Scirpophaga adunctella Chen

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 : 175

Scirpophaga adunctella Chen , Song & Wu, 2006 ( Figs 38 , 45, 53)

Scirpophaga adunctella Chen , Song & Wu, 2006. Zootaxa, 1236: 15. Type locality: China, Yunnan.

Description. Wing span ♀ 30–38 mm. Female white, anal tuft pale ochreous; others same to male. Both male and female sometimes have a dark fuscous spot present at the lower angle of cell on forewing.

Female genitalia. Anal papillae broad, covered with long setae; apophyses anterioris and posterioris well developed and with the same length; ostium bursae broad and long, strongly wrinkled, sclerotized towards ductus bursae, different with other species; ductus bursae membranous; corpus bursae round, lined with dense spines.

Material examined. IZCAS: Holotype ♂, Yunnan, Wanding, 820 m, 29 May 1979. Others. Xizang, Mêdog, 1♂, 1 080 m, 23 August 2006, Fu-Qiang Chen ; Xizang, Mêdog , Ma’niweng , 1♀, 930 m, 25 August 1974, Fu-Sheng Huang ; Xizang, Mêdog , Ma’niweng , 895 m, 1♀, 14 August 2006, Fu-Qiang Chen ; Xizang, Mêdog , Hanmi , 2 120 m, 1♀, 10 August 2006, Fu-Qiang Chen ; Xizang, Mêdog , Didong , 840 m, 3♀, 16 August 2006, Fu-Qiang Chen.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Xizang).

Remarks. The female of this species is firstly reported here. Chen et al. (2006) reported the species according to a single male specimen. At that time, we could not match the right female with the male, although some possible materials were checked. Later, more materials of the species were gotten from Xizang. The materials from Xizang sometimes have a dark fuscous spot present at the lower angle of cell on forewing, which is common in excerptalis group.

Figures

Figs 35–42. Adults. 35. Scirpophaga magnella. 36. S. tongyaii. 37. S. linguatella. 38. S. adunctella. 39. S. khasis. 40. S. virginia. 41. S. lineata. 42. S. auristrigella.