural History 46 (43 - 44), pp. 2639-2664 : 2645-2647

27. Calamotropha unispinea sp. nov.

Distribution: China (Yunnan).

Key to the species of Calamotropha Zeller in China

[Calamatropha anticella was excluded from this key as its taxonomic characters cannot be recognized based on the worn type specimen ( Bleszynski 1961)]

1. Forewing with median fascia............................................ 2 Forewing without median fascia........................................ 22

2. Forewing without spot at median area................................... 3 Forewing with one spot at median area...................................4

3. Forewing without spot at apex; male genitalia with valva truncate distally, vesica with strong spine-like cornuti ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al.: pl. 7 fig. 80, pl. 46 fig. 80).......................................... C. aureliella Forewing with one black spot at apex; male genitalia with valva rounded distally, vesica without cornutus ( Bleszynski, 1961: pl. 43 fig. 94, pl 46 fig. 109).................................................................. C. melli

4. Forewing with two spots at median area.................................. 5 Forewing with one spot at median area...................................8

5. Forewing with one blackish brown spot at apex........................... 6 Forewing without spot at apex........................................... 7

6. Male genitalia with uncus not bifurcated, apex of valva concave, vesica with one cornutus ( Figure 4A ).................................... C. formosella Male genitalia with uncus bifurcated, apex of valva truncate distally, vesica with one row of cornuti ( Figure 2B )..................... C. abrupta sp. nov.

7. Male genitalia with apex of valva convex, vesica with two long and thin cornuti ( Bleszynski 1961: fig. 114).............................. C. caesella Male genitalia with apex of valva concave, vesica with a row of small cornuti ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al.: pl. 46 fig. 84)................... C. okanoi

8. Forewing without dot on terminal fasica (Bleszynski 1959: pl. 3 fig. 5; Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al.: pl. 6 fig. 77a).................. C. paludella Forewing with dots on terminal fasica................................... 9

9. Dots on terminal fasica spaced between apex and tornus................. 10 Dots on terminal fasica placed only near tornus......................... 12

10. Forewing with one blackish brown spot at apex ( Bleszynski 1961: fig. 20)................................................................. C. obliterans Forewing without spot at apex.......................................... 11

11. Forewing with one pale yellow basal fasica; female genitalia with antrum as broad as ductus bursae, corpus bursae with one largely rhombic signum ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al.: pl. 6 fig. 78, pl. 95 fig. 78).... C. fulvifusalis Forewing without basal fasica; female genitalia with antrum conspicuously swollen, much broader than ductus bursae, corpus bursae without signum ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al.: pl. 7 fig. 87, pl. 96 fig. 87)........ C. franki

12. Male genitalia with valva triangular.................................... 13 Male genitalia with valva not triangular................................ 15

13. Male genitalia with uncus bifurcated distally, vesica without cornutus ( Figure 2A )......................................... C. duofurcata sp. nov. Male genitalia with uncus not bifurcated, vesica with cornutus........... 14

14. Costa of valva with one long and thin spine, reaching beyond apex of valva ( Bleszynski 1961: pl. 50 fig. 127).............................. C. baibarella Costa of valva without spine ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al.: pl. 47 fig. 89)........................................................... C. brevistrigella

15. Costa of valva distally with many dentations............................ 16 Costa of valva without dentation....................................... 19

16. Male genitalia with phallus shorter than valva.......................... 17 Male genitalia with phallus much longer than valva..................... 18

17. Female genitalia with ductus bursae as long as corpus bursae, without loop ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al. (eds.): pl. 96 fig. 90- 1, 2, 3)..... C. brevilinella Female genitalia with ductus bursae three times as long as corpus bursae, with one loop at about distal one-third ( Figure 5B )................... C. josettae

18. Costa of valva dentated at distal half (Song and Chen 2002, in Chen et al.: fig. 2)........................................................ C. dentatella Costa of valva dentated at tip ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al. (eds.): pl. 47 fig. 92)................................................... C. nigripunctella

19. Male genitalia with one sclerotized process at tip of sacculus............. 20 Male genitalia without process at sacculus.............................. 21

20. Male genitalia without sclerotized plate in phallus (Song and Chen 2002, in Chen et al. 2002: fig. 3)................................... C. multicornuella Male genitalia with one ovate sclerotized plate in tip of phallus ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al.: pl. 47 fig. 88).......................... C. sienkiewiczi

21. Vesica with two cornuti ( Bleszynski 1965, in Amsel et al.: pl. 47 fig. 93)...................................................................... C. latella Vesica with four cornuti (Song and Chen 2002, in Chen et al. 2002: fig. 1).............................................................. C. sawtoothella

22. Forewing with spot at cell.............................................. 23 Forewing without spot at cell........................................... 25

23. Forewing with spot at about three fifths of cell ( Figure 1D ) C. unispinea sp. nov. Forewing with spot at tip of cell........................................ 24

24. Forewing with seven dots on terminal fascia spaced between apex and tornus ( Figure 1C )........................................... C. aequilata sp. nov. Forewing with one dot on terminal fascia placed above tornus ( Bleszynski 1961: fig. 185)............................................ C. subterminella

25. Forewing without subterminal fasica; male genitalia with uncus about twice as long as gnathos, costa of valva without process; female genitalia with one big signum at middle of corpus bursae ( Sasaki 1997: figs.1–3, 9, 12, 15, 18)...................................................................... C. doii Forewing with subterminal fasica; male genitalia with uncus nearly as long as gnathos, costa of valva with one plate-like process; female genitalia without signum ( Bleszynski 1961: pl. 34 fig. 57, pl. 53 fig. 140, pl. 59 fig. 169)....................................................................... C. shichito

Figures

Figure 1. Adults of Calamotropha spp.: (A) C. duofurcata sp. nov., male; (B) C. abrupta sp. nov., male; (C) C. aequilata sp. nov., female; (D) C. unispinea sp. nov., male.

Figure 2. Male genitalia of Calamotropha spp.: (A) C. duofurcata sp. nov.; (B) C. abrupta sp. nov.; (C) C. aequilata sp. nov.; (D) C. unispinea sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 4. Male genitalia of Calamotropha spp.: (A) C. formosella Bleszynski; (B) C. josettae Bleszynski; (C) C. melli (Caradja and Meyrick) Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 5. Female genitalia of Calamotropha spp.: (A) C. formosella Bleszynski; (B) C. josettae Bleszynski; (C) C. melli (Caradja and Meyrick). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.