Merulempista cingillella (Zeller, 1846)

Ren, Yingdang, Liu, Shurong & Li, Houhun, 2011, Review of the genus Merulempista Roesler, 1967 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from China, with description of two new species, ZooKeys 77, pp. 65-75 : 71-73

Merulempista cingillella (Zeller, 1846) Figs 5913

Pempelia cingillella Zeller 1846: 779. Syntypes, Type locality: Hungary.

Salebria cingilella : Rebel in Spuler 1910: 211.

Meroptera cingillella : Hannemann 1964: 164.

Merulempista cingillella : Ivinskis 1984: 65.

Material examined.

China, Tianjin: 5 ♀♀, Dahuangpu (39.26°N, 117.16°E), Wuqing, 15 m, 20-21.VII.2005, coll. Houhun Li; 1 ♀, Beidagang (38.43°N, 117.21°E), 25.VIII.2004, coll. Jiasheng Xu and Jialiang Zhang; 1 ♀, Yadian (38.56°N, 117.14°E), 24.VIII.2004, coll. Jiasheng Xu and Jialiang Zhang; China, Hebei Province:1 ♂, 1 ♀, Xiaowutaishan (39.59°N, 114.48°E), Weixian, 1200 m, 24, 28.VII.2000, coll. Yanli Du and Zhendong Li; 1 ♂, Wulingshan (40.38°N, 117.27°E), 900 m, 31.VII.2001, coll. Yanli Du and Zhendong Li; China, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Chengguanzhen, Dengkou County (40.18°N, 107.00°E), 1000 m, 18.VIII.2002, coll. Zhiqiang Li and Dandan Zhang; 4 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, Chengguanzhen, Dalateqi (40.24°N, 110.01°E), 960 m, 13.VIII.2002, coll. Zhiqiang Li and Dandan Zhang; 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Dongfeng (40.53°N, 107.09°E), Hangjihouqi, 1000 m, 20~21.VIII.2002, coll. Zhiqiang Li and Dandan Zhang; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Baliqiao (41.04°N, 108.13°E), Wuyuan County, 960 m, 17.VIII.2002, coll. Zhiqiang Li and Dandan Zhang; 3 ♀♀, Fuxingzhen (40.56°N, 107.56°E), Wuyuan County, 960 m, 16.VIII.2002, coll. Zhiqiang Li and Dandan Zhang; 4 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, Qianqi (40.75°N, 108.65°E), Bameng, 1075 m, 12.VIII.2006, coll. Zhiwei Zhang; China, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: 2 ♂♂, Shapotou (37.30°N, 105.11°E), Zhongwei, 1200 m, 10.VIII.2000, coll. Houhun Li and Shuxia Wang; 3 ♀♀, Yuanyichang (37.27°N, 105.42°E), Zhongning, 1170 m, 16-17.VII.1993, coll. Houhun Li; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Xinpu (37.09°N, 105.43°E), Zhongning County, 1170 m, 26.VII.1993, coll. Houhun Li; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Luhuatai (38.37°N, 106.12°E), Yinchuan, 24, 31.VII.1982, coll. unknown; 1 ♂, Yinchuan (38.29°N, 106.13°E), 20.V.1963, coll. unknown; China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Jinghe County (44.35°N, 82.53°E), 22.VIII.1994, coll. Duoliken Bashanbayi; 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Beitun (47.21°N, 87.49°E), 530 m, 20, 22.vii.1994, coll. Houhun Li and Hongyan Qin; 4 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀, Mohe (43.13°N, 82.45°E), Gongliu, 1100-1500 m, 6, 29.VI-7.VII.1994, coll. Xincheng An, Houhun Li and Hongyan Qin; 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Zepu (38.11°N, 77.16°E) 29.VI-7.VII.1994, coll. Aisihaer Maimaiti; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Ganjiahu (44.54°N, 83.23°E), 27.VI.1984; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Jiashi County (39.29°N, 76.23°E), 1240 m, 17~18.IX.1987, coll. Houhun Li; 1 ♀, Yengisar County (38.55°N, 76.10°E), 1320 m, 15.IX.1987, coll. Houhun Li.

Diagnosis.

This species is characterized by the discocellular spots being fused to a kidney-shaped stigma, in the male genitalia by the costa of valva having a distal process straightly bending backward, forming a right angle with the valva, and in the female genitalia by the corpus bursae having a large elongate spined sclerite extending from the posterior end to middle or to near anterior margin.

Hostplants.

Myricaria germanica (Linn.), Tamarix gracilis Willd., Tamarix sp.

Distribution.

China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Ningxia, Tianjin, Xinjiang); Europe: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine ( Zeller 1846; Nuss et al. 2010); North Africa: Morocco.