Scoparia spinata 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 : 7-8

2. Scoparia spinata Inoue, 1982

Scoparia spinata Inoue, 1982: 312 , pl. 36 fig. 53, pl. 300 fig. 4; Sasaki, 1991: 96, figs. 6, 7, 18, 25; Inoue, 1994: 345, figs. 3, 4, 25, 36. Type locality: Tobira Pass, Nagano pref., Japan.

Scoparia kiangensis Leraut, 1986: 127 , figs. 5, 6. syn. n. Type locality: Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China.

Material examined. Holotype of S. spinata : 3, "Holo- | type ", "Tobira Pass | ca. 1400m | Nagano Pref. | 28.vii.1978 | H. Inoue", "slide 7442 | (3)”, “Inoue Coll. | B. M. 1992-71", " Type status | verified | K. Buckmaster 1993", " Type | Photographed | In Colour", " Holotype | Scoparia spinata | Inoue”, BMNH. China: Holotype of S. kiangensis : Holotype: Ƥ " Holotype ", " Holotype | Scoparia | kiangensis | Ƥ Leraut", "Li-kiang. ( China). | Provinz Nord-Yuennan. | 12.8.1934. H. Höne.", " Scoparia | crataegella | Hb", "P. Leraut det. | prép. n° 1395 | Scoparia Ƥ | kiangensis Leraut ", MINGA. Paratype: 3, same locality data as holotype except dated 13.8.1934, MINGA.

Additional material: 1 Ƥ, Lianhuachi, Wulingshan (40.36°N, 117.29°E), Xinglong, Hebei Province, 1800 m, 1.viii.2000, leg. Yanli Du and Zhendong Li (genitalia slide no. LWC08215), NKUM. Zhejiang Province: 1 3, 2 Ƥ, Tianmushan (30.26°N, 119.34°E), 22.vi-9.ix. 1932, leg. H. Höne, ZFMK. 18 33, 7 Ƥ, Xianrending, Tianmushan, 1500 m, 18.viii.1999, leg. Houhun Li et al. (genitalia slide nos. LWC05014, LWC05041, LWC05042, LWC05054, LWC06042, LWC06094, LWC06095, LWC06099, DYL00064, DYL00091, DYL00151); 8 33, 2 Ƥ, Kaishanlaodian, Tianmushan, 1140 m, 17.viii.1999, leg. Houhun Li et al. (genitalia slide nos. LWC06086, LWC06092, LWC06091, RYD04083); Henan Province: 20 33, 8 Ƥ, Baiyunshan, Songxian (34.08°N, 112.05°E), 1400 m, 14-17.viii.2008, leg. Houhun Li et al. (genitalia slide nos. LWC08155, LWC08207, LWC08208); 2 33, Baiyunshan, Songxian, 1500 m, 8.ix.2000, leg. Houhun Li and Karsholt, NKUM. 1 3, Hengshan (27.18°N, 112.42°E), Hunan Province, 1.vii.1933, leg. H. Höne (genitalia slide no. LWC08107), ZFMK. Sichuan Province: 1 3, Kangding (33.04°N, 101.57°E), 2400 m, 8.vii.2001, Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang (genitalia slide no. LWC06047); 2 Ƥ, Yonghong, Mabian (28.51°N, 103.31°E), 1500 m, 23.vii.2004, leg. Yingdang Ren (genitalia slide no. LWC08157); Yunnan Province: 8 33, 7 Ƥ, Wenquan (24.59°N, 102.27°E), Kunming, 1900 m, 29-30.viii.2005, leg. Yingdang Ren (genitalia slide nos. LWC06007, LWC06249, LWC06308, LWC08064), NKUM. 16 33, 6 Ƥ, Lijiang (26.52°N, 100.14°E), ca. 2000 m, 9.vii-11.ix.1934, 26-30.viii.1935, leg. H. Höne, ZFMK. Thailand: 8 33, 1 Ƥ, Doi Phahompok, Chiang Mai Province, 20°07.826'N 99°09.845'E, 2033 m, 28-29.vii.2006, leg. G. Martin (genitalia slide no. LWC09059); 3 33, Doi Phahompok, Chiang Mai Province, 20°07.644'N 99°08.890'E, 2000 m, 24.vii.2006, leg. G. Martin; 1 3, Doi Phahompok, Chiang Mai Province, 20°07.846'N 99°09.647'E, 2047 m, 23.vii.2006, leg. G. Martin, BMNH.

Diagnosis. Scoparia spinata is very similar to S. sinensis in the wing pattern and male genitalia. It also resembles S. metaleucalis in the female genitalia. The differences are stated under S. sinensis and S. metaleucalis .

Distribution. China (Hebei, Henan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan, Thailand.

Remarks. Scoparia kiangensis Leraut, 1986 syn. n. is regarded as being conspecific with S. spinata Inoue, 1982 , and therefore synonymized herein. This species varies in the male genitalia: the distal part of the uncus varies from short to conspicuously elongate; the cornuti usually consist of two groups of long spines, but some individuals have one group of cornuti consisting of small spines, which are easily obscured by the large spines. Scoparia spinata is here recorded for the first time in Thailand.