Calamotropha unispinea 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 : 480

Calamotropha unispinea Li & Li, 2012

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Calamotropha unispinea Li & Li, 2012: 2653 . TL: China (Yunnan). TD: NKU.

Material examined. Yunnan: Holotype ♁, Rare Botanical Garden (24.00°N, 97.83°E), Ruili, 1000 m, 6.VIII.2005, leg. YD Ren, slide No. LWC08442 . Paratype: 1♁, same data as holotype .

Additional material. Hainan: 1♁, Jianfengling Nature Reserve (18.74°N, 108.87°E), Ledong , 770 m, 14.VII.2014, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. KYN21157 ; Yunnan: 2♁, Taiyanghe National Forest Park (22.60°N, 101.11°E), Pu'er , 1626 m, 9.VII.2013, leg. SR Liu et al., slide No. KYN21333 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 28 ) wingspan 22.0– 22.5 mm. Calamotropha unispinea is diagnosed by the yellowish white forewing with pale brown scales throughout and a black medial dot at 3/4 length of the cell on the posterior margin, the absence of a medial fascia, and the pale brown terminal margin with two black dots posteriorly; in the male genitalia by the uncus with a subrounded process at each side of base, the short and broad valva with apex truncate in anterior half and slightly oblique inward in posterior half, and the vesica with one long spine-like cornutus ( Li & Li 2012: Fig. 2D ) or with two spine-like cornuti sometimes ( Fig. 50 ).

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Hainan).

Figures

FIGURES 24–28. Adults of Calamotropha spp. 24. C. punctivenella, ♁; 25. C. shichito, ♀; 26. C. sienkiewiczi, ♁; 27. C. sperlingi, ♀; 28. C. unispinea, ♁. Scale bars = 5.0 mm. Scale bars = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 46–50. Male genitalia of Calamotropha spp. 46. C. punctivenella, slide No. KYN21322; 47. C. shichito, slide No. KYN21378; 48. C. sienkiewiczi, slide No. KYN21232; 49. C. sperlingi, slide No. KYN21309; 50. C. unispinea, slide No. KYN21157. Scale bars = 0.5 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.