Promacrochilo ambiguellus ( Snellen, 1890 )

Chen, Fu-Qiang & Wu, Chun-Sheng, 2014, Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 163-208 : 204

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Promacrochilo ambiguellus ( Snellen, 1890) View in CoL ( Figs 115 View Figs 108–115 , 121 View Figs 116–121 , 125 View Figs 122–125 )

Chilo ambiguellus Snellen, 1890 . Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1890: 642. Type locality: India.

Pydna notata Swinhoe, 1891 . Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1891: 479. Type locality: India.

Description. Labial palpi porrect, yellow. Female much larger than male. Forewing yellow, with yellowish brown scales suffused along veins; three dark brown spots present at middle of cell, discocellulares and basal trisection of vein 1A+2A; a series of dark brown spots from apical costa to middle of inner margin. Hindwing with a blurry postmedial line from costa to inner margin. In male genitalia, gnathos semicircular, apex suffused with minute spines; valva broad, a semicircular process present at sacculus; manica with a tuft of coarse spines. In female genitalia, ostium bursae short and thin, a sclerotized plate present; ductus bursae membranous, 3 times as long as corpus bursae; corpus bursae with a spine-like signum.

Material examined. IZCAS: Hainan, Jianfengling , 2♂, 23 July–6 August 1981 , Yuan-Fu Liu, Mao-Bin Gu; Hainan, Maorui , 1♀, 24 August 1984 .

Distribution. China (Hainan); India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia.

References

Snellen, P. C. T. 1890. A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Moller, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1890: 557 - 647.

Swinhoe, C. C. 1891. New species of Heterocera from the Khasia Hills. Part I. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1891: 473 - 495.

Figures

Figs 108–115. Adults. 108. Archischoenobius pallidalis. 109. A. nigrolepis. 110. A. nanlingensis. 111. A. minumus. 112. Acropentias aureus. 113. Leechia sinuosalis. 114. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 115. Promacrochilo ambiguellus.

Figs 116–121. Female genitalia. 116. Donacaula forficellus. 117. Archischoenobius pallidalis. 118. A. nigrolepis. 119. A. nanlingensis. 120. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 121. Promacrochilo ambiguellus. a. Sclerotized plate. Scale bars=1 mm.

Figs 122–125. Male genitalia. a. Aedeagus. b. Juxta. 122. Acropentias aureus. 123. Leechia sinuosalis. 124. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 125. Promacrochilo ambiguellus. Scale bars =1 mm.