Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839)

Ren, Yingdang & Yang, Linlin, 2016, Ectomyelois Heinrich, 1956 in China, with descriptions of two new species and a key (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae), ZooKeys 559, pp. 125-137 : 127

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Pyralidae

Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839) Figs 1, 2, 7, 10

Myelois ceratoniae Zeller, 1839: 176. TL: Laibach, Austria. TD: BMNH.

Phycis ceratoniella Fischer von Röeslerstamm, 1839: 147. TL: Laibach, Austria. TD: unknown.

Trachonitis pryerella Vaughan, 1870: 130. TL: London, England. TD: BMNH.

Myelois tuerckheimiella Sorhagen, 1881: 103. TL: Berlin, Germany. TD: ZMHB.

Euzophera zellerella Sorhagen, 1881: 104. TL: Berlin, Germany. TD: unknown.

Phycita dentilinella Hampson, 1896: 91. TL: Manipur, India. TD: BMNH.

Hypsipyla psarella Hampson, 1903: 30. TL: Sikhim, India. TD: BMNH.

Heterographis rivularis Warren & Rothschild, 1905: 31. TL: Nakheila, Sudan. TD: unknown.

Myelois oporedestella Dyar, 1911: 30.TL: Florida, USA. TD: USNM.

Myelois phoenicis Durrant, 1915: 303. TL: Constantine, Algeria. TD: BMNM.

Laodamia durandi Lucas, 1950:142. TL: Tunisia. TD: unknown.

Apomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller): Roesler and Küppers 1981: 80.

Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller): Heinrich 1956: 44.

Material examined.

CHINA: Guangdong: 9 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mt. He (22°45'N, 112°57'E), 09−10-X-2002, coll. Guilin Liu & Binglan Zhang, gen. slide nos. RYD04529m, RYD04530f; 1 ♂, same data as former except dated 6-XI-2002. Guangxi: 1 ♀, Milv (21°59'N, 107°52'E), Nanping, Shangsi, 770 m, 3-IV-2002, coll. Shulian Hao & Huaijun Xue, gen. slide no. RYD04658; 1 ♂, Yachang Yard, Leye County (24°47'N, 106°33'E), 665 m, 24-VII-2004, coll. Jiasheng Xu, gen. slide no. KDH05263; 1 ♀, Longrui (22°45'N, 110°55'E), 18-VIII-2011, coll. Muchun Cheng, gen. slide no. RYD20120185 (deposited in HAASM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Nonggang (23°14'N, 108°10'E), 20-VIII-2011, coll. Dandan Zhang, gen. slide no. RYD2014237 (deposited in HAASM). Hainan: 1 ♂, Mt. Diaoluo (18°39'N, 109°54'E), 29-V-2007, 80 m, coll. Zhiwei Zhang & Weichun Li, gen. slide no. LJY10595. Yunnan: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Ganlanba (22°45'N, 101°08'E), Xishuangbanna, 19-IV-1995, coll. Guangyun Yan, gen. slide nos. RYD04615m, LJY10107f; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, Mt. Yunpan (23°44'N, 100°39'E), Puer, 1600 m, 6-VII-2013, coll. Linlin Yang, gen. slide nos. RYD2014219m, RYD2014221f (deposited in HAASM).

Diagnosis.

Wingspan 15.0−22.00 mm (Fig. 1). Ectomyelois ceratoniae can be recognized by the following characters: the forewing with a narrow, distinctly notched antemedial line, the hindwing with free element of Sc+R1 very short (Fig. 2); the uncus is bell-shaped, basally protruded on both sides, the apical projection of gnathos is stout, gently curved, about same length of the uncus, the trefoiled transtilla includes a pair of inflated bases and a more constricted central projection, the basally rectangular juxta with a pair of stout lateral lobes in the male genitalia (Fig. 7); and the ovate corpus bursae with signum is an elongate patch of scobinations, the ductus seminalis from junction of corpus and ductus bursae in the female genitalia (Fig. 10). It is quite similar to Ectomyelois bipectinalis sp. n., but with differences as mentioned in the diagnosis of the latter.

Distribution.

China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Sikkim, Israel, Mediterranean, Central Europe, Norway, United Kingdom, North Africa, Australia, Argentina, United States, Puerto Rico, Jamaica.