Calamotropha alcesta 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 : 455

Calamotropha alcesta Bleszynski, 1961

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Calamotropha alcesta Bleszynski, 1961: 200 . TL: India (Nilgiris). TD: NHMUK.

Material examined. Hainan: 1♁, Jianfengling (18.75°N, 108.87°E), Ledong County, 745 m, 11.VIII.2017, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. KYN21345; 1♁, Jianfengling Nature Reserve (18.44°N, 108.52°E), Ledong County , 770 m, 17.VII.2014, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. KYN21347 ; 1♀, Mt. Yingge , 450 m, 20.XI.2013, leg. ZB Wang, slide No. KYN21343 ; 1♀, Mt. Wuzhi (18.91°N, 109.70°E), 732 m, 2.VIII.2017, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. KYN21349 ; Yunnan: 1♁, Taiyanghe National Forest Park (22.60°N, 101.11°E), Pu'er City, 1626 m, 7.VII.2013, leg. SR Liu et al., slide No. KYN21334 ; 1♀, Daluo , Menghai County, 640 m, 2.VIII.2016, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide No. KYN21135 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 3 ) wingspan 20.0–23.0 mm. Calamotropha alcesta can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the valva trifurcated from basal 1/4 ( Fig. 29 ), and in the female genitalia by the flat antrum widened posteriorly and narrowed anteriorly ( Fig. 51 ).

Distribution. China (Hainan, Yunnan), India.

Note. This species is newly recorded for China.

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 29–33. Male genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 29. C. alcesta, slide No. KYN21334; 30. C. aureliella, slide No. KYN21483; 31. C. bleszynskii sp. nov., holotype, slide No. KYN21324; 32. C. brevilinella, slide No. KYN21248; 32a. enlarged uncus, slide No. KYN21250; 33. C. brevistrigella, slide No. KYN21317. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 51–55. Female genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 51. C. alcesta, slide No. KYN21349; 52. C. aureliella, slide No. KYN21482; 53. C. bleszynskii sp. nov., paratype, slide No. KYN21239; 54. C. brevilinella, slide No. KYN21204; 55. C. brevistrigella, slide No. KYN21233. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.