Scirpophaga nivella (Fabricius, 1794)

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 : 170

Scirpophaga nivella (Fabricius, 1794) (Figs 15, 23, 31)

Tinea nivella Fabricius, 1794 . Ent. Syst. Emendata Aucta. 3(2): 296. Type locality: India. Scirpophaga chrysorrhoa Zeller, 1863 . Chilonidarum Crambidarum Genera Species: 1. Scirpophaga auriflua Zeller, 1863 . Chilonidarum Crambidarum Genera Species: 2. Scirpophaga brunnescens Moore, 1888 . In: Hewitson & Moore, Descr. New Indian Lepid. Insects Colln late Mr W.S. Atkinson, 3: 225. Schoenobius celidias Meyrick, 1894 . Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1894: 475. Scirpophaga euclastalis Strand, 1918 . Stettin. Ent. Ztg, 79: 262. Tryporyza nivella: Wang, 1980 . Economic Insect Fauna of China, 21: 63. Scirpophaga nivella: Lewvanich, 1981 . Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 211.

Description. Body ochreous. Length of labial palpi about 1.2 times the diameter of compound eyes. Male with forewing ochreous white, sometimes a fuscous spot present at the lower angle of cell; hindwing white. Female with both wings ochreous white and anal tuft ochreous yellow. In male genitalia, subteguminal process with sinuous margin; aedeagus slightly swollen in apical 1/4, one slender and two long-based cornuti present. In female genitalia, antrum with a separated sclerotized tip; ductus bursae with the section between corpus bursae and ductus seminalis annulated and broader in diameter than the section between ostium bursae and ductus seminalis.

Distribution. China (Henan, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Yunnan); India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Timor, Aru Island, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji.