Uncobotyodes patulalis ( Walker, 1866 )

Huang, Shi-Qi & Du, Xi-Cui, 2024, Taxonomic study of Uncobotyodes Kirti & Rose, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) with the description of a new species from China, Zootaxa 5403 (2), pp. 287-292 : 288-289

Uncobotyodes patulalis ( Walker, 1866)

Figures 1A , 2A , 3A–D

Botys patulalis Walker, 1866: 1405 . Type locality: India (Darjeeling).

Botyodes patulalis: Hampson, 1896: 327 .

Uncobotyodes patulalis: Kirti & Rose 1990: 119 .

Material examined. CHINA, Chongqing, 14 ♂, 1 ♀ , Simian Mountain, Dawopu , 1183 m, 29 June 2019, Hong Zhao & Xi-Cui Du leg., genitalia slide no. HSQ22214 ♂, HSQ22267 ♂; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Jinfo Mountain , 918 m, 27 August 2019, Xi-Cui Du & Yao Shen leg. ; Guizhou, 3 ♂, 3 ♀ , Songtao County, Taohuayuan Village , 720 m, 11 September 2020, Ruo-Nan Xu leg., genitalia slide no. HSQ22223 ♀; 1 ♂, 6 ♀, Jiangkou County, Fanjing Nature Reserve , 495 m, 10 September 2020, Ruo-Nan Xu leg., genitalia slide no. HSQ22268 ♀; 1 ♂, Libo County, Wengang Town , 1345 m, 21 July 2015, Ji-Ping Wang leg. ; Yunan, 8 ♂, 1 ♀ , Puer City, Laiyang River , 1500 m, 13 May 2018, Xiao-Qiang Lu & Xi-Cui Du leg., wing slide no. HSQ22006 ♂; 1 ♂, Tengchong City, Mangbang Town, Chuanlong Village , 1329 m, 10 August 2015, Jing-Xia Zhao & Hao Wei leg. ; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Jinuo Village , 1100 m, 15 May 2018, Xiao-Qiang Lu & Xi-Cui Du leg. ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, longmen Village , 850 m, 9 May 2015, Xue-Li Wei leg., genitalia slide no. HSQ22221 ♂; 5 ♂, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Huanglian Nature Reserve , 900 m, 23 May 2018, Xiao-Qiang Lu & Xi-Cui Du leg. ; 2 ♂, Daxichang, Malipo Town , 1465 m, 6 June 2015, Man-Fei Tao leg., genitalia slide no. HSQ22220 ♂; Tibet , 34 ♂, 24 ♀, Motuo County, Bolonggong Village , 2300 m, 19 July 2016, Jian-Yue Qiu leg., wing slide no. HSQ22010 ♂, genitalia slide no. HSQ22212 ♂, HSQ22213 ♂; Hunan , 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Wuyunjie Nature Reserve, Tujingdong , 178 m, 19 June 2019, Ying Yang leg., genitalia slide no. HSQ22219 ♂; Guangdong , 2 ♂, Fengkai County, Heshiding , 14 June 2009, Feng-Xia He leg., genitalia slide no. HSQ22218 ♂; 2 ♀, Maoming City, Genzi Town, Fushan , 760 m, 10 June 2019, Xiao-Qiang Lu & Ying Yang leg. ; Guangxi, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ , Jingxi County, Tengmao Village , 672 m, 10 July 2015, Dan Xu & Ji-Ping Wang leg. ; 6 ♂, 1 ♀, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Qingshuitan Reserve Station , 370 m, 3 August 2022, Ci Tang & Shi-Qi Huang leg.

Redescription. Adult ( Figs 1A , 3A ). Forewing length 14.0–26.0 mm, wingspan 29.0–53.0 mm. Antenna pale yellow. Labial palpi with basal segment white, and ventral second segment white at base, the remainder dark brown. Maxillary palpi brown. Patagium pale yellow, brown laterally. Tegula and thorax pale yellow. Wings yellow. Forewing with orbicular stigma brown; discoidal stigma dark brown, reniform or elliptical; a brown band along terminal margin, widened at apical angle, strongly concaved and narrowed into line close to terminal margin between M 2 and CuA 2, with dark interior boundary. Hindwing with discoidal stigma oval or comma-like, brown; a brown band along terminal margin, gradually narrowed to middle, convex near anal angle. Hind tibia with inner proximal spur more than four times length of outer proximal spur, and inner distal spur more than three times the length of outer distal spur.

Male genitalia ( Figs 3B, 3C ). Uncus with basal one third thin, distal two thirds extremely broad and oval, rounded at apex. Valva broad and rounded. Phallus with cornutus composed of a bunch of thick spines.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 3D ). Apophyses anterioris about 1.5 times as long as apophyses posterioris, slightly broader near base. Ductus bursae long and slender, broad, crooked and sclerotized near antrum. Corpus bursae elliptical, posterior half densely covered with small granules.

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hong Kong, Hunan, Tibet, Yunnan), Bhutan, India ( Caradja, 1925; Kirti et al., 1990; Irungbam et al., 2016).

Remarks. The female genitalia of this species are described for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Head of Uncobotyodes spp. A U. patulalis. B U. latizona sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 2. Wing venation of Uncobotyodes spp. A U. patulalis. B U. latizona sp. nov. Upper is forewing, lower is hindwing. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 3. Adults and genitalia of Uncobotyodes spp. A–D U. patulalis. A adult, male. B, C male genitalia, slide no. HSQ22214. C cornutus. D female genitalia, slide no. HSQ22223. E–H U. latizona sp. nov. E adult, holotype, male. F, G male genitalia, holotype, slide no. HSQ23354. G cornutus. H female genitalia, paratype, slide no. HSQ23356. Scale bars: 1.0 cm (A, E); 0.5 mm (B, C, F, G); 1.0 mm (D, H).