Calamotropha melli ( Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 )

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 : 463

Calamotropha melli ( Caradja & Meyrick, 1933)

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Crambus melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933: 140 . TL: China (Guangdong). TD: MINGA.

Calamotropha melli (Caradja & Meyrick) : Bleszynski, 1961: 260.

Material examined. Hong Kong: 3♁, Shaluodong, Dabu, 225 m, 2007.IV.19, leg. HH Li et al.; 4♁, Jiadaoli Farm, 210–455 m, 14.IV.2007, leg. HH Li et al., slide Nos. KYN21486, LWC07435; 3♁, Nanyong, 135–150 m, 18.IV.2007, leg. HH Li et al.; Yunnan: 3♀, Cuanlong Village, Mangban Town, Tengchong County, 1329 m, 7.VIII.2015, leg. JX Zhao et al., slide No. KYN21353.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 17 ) wingspan 20.5–21.5 mm. Calamotropha melli is diagnosed by the forewing with anterior 1/3 yellowish brown and posterior 2/3 white except distal 1/6 mixed with orange yellow scales, and a black apical spot edged with white except on the costal margin; in the male genitalia by the sacculus of the valva with variously sized dentations on about distal 2/5 ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 4C ); and in the female genitalia by the strongly sclerotized funnel-shaped antrum and the absence of a signum ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 5C ).

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hong Kong, Sichuan, Yunnan), India, Sri Lanka.

Figures

FIGURES 17–23. Adults of Calamotropha spp. 17. C. melli, ♁; 18. C. nigerifera sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 19. C. nigripunctella, ♁; 20. C. okanoi, ♁; 21. C. paludella, ♁; 21a. C. paludella, ♁; 22. C. parallela sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 23. C. parvispina sp. nov., holotype, ♁. 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.