Scirpophaga whalleyi Lewvanich, 1981

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 : 177

Scirpophaga whalleyi Lewvanich, 1981 ( Figs 56 , 59 )

Scirpophaga whalleyi Lewvanich, 1981 . Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 251; Chen, Song & Wu, 2006. Zootaxa, 1236: 21. Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Description. Body ochreous yellow. Length of labial palpi about 2 times the diameter of compound eyes. Both wings without fascia. Female with anal tuft yellowish white. In male genitalia, subteguminal process membranous, lobe-like; aedeagus with a group of curved spine-like cornuti. In female genitalia, ductus bursae and ductus seminalis strongly sclerotized near ostium bursae.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); India, Sri Lanka.

Figures

Figs 51–56. Female genitalia. 51. Scirpophaga flavidorsalis. 52. S. tongyaii. 53. S. adunctella. 54. S. virginia. 55. S. incertulas. 56. S. whalleyi. Scale bars=1mm.

Figs 57–64. Adults. 57. Scirpophaga incertulas, male. 58. S. incertulas, female. 59. S. whalleyi. 60. S. gotoi. 61–62. Schoenobius gigantellus. 63. Sc. scirpus sp.nov., male. 64. Sc. scirpus sp.nov., female.