Calamotropha abrupta Li & Li, 2012

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 : 453-455

Calamotropha abrupta Li & Li, 2012

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Calamotropha abrupta Li & Li, 2012: 2650 . TL: China (Yunnan). TD: NKU.

Material examined. Holotype ♁, Yunnan: Rare Botanical Garden (24.00°N, 97.83°E), Ruili , 1000 m, 5.VIII.2005, leg. YD Ren, slide No. LWC08356 . Paratypes: 1♁, same data as holotype; 1♁, Laiyanghe (23.07°N, 101.02°E), Pu'er, 1700 m, 28.VII.2007, leg. P You.

Additional material. Yunnan: 1♁, Yexianggu (22.17°N, 100.87°E), Xishuangbanna, 762 m, 21.VII.2019, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide No. KYN21354; 5♁, Taiyanghe Nature Reserve , 1450 m, 31.III.2014, leg. ZG Zhang, slide No. KYN21355 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 1 ) wingspan 19.5–22.5 mm. Calamotropha abrupta is diagnosed by the subterminal fascia of the forewing with a row of brown dots on posterior 3/4, and the ovate black apical spot with white margin triangularly produced toward dorsum; in the male genitalia by the uncus bifurcated distally, the valva truncate at apex, and the vesica with a row of differently sized spine-like cornuti ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 2B ). This species is surperficially similar to C. melli ( Caradja & Meyrick, 1933) . It can be distinguished by the forewing pale brown mixed with orange yellow; in C. melli , the forewing with anterior 1/3 yellowish brown and posterior 2/3 white except distal 1/6 mixed with orange yellow scales.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

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.