Scopria tohokuensis Inoue, 1982

Li, Weichun, Li, Houhun & Nuss, Matthias, 2010, Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China, Zootaxa 2609, pp. 1-33 : 14

8. Scopria tohokuensis Inoue, 1982

Scopria tohokuensis Inoue, 1982: 313 , pl. 36 figs. 44, 45, pl. 301 fig. 9. Type locality: Nuruyu, Miyagi pref., Japan. Scoparia magnipunctalis Sasaki, 1991: 98 , figs. 5, 19. Type locality: Narugu, Miyagi pref., Honshu, Japan.

Material examined. Holotype of S. tohokuensis : Ƥ, "Holo- | type ", "Nuruyu | Miyagi Pref. | 29. ix. 1968 | T. Watanabe", "slide 7432 | (Ƥ)","Inoue Coll. | B. M. 1992-71", " Holotype | Scoparia tohokuensis | Inoue (1982) ", " Type status | verified | K. Buckmaster 1993", " Type | photographed | in colour", BMNH.

Additional material: China: Zhejiang Province: 6 33, 1 Ƥ, West Tianmushan (30.26°N, 119.34°E), 8.vii-24.ix.1932, leg. H. Höne (genitalia slide nos. LWC08113, LWC08131); 1 3, Wenzhou (28.01°N, 120.39°E), 21.v.1939, leg. H. Höne (genitalia slide no. LWC08106), ZFMK. 1 3, 1 Ƥ, Guadun, Wuyishan (26.54°N, 116.42°E), Fujian Province, 1100 m, 23.v.2004, leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide nos. LWC06011, LWC06053); 1 3, Shayuan, Hefeng (29.53°N, 110.02°E), Hubei Province, 1260 m, 17.vii.1999, leg. Houhun Li et al.; Guizhou Province: 1 3, Dashahe, Daozhen (28.53°N, 107.36°E), 1350 m, 24.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao (genitalia slide no. LWC07479); 1 3, Linjiang, Xishui (28.19°N, 106.12°E), 500 m, 25.ix.2000, leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide no. LWC06299); 1 3, Fangxiang, Leishan (26.22°N, 108.03°E), 900 m, 14.ix.2005, leg. Jialiang Zhang (genitalia slide no. LWC08084), NKUM.

Diagnosis. Scoparia tohokuensis is similar to S. spinosa sp. n. The differences between the two species are stated under S. spinosa sp. n.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang); Japan, Russia.