Scirpophaga magnella de Joannis, 1929 (Figs 27, 34, 35)

Scirpophaga magnella de Joannis, 1929 . Annls Soc. Ent. Fr., 98: 608; Lewvanich, 1981. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 226. Type locality: Vietnam.

Description. Body white. Length of labial palpi about 1.5 times the diameter of compound eyes. Both wings white, without fascia; forewing sometimes with a dark fuscous spot at lower angle of cell. Female with anal tuft ochreous yellow. In male genitalia, subteguminal process a short spine; manica with two groups of especially strong spines. In female genitalia, ostium broad, wrinkled; section between ostium bursae and ductus seminalis with a strong sclerotized plate.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang); Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. In China, all materials from Xizang have a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of cell on forewing, while such a spot is absent in other materials.