Hoploscopa diffusa (Hampson, 1919)

Leger, Theo, Kehlmaier, Christian, Vairappan, Charles S. & Nuss, Matthias, 2020, Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding, ZooKeys 907, pp. 1-99 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.907.36563

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scientific name

Hoploscopa diffusa (Hampson, 1919)
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Hoploscopa diffusa (Hampson, 1919) Figs 30 View Figures 19–33 , 66 View Figures 64–69

Material examined.

Lectotype: ♂, with labels: "Lecto- | type" [round label, purple ringed]; "Syn- | type" [round label, blue ringed]; "Fergusson I., | X, XI. [18]94 | (A. S. Meek)."; “97-80”; "Pyrocrambia | diffusa. | type ♂. H[a]mpson." [handwritten]; "Pyralidae | Brit[ish].Mus[eum]. | Slide N°. | 1014 ♂"; "Lectotype | Eudorina | diffusa | Hampson | det. Nuß” [handwritten]; " NHMUK 010923338 [barcode appended]". Deposited in NHMUK.

Other specimens examined.

2 ♂. Papua New Guinea: 2 ♂ (1 with NHMUK010923439 & genitalia on slide TL715 ♂, 1 with NHMUK010923440 & genitalia on slide TL716 ♂), same data as holotype (NHMUK).

Diagnosis.

Hoploscopa diffusa displays a brown forewing with postmedian patch, part of postmedian area and subterminal line white coloured, and fringes marked with white dots. In male genitalia, gnathos projection is triangular with rounded tip, valva dorsal margin is conspicuously protruded and juxta is tongue-shaped. Female unknown.

Similar species.

Hoploscopa niveofascia sp. nov. (q.v.).

Description.

Head. Antennae dorsally with brown scales. Proboscis white. Maxillary palpi brown, pale brown at base. Labial palpi brown, ventro-basally white.

Thorax (Fig. 30 View Figures 19–33 ). Collar white. Forewing length: 9 mm; forewing ground colour dark brown; small white dots scattered in basal and median area; postmedian patch white, filled with brown, with white costal blotch; postmedian line marked on costal half; postmedian area medially suffused with white scales; subterminal line white, shifted distally at M1; margin with white and black spots; fringe brown, with white dots; hindwing pale brown. Fore- and midlegs brown; tibia and tarsi segments distally white. Hindlegs similar, of a lighter brown.

Abdomen. Male sternum A8 posterior margin notched, with short, rounded lateral projections.

Male genitalia (N = 3) (Fig. 66 View Figures 64–69 ). Uncus long, narrowed on apical 1/4, apex duck beak-shaped. Gnathos projection triangular, with rounded apex. Valva broad, ventral margin conspicuously bent dorsad on apical 1/4, dorsal margin strongly protruding dorsad, apex pointed. Juxta with base rounded, of constant width, apex rounded. Saccus small, pointing dorsad. No cornutus visible on the slide.

Female genitalia. Not known.

Distribution.

Recorded from Fergusson Island (Papua New Guinea).

Remarks.

Nuss (1998) transferred this species from Eudorina to Hoploscopa and designated the lectotype.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Crambidae

Genus

Hoploscopa