Scoparia jiuzhaiensis, 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

SCOPARIA JIUZHAIENSIS LI, LI & NUSS, 2010

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Scoparia jiuzhaiensis Li, Li & Nuss, 2010 , Zootaxa 2609: 16, figs 8, 16, 26. Type locality: Jiuzhaigou , Sichuan, China.

Diagnosis

See the diagnosis of S. tribulosa sp. nov. and the diagnosis of this species given by Li, Li & Nuss (2010: 16).

Description

Forewing length 8.5–10.5 mm. Li, Li & Nuss (2010) have described this species in detail.

Material examined

Eleven 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. no. LW12036 , DNA nos L 13077 , L 13078, and L 13079 ( Figs 1 and 2 ) .

Distribution

China (Sichuan).

Remarks

This species is similar to S. tribulosa and S. iwasakii in the female and male genitalia, respectively, but can be distinguished from them based on the characters given in the diagnosis of S. tribulosa sp. nov. and the diagnosis of S. jiuzhaiensis that have already been given by Li, Li & Nuss (2010: 16).

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 8. A–C, female genitalia of Scoparia spp. A–B, Scoparia metaleucalis Hampson, 1907; A, prep. gen. no. LW13044; B, prep. gen. no. LW12049; C, Scoparia jiuzhaiensis Li, Li & Nuss, 2010, prep. gen. no. LW12036.