Scotiophyes faeculosa ( Meyrick, 1928 )

Wang, Xin-Pu, 2009, Taxonomic study on Scotiophyes Diakonoff from China, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Zootaxa 1974, pp. 64-68 : 65-66

Scotiophyes faeculosa ( Meyrick, 1928)

( Figs. 1, 3, 5 )

Adoxophyes faeculosa Meyrick, 1928: 453 ; Clarke, 1958: 20, pl. 10, figs. 3–3a.

Scotiophyes faeculosa: Diakonoff, 1976: 74 , fig. 81, pl. I, fig. 2; Kawabe, et al. 1992: 104; Tuck, 1995: 90; Liu and Li, 2002: 217, pl. XXXI–296, LXXVII–296; Brown, 2005: 549.

Adult ( Fig. 1 ). Head: Labial palpus narrow, white. Frons whitish yellow. Vertex with erect and rough yellowish scales. Antenna yellowish brown. Thorax: Grayish brown. Tegula dark basally, gray distally. Forewing length 10.0– 11.5 mm in male, 12.5 mm in female. Forewing oblong, somewhat expanded apically; apex short, sub-square; termen almost straight; ground color yellowish ochreous with some purple scales; patterns ferruginous: basal blotch large; median fascia extending before middle of costa to dorsum; subapical blotch very large, reachnig apex and vein M3, broad anteriorly, narrow posteriorly; fringe concolorous with ground color. Hind wing gray, fringe pale gray. Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Fig. 3 ) with tegumen wider than long; uncus as long as tegumen, dilated and thickened in basal half, narrow in distal half, somewhat pointed apically; socius fused with gnathos, ca. half as long as gnathos; arms of gnathos slender, bifurcate at 2/3 distance, pointed apically; transtilla bandlike, narrow, sinuate; valva broad, width about 2 times length, narrowed distally; costa short, restricted to basal 1/3; sacculus broad, with two processes ventrally; aedeagus short, ca. half tegumen width, weakly sclerotized; vesica without cornuti (possibly deciduous); juxta large, strongly concave in middle. Female genitalia ( Fig. 5 ) with apophyses anteriores about 1.5 times length of apophyses posteriores, the latter with broad basal plate. Sterigma narrow. Antrum short, sclerotized; ductus bursae with small internal sclerites; corpus bursae oval; signum horn-shaped, without capitulum.

Material examined. CHINA: 4 ɗɗ, Caiyanghe, Simao, Yunnan Province, 1500 m, 16-20.v.2000, Bu Wenjun and Zheng Leyi; 9 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Wenfengsi, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, 2650 m, 18.vii.2001, Li Houhun and Wang Xinpu.

Distribution: China (Yunnan, Taiwan), Thailand, India and Nepal.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Adults and genitalia of Scotiophyes species. 1, 3 and 5, Scotiophyes faeculosa (Meyrick); 2 and 4, Scotiophyes subtriangulata Wang, sp. nov.