Charitoprepes lubricosa Warren, 1896

Huang, Shi-Qi & Du, Xi-Cui, 2023, Revision of the genus Charitoprepes Warren (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), with the description of a new species from China, ZooKeys 1149, pp. 171-179 : 171

Charitoprepes lubricosa Warren, 1896

Figs 1A , 3A, B , 4A, B

Charitoprepes lubricosa Warren, 1896: 136. Type locality: India (Meghalaya). Type depository: NHMUK.

Heterocnephes lubricosa : Hampson, 1896: 265.

Material examined.

Holotype, ♀ India, Khasis , X. 1894, Nat. Coll. (NHMUK) . Additional material. China, Chongqing Municipality , 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Chengkou County, Dongan Town, Xingtian Village , 1300 m elev., 30 June 2013, Gui-Qing He & Li-Jun Xu leg., Genitalia slide no. HSQ22163 ♀; 1 ♂, Jinfo Mountain , 696 m elev., 18 May 2017, Ji-Ping Wan & Qiu-Long Yang leg., Genitalia slide no. HSQ22166 ♂; 2 ♂♂, Simian Mountain , 900 m elev., 18 July 2012, Gui-Qing He leg., wing slide no. HSQ22003 ; Guangdong Prov., 1 ♂, Nanling Nature Reserve, Babao Reserve Station , 1070 m elev., 23 August 2010, Xi-Cui Du leg. ; Sichuan Prov., 1 ♀, Xuyong County, Guandou Town , 501 m elev., 29 August 2013, Li-Jun Xu leg. ; Yunnan Prov., 1 ♂, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yaoqu Town , 780 m elev., 26 May 2015, Man-Fei Tao leg., Genitalia slide no. HSQ22160 ♂; Zhejiang Prov. , 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Tianmu Mountain , 400 m elev., 26 July 2011, Xi-Cui Du leg.

Description.

Adult (Fig. 3A, B ). Body and wings pale greyish brown. Forewing length 10.0-14.0 mm, wingspan 21.0-29.0 mm. Frons pale greyish brown, white laterally; vertex white. Antenna brown, scape white ventrally. Labial palpi with first segment white, second and third segments brown. Maxillary palpi white, brown near apex. Patagium, tegula and pale greyish brown. Fore and hind wings with terminal area pearly grey. Forewing greyish brown along veins, orbicular stigma and discoidal stigma conspicuous and dark brown; middle third of costa pearly grey. Hindwing with dark brown, discoidal stigma. Veins towards margin finely dark on fore and hind wings. Cilia brown, with a white basal line. Legs shiny white, epiphysis orange-yellow. Abdomen pale greyish brown, pale grey ventrally.

Male genitalia (Fig. 4A ). Valva square, with sparse setae, narrowed at base. Fibula well developed. Saccus broad. Phallus stout, with a spicate cornutus.

Female genitalia (Fig. 4B ). Apophyses anteriores slightly longer than apophyses posteriores. Antrum sclerotized, developed. Ductus bursae short, about half as wide as corpus bursae. Corpus bursae large, elongate elliptical, with a pair of narrow, longitudinal, band-like signa.

Distribution.

China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India, Japan, South Korea.

Remarks.

The female genitalia of this species are described for the first time.

Figures

Figure 1. Wing venation and tympanal organs of Charitoprepes A, C C. lubricosa B C. aciculata sp. nov. Upper is forewing, lower is hindwing. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C).

Figure 3. Adults of Charitoprepes spp. A C. lubricosa, male B C. lubricosa, female, type (NHMUK) C C. apicipicta, male D C. aciculata sp. nov., male, holotype. Scale bars: 0.5 cm.

Figure 4. Genitalia of Charitoprepes spp. A, B C. lubricosa C, D C. apicipicta E, F C. aciculata sp. nov. A male, genitalia slide no. HSQ 22166 B female, genitalia slide no. HSQ 22163 C male, genitalia slide no. HSQ 22161 D female, genitalia slide no. HSQ 22167 E male, paratype, genitalia slide no. HSQ 22164 F female, paratype, genitalia slide no. HSQ 22168. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, C, E); 1.0 mm (B, D, F).