Calamotropha formosella Bleszynski, 1961

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 : 461

Calamotropha formosella Bleszynski, 1961

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Calamotropha formosella Bleszynski, 1961: 33 . TL: China (Taiwan). TD: NHMUK.

Material examined. Hainan: 2♁, Tianchi (18.44°N, 108.52°E), Jianfengling , 787 m, 5.VIII.2016, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. KYN21340; 1♁, Pailiao Village (18.70°N, 109.67°E), Qixianling , Baoting , 130 m, 24.IV.2013, leg. YH Sun et al., slide No. KYN21341; 1♁, Mt. Diaoluo Forest Park (18.72°N, 109.86°E), Lingshui , 922 m, 10.VII.2014, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. KYN21344; 1♁, Jianfengling Nature Reserve (18.44°N, 108.52°E), Ledong, 770 m, 1.VI.2015, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. KYN21346; 1♁, Sangengluo Town (18.86°N, 110.19°E), 185 m, 27.VIII.2017, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. KYN21348; Hong Kong: 1♀, Dalanhu, Haoyong, Xigong, 105 m, 24.IX.2009, leg. HH Li, slide No. KYN21489 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 12 ) wingspan 16.5–20.0 mm. Calamotropha formosella is diagnosed by the white forewing with a dark brown band along the costal margin, and a relatively wide dark brown terminal margin; in the male genitalia by the short and broad valva with the apex deeply concave in C shape, the straight phallus about twice as long as the valva, and the vesica with one spine-like cornutus ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 4A ); in the female genitalia by the slender ductus bursae not conspicuously differentiated from the corpus bursae ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 5A ).

Distribution. China (Hainan, Hong Kong, Taiwan).

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.