Calamotropha dentatella Chen & Song, 2002

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 : 458

Calamotropha dentatella Chen & Song, 2002

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Calamotropha dentatella Chen & Song, 2002: 40 . TL: China (Guangxi). TD: IZCAS.

Material examined. Hainan: 2♁, Mt. Wuzhi Nature Reserve , 740 m, 13–14.VI.2009, leg. Q Jin et al .; Hubei: 5♁, Houhe, Wufeng , 1000–1100 m, 10–12.VII.1999, leg. HH Li et al., slide Nos. KYN21484, LWC06318, LWC06324, LWC07053 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 8 ) wingspan 15.0–20.0 mm. Calamotropha dentatella is characterized by the triangular valva gradually narrowed to apex, the costa with five or more denticles ranging from beyond middle to near apex, and the phallus with a large spine-like cornutus and the vesica with a row of small spiniform cornuti ( Fig. 34 ).

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei).

Figures

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.

FIGURES 34–39. Male genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 34. C. dentatella, slide No. KYN21484; 35. C. doii, slide No. KYN21197; 36. C. duovirgata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. KYN21337; 37. C. franki, slide No. KYN21330; 38. C. latella, slide No. KYN21271; 39. C. melanosticta, slide No. KYN21268. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.