Scaeosopha incantata Meyrick, 1928

Li, Houhun, Zhang, Zhiwei & Sinev, Sergey Yu., 2012, Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species, Zootaxa 3322, pp. 1-34 : 21-22

Scaeosopha incantata Meyrick, 1928

( Figs. 18, 42)

Scaeosopha incantata Meyrick, 1928: 469 ; Gaede, 1938: 92; Clarke, 1965: 533; Robinson, Tuck and Shaffer, 1994: 72; Sinev, 2002: 37.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 18): Wingspan 20.0–21.0 mm.

Type material. Lectotype ♂, [ INDIA]: S. Andamans, 1200 ft., v.[19]27, coll. F[errar], genitalia slide no. JFGC7764 ( BMNH, London) [examined].

Paralectotype ♂, [ INDIA]: S. Andamans, 1200 ft., v.–vi.1927, coll. F[errar], [examined]; [?] ♀, missing.

Additional material: BRUNEI: 9 ♂, Sandy health forest and Gymnostoma, Lowland forest , Swamp forest and Kerangas forest , Telisia , Seria and Ulu Temburong, 13.xii.1979 – 30.iv.1989, coll. R. Fairccovch ; 1 ♂, Ulu Temburong, LP 298, GR 838892, 26–30.iv.1989, coll. M. G. Allen & K. R. Tuck , BM 1989-129, BMNH Microlep. slide no. 32348, Zhiwei Zhang ( BMNH, London) ; 1 ♂, Rampayoh R., LP 195, GR 960785, Lowland dipterocarp forest, 300 ft., 21.ix.–24.ix.1992, G. S. Robinson, Brunei-Malaysia, BM 1993-2, genitalia slide BMNH Microlep. slide no. 31006, Houhun Li ( BMNH, London) ; 1 ♂, Lamunin, Sg Burong water tanks, disturbed lowland forest, 60 m, 15–20.iv.1993, G. S. Robinson, BM 1993-58, BMNH Microlep. slide no. 31005, Houhun Li ( BMNH, London) . MALAYSIA: 1 ♂, W. Malaysia: Trengganu , 2 km S of Kuala Dungun, Bukit Bauk, dry lowland dipt[erocarp] forest, 3.viii.1991, G. S. Robinson, Brunei-Malaysia, BM 1991-134, BMNH Microlep. slide no. 310021, Houhun Li ( BMNH, London) . INDONESIA: 1 ♂, NO-SUMATRA, 180 m, Dolok Merangir , 1977, coll. Dr. E. Diehl , genitalia slide no. ZZWGW007 ( LNK, Karlsruhe) ; 1 ♂, NO-SUMATRA, 180 m, Dolok Merangir , 30.viii.1978, coll. Dr. E. Diehl ( LNK, Karlsruhe).

Distribution. Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. sattleri Li in appearance, but can be distinguished by the yellow ground colour of the forewing, and the brachia of uncus dilated at base and pointed at apex, and the valvella narrower and longer than the valva in the male genitalia ( Fig. 42). In S. sattleri Li , the ground colour of the forewing is grayishwhite, and the brachia of uncus are elongate and nearly straight with rounded apex, and the valvella is wider and slightly shorter than the valva ( Fig. 45).