Calamotropha duofurcata Li & Li, 2012

Kim, Yongnam, Qi, Mujie, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2023, Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, Zootaxa 5297 (4), pp. 451-482 : 460

Calamotropha duofurcata Li & Li, 2012

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Calamotropha duofurcata Li & Li, 2012: 2648 . TL: China (Shaanxi). TD: NKU.

Material examined. Holotype ♁, Shaanxi: Xunyangba (33.35°N, 108.33°E), Ningshan , 1360 m, 28.VI.2007, leg. HL Yu, slide No. LWC07418 . Paratype: 1♁, same data as holotype.

Additional material. Sichuan: 2♁, Caoping Village (30.95°N, 103.32°E), Sanjiang, Wenchuan , 11.VII.2014, 1557 m, leg. W Guan et al., slide No. KYN21202 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 10 ) wingspan 19.0–20.0 mm. Calamotropha duofurcata is characterized by the white forewing with a black speckle at middle of the medial fascia, the orange yellow subterminal fascia, and the pale brownish yellow terminal margin with three black dots; in the male genitalia by the uncus bifurcated at apex, the gnathos with an angular dorsal process at middle, and the phallus without cornutus ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 2A ).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Sichuan).

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Adults of Calamotropha spp. 9. C. doii, ♀; 10. C. duofurcata, ♁; 11. C. duovirgata sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 12. C. formosella, ♁; 13. C. franki, ♀; 14. C. josettae, ♁; 15. C. latella, ♁; 16. C. melanosticta, ♀. Scale bars = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 1–8. Adults of Calamotropha spp. 1. C. abrupta, ♁; 2. C. aequilata, holotype, ♁; 3. C. alcesta, ♁; 4. C. aureliella, ♁; 5. C. bleszynskii sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 6. C. brevilinella, ♁; 7. C. brevistrigella, ♁; 8. C. dentatella, ♁. Scale bars = 5.0 mm.