Scoparia brevituba, LI, LI & NUSS, 2010

Li, Wei-Chun & Liu, Dong, 2014, DNA barcoding and morphology reveal exceptional species diversity of Scoparia (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Hailuogou Glacier area, China, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 (4), pp. 732-752 : 748-749

SCOPARIA BREVITUBA LI, LI & NUSS, 2010

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Scoparia brevituba Li, Li & Nuss, 2010 , Zootaxa 2609: 21, figs 10, 19, 28. Type locality: Wolong , Sichuan, China.

Diagnosis

Unique by thick and short ductus bursae in the female genitalia and strongly thorn-shaped cornuti in male genitalia.

Description

Forewing length 8.0–10.0 mm. Li, Li & Nuss (2010) have already described this species in detail.

Material examined

Twenty-seven females, China, Sichuan, Hailuogou Glacier , near no. 1 glacier, ∼ 3000 m a.s.l., 14–18 August 2012, W. Li and L. Huang leg., prep. gen. nos LW12032, LW12067, and LW13016, DNA nos L13038, L13039, L13074 , L13075 , and L13076 ( Figs 1 and 2 ).

Distribution

China (Sichuan).

Figures

Figure 1. Neighbour-joining tree deduced from the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences using MEGA 5. Sequences were corrected with the Kimura two-parameter substitution model. Codon positions included were 1st + 2nd + 3rd + noncoding. Values represented at the nodes of branches are bootstrap values (1000 replicates).

Figure 2. Minimum-evolution tree deduced from cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences. Sequences were corrected with the Kimura two-parameter substitution model. Codon positions included were 1st + 2nd + 3rd + noncoding. Values represented at the nodes of branches are bootstrap values (1000 replicates).

Figure 3. A–I, adults of Scoparia spp. A, Scoparia simplicissima Li sp. nov., male, paratype; B, Scoparia tribulosa Li sp. nov., female, paratype; C, Scoparia longispina Li sp. nov., male, paratype; D, Scoparia gibbosa Li sp. nov., female, paratype; E, Scoparia metaleucalis Hampson, 1907, female; F, Scoparia jiuzhaiensis Li, Li & Nuss, 2010, female; G, Scoparia brevituba Li, Li & Nuss, 2010, female; H, Scoparia globosa Li sp. nov., female, paratype; I, Scoparia annulata Li sp. nov., male, paratype. Scale bars: 5 mm.

Figure 9. A–C, female genitalia of Scoparia spp. A, Scoparia brevituba Li, Li & Nuss, 2010, prep. gen. no. LW12032; B, Scoparia globosa Li sp. nov., paratype, prep. gen. no. LW12025; C, Scoparia annulata Li sp. nov., paratype, prep. gen. no. LW12022.