Nephelobotys denticulatus Ko & Bae, 2022

Zhang, Dandan, Chen, Kai, Xiang, Lanbin & Kou, Zongqing, 2024, Revision of the genus Nephelobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae), Zootaxa 5403 (3), pp. 301-319 : 310

Nephelobotys denticulatus Ko & Bae, 2022

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Nephelobotys denticulatus Ko & Bae, 2022: 266 .

Diagnosis. Nephelobotys denticulatus is similar to N. habisalis and N. apiculata sp. nov., but differs from them by shallowly sinuate antemedial line, nearly straight anterior half of postmedial line and wider subterminal band of forewing, and relatively straight inner margin of subterminal band of forewing in external appearance ( Fig. 5 ), by slender and curved ventral process of outside sella extending beyond ventral margin of inside sella, asymmetrically semicircular distal protrusion and the hairy median protrusion of the sacculus in the male genitalia ( Fig. 15 ).

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: 1 ♂, Ganlanba, Jinghong , 22.01°N, 100.48°E, alt. 630 m, 19.IV.1995, leg. Wang Hongjian, genitalia slide No. ZDD02227 ( NKU) ; Guangxi: 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Nonggang, Longzhou , 22.47°N, 106.96°E, alt. 271 m, 19.IV.2012, leg. Li Jinwei, genitalia slide No. SYSU0691 (♂), SYSU0722 (♂), SYSU0700 (♀), SYSU0781 (♀) ; 2 ♂, Tengmao Village, Jingxi , alt. 672 m, 9, 11.VII.2015, leg. Xu Dan, Wan Jiping, genitalia slide No. SYSU0699, SYSU0767 .

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos.

Remarks. This species is recorded in China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Adults of Nephelobotys spp. 1 N. apiculata sp. nov., holotype, male (Yunnan). 2 N. habisalis, male (Guangxi). 3 N. nephelistalis, male (Zhejiang). 4 N. evenoralis, male (Hunan). 5 N. denticulatus, male (Guangxi). 6 N. semicircularis sp. nov., paratype, male (Yunnan). 7 N. brevis sp. nov., paratype, male (Guangdong). 8–10 N. flavicilialis, male (8–9 Yunnan, 10 Sichuan). Scale bars: 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 14–16. Male genitalia of Nephelobotys spp. 14 N. evenoralis, Yunnan (genitalia slide No. SYSU0706). 15 N. denticulatus, Guangxi (genitalia slide No. SYSU0699). 16 N. semicircularis sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan (genitalia slide No. SYSU0788). a Whole genitalia. b Enlarged detail of base part of valva.

FIGURES 21–22. Female genitalia of Nephelobotys spp. 21 N. evenoralis, Guangdong (genitalia slide No. SYSU0709). 22 N. denticulatus, Guangxi (genitalia slide No. SYSU0781).