Loxoneptera pentasaris (Meyrick, 1932) Xiang & Chen & Zhang, 2021

Xiang, Lanbin, Chen, Kai & Zhang, Dandan, 2021, Revision and phylogeny of the genus Loxoneptera Hampson, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae), based on morphology and molecular data, ZooKeys 1036, pp. 75-98 : 75

Loxoneptera pentasaris (Meyrick, 1932) comb. nov. Figs 10 , 22

Calamochrous pentasaris Meyrick, 1932: 317.

Material examined.

Type material. Holotype, ♂, [ India] Datarpur , Hoshiarpur. Officer-in-charge, 21.12.1927, Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9747 (NHMUK).

Diagnosis.

Wingspan 28.0 mm. Loxoneptera pentasaris is best distinguished from other Loxoneptera species by greyish ochreous forewing with a white costal band, and without pattern. In the male genitalia, this species is similar to L. medialis in the shape of dorsal projection of transtilla, ventral sella and valva, but can be distinguished by the triangular dorsal sella, process of dorso-distal sella extending ventrad, distal margin of phallus densely decorated with short spines.

Distribution.

India.

Figures

Figures 10 - 13. Adults of Loxoneptera spp. 10 L. pentasaris, holotype, male (India) 11 L. bipunctalis, type, male (India) 12 L. brevipalpis, holotype, male (India) 13 L. dichroma, type, male (India). Scale bars: 5.0 mm.

Figures 20 - 25. Male genitalia of Loxoneptera spp. 20 L. rectacerosa sp. nov., Yunnan (genitalia slide no. ZDD 12059) 21 L. medialis, Guangdong (genitalia slide no. SYSU 0987) 22 L. pentasaris, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9747) 23 L. bipunctalis, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9750) 24 L. brevipalpis, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9748) 25 L. dichroma, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9749). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.