Ditrigona crystalla (Chu & Wang, 1987) Guo & Cheng & Jiang & Xue & Han, 2022

Guo, Xiao-Jiang, Cheng, Rui, Jiang, Shan, Xue, Da-Yong & Han, Hong-Xiang, 2022, Four new species of Ditrigona Moore (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) in China and an annotated catalogue, ZooKeys 1091, pp. 57-98 : 57

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1091.78986

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ditrigona crystalla (Chu & Wang, 1987)
status

comb. nov.

3. Ditrigona crystalla (Chu & Wang, 1987) comb. nov.

Figs 3 View Figures 1–27 , 50 View Figures 48–63 , 84 View Figures 75–89 , 118 View Figures 107–127 , 154 View Figures 152–160

Deroca crystalla Chu & Wang, 1987: 116. Holotype ♂, China: Yunnan: Lushui: Yaojiaping (IZCAS).

Note.

The species Deroca crystalla Chu & Wang, 1987 was described from Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet. Its male genitalia obviously belong to the Ditrigona derocina species group of Ditrigona , and we therefore transfer the species to Ditrigona . The male genitalia are almost identical to those of D. derocina . However, the corpus bursae of the female genitalia is scobinate, which is different from the smooth ones of D. derocina and D. diana , though they share a very long and narrow ductus bursae and a slender curved signum. The ostial plate is invisible in D. crystalla , and it is most probably present, though it seems that the sternite was incorrectly removed and the abdomen is not preserved on the slide.

Material examined.

China: Yunnan (IZCAS): 1♂, holotype of Deroca crystalla , Lushui, Yaojiaping , 2500 m, 4.VI.1981, leg. Liao Subai ; 1♂, Tengchong, Dahaoping , 2020 m, 24-26.V.1992, leg. Xue Dayong ; 1♂, same locality, 5-7.VIII.2007, leg. Wu Chunguang, Xue Dayong. Sichuan (IZCAS): 1♀, allotype of Deroca crystalla , Guan Xian, Qingcheng Shan , 700-1600 m, 4.VI.1979, leg. Shang Jinwen. Tibet (IZCAS): 1♂, paratype of Deroca crystalla , Zham , 2400 m, 4.VII.1975, leg. Wang Ziqing.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet).

Ditrigona quinaria species group

Wilkinson (1968) recorded 11 species in the Ditrigona quinaria species group: Ditrigona spilota Wilkinson, Ditrigona inconspicua (Leech), Ditrigona furvicosta (Hampson), Ditrigona jardanaria ( Oberthür), Ditrigona media Wilkinson, Ditrigona innotata (Hampson), Ditrigona sericea (Leech), Ditrigona quinaria (Moore), Ditrigona obliquilinea (Hampson), Ditrigona idaeoides (Hampson), and Ditrigona spatulata Wilkinson. The former 10 species are recorded in China, and Auzatella pentesticha Chu & Wang is newly combined to Ditrigona in this work.

Species of the Ditrigona quinaria species group share bipectinate or serrate antennae with some species of the Ditrigona triangularia and mytylata species groups. In the male genitalia, the uncus is usually single, but sometimes bifurcate or notched. The single uncus resembles that of species of the Ditrigona derocina species group, but the group can be differentiated by the lack of sclerotization on the vinculum, and the large and broad saccus. The small and setose valva lacking a posterior projection also differs from those in the Ditrigona triangularia and mytylata species groups. The aedeagus is often characterized by the presence of a minute to large apical projection (not present in D. spilota and D. obliquilinea , and the situation unknown in D. innotata and D. idaeoides ). The eighth sternite is modified with short octavals, and the tergite is often shallowly to moderately concave, occasionally straight or protruding with tiny lateral projections. The female genitalia lack an ostial plate; the ductus bursae is short and broad, and the corpus bursae usually has an accessory sac and a long and thin signum.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Drepanidae

Genus

Ditrigona

Loc

Ditrigona crystalla (Chu & Wang, 1987)

Guo, Xiao-Jiang, Cheng, Rui, Jiang, Shan, Xue, Da-Yong & Han, Hong-Xiang 2022
2022
Loc

Deroca crystalla

Guo & Cheng & Jiang & Xue & Han 2022
2022