Calamotropha Zeller, 1863

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 : 452-453

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Calamotropha Zeller, 1863 View in CoL View at ENA

Calamotropha Zeller, 1863: 8 View in CoL .

Type species: Tinea paludella Zeller, 1824 .

Aurelianus Bleszynski, 1962: 2 View in CoL .

Type species: Chilo discellus Walker, 1863 .

Myeza Walker, 1863: 190 View in CoL .

Type species: Myeza tonsalis Walker, 1863 .

Diagnosis. Calamotropha is characterized in the male genitalia by the uncus with setae at base. It is similar to Pseudocatharylla Bleszynski, 1961 in appearance, and it can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the symmetrical valvae, and the costa without process at the base. In Pseudocatharylla , the valvae are asymmetrical in most species, and the costa has a process at the base.

Distribution. This genus is widely distributed in the Palearctic, Oriental, Ethiopian and Australian regions.

Key to species of Calamotropha View in CoL in China

1. Forewing with medial fascia............................................................................ 2

Forewing without medial fascia........................................................................ 26

2. Forewing without medial stigma......................................................................... 3

Forewing with medial stigma........................................................................... 4

3. Terminal margin with six black dots evenly distributed ( Fig.11 View FIGURES 9–16 )................................ C. duovirga sp. nov.

Terminal margin with two black dots distributed posteriorly ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ).................................... C. aureliella

4. Forewing with two stigmata............................................................................ 5

Forewing with one stigma.............................................................................. 9

5. Forewing without a fascia beyond subterminal fascia........................................................ 6

Forewing with a fascia beyond subterminal fascia........................................................... 7

6. Male genitalia with valva truncated at apex, vesica bearing a row of spine-like cornuti ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 2B View FIGURES 1–8 )... C. abrupta

Male genitalia with valva rounded at apex, vesica bearing a spine-like cornutus ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 4C View FIGURES 1–8 ).......... C. melli View in CoL

7. Male genitalia with vesica bearing a row of spiniform cornuti ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 40–45 )................................... C. okanoi View in CoL

Male genitalia with vesica bearing one or two spine-like cornuti................................................ 8

8. Uncus longer than gnathos, vesica with a spine-like cornutus ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 4A View FIGURES 1–8 )..................... C. formosella View in CoL

Uncus shorter than gnathos, vesica with two spine-like cornuti ( Bleszynski 1961: Fig. 111)................ C. obliterans View in CoL

9. Terminal fascia without dark dots....................................................................... 10

Terminal fascia with dark dots.......................................................................... 13

10. Forewing with medial stigma at medial fascia............................................................. 11

Forewing with medial stigma on outer side of medial fascia.................................................. 12

11. Forewing with a fascia beyond subterminal fascia ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 24–28 )........................................ C. punctivenella

Forewing without a fascia beyond subterminal fascia ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 9–16 )..................................... C. melanosticta View in CoL

12. Male genitalia with valva subrectangular ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 40–45 ).................................................. C. paludella

Male genitalia with valva slightly narrower distally ( Bleszynski 1961: Fig. 106)......................... C. fulvifusalis View in CoL

13. Terminal margin with eight black dots evenly distributed ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9–16 )....................................... C. franki View in CoL

Terminal margin with black dots distributed only posteriorly................................................. 14

14. Valva in male genitalia subrectangular................................................................... 15

Valva in male genitalia not rectangular................................................................... 17

15. Aedeagus with a parrot beak sclerite at apex ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 29–33 )....................................... C. bleszynskii sp. nov.

Aedeagus without sclerite at apex....................................................................... 16

16. Valva with a dorsoapical lobe bearing an apical denticle, vesica with 13–14 cornuti ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 40–45 )........ C. parvispina sp. nov.

Valva with a short and wide apical sclerite, vesica with 19–20 cornuti ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 46–50 )......................... C. sienkiewiczi View in CoL

17. Valva with a serrated dorsoapical process, or serrate on costa distally........................................... 18

Valva with costa smooth distally........................................................................ 23

18. Valva with a serrated dorsoapical process................................................................. 19

Valva with costa serrate distally........................................................................ 21

19. Gnathos with a triangular dorsal process at distal 1/3 ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 40–45 ).................................... C. nigripunctella

Gnathos without a dorsal process....................................................................... 20

20. Ductus bursae in female genitalia not looped ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 51–55 )............................................. C. brevilinella

Ductus bursae in female genitalia looped anteriorly ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 4B View FIGURES 1–8 ).............................. C. josettae View in CoL

21. Gnathos without process on dorsal margin, valva subparallel basally ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 40–45 )...................... C. parallela sp. nov.

Gnathos with a subtriangular process on dorsal margin, valva not parallel....................................... 22

22. Vesica of phallus with a large and a row of spiniform cornuti ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 34–39 )................................. C. dentatella

Vesica of phallus without cornutus ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 2A View FIGURES 1–8 ).......................................... C. duofurcata

23. Valva with costa convex basally or near base.............................................................. 24

Valva with costa convex medially....................................................................... 25

24. Valva with costa convex basally; uncus longer than gnathos, valva with two apical spines ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 29–33 )........ C. brevistrigella

Valva with costa convex near base; uncus shorter than gnathos, valva without apical spines ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 40–45 )... C. nigerifera sp. nov.

25. Gnathos without process at base, vesica with 3–4 cornuti ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 34–39 )....................................... C. latella

Gnathos with two spiniform processes laterally at base, vesica without cornutus ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 46–50 ).................... C. sperlingi

26. Forewing without markings ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 9–16 )................................................................. C. doii

Forewing with markings.............................................................................. 27

27. Forewing with two medial stigmata ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 24–28 )....................................................... C. shichito View in CoL

Forewing with one medial stigma....................................................................... 28

28. Terminal margin with two black dots only posteriorly ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 24–28 )....................................... C. unispinea

Terminal margin with seven spots evenly distributed........................................................ 33

29. Forewing without a longitudinal streak ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–8 ).................................................... C. aequilata

Forewing with a longitudinal dim dark brown streak medially from base to basal 2/3 ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–8 ).................. C. alcesta View in CoL