Docleomorpha boholica ( Semper, 1898 )

Huang, Si-Yao, Horie, Kiyoshi & Espeland, Marianne, 2025, A review of the genus Docleomorpha Hering (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae) with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 5689 (1), pp. 155-164 : 157

Docleomorpha boholica ( Semper, 1898)

Figs 1–3 , 13 .

Pintia boholica Semper, 1898: 432 , pl. LIII, fig. 10.

Cyclosia boholica : Jordan, 1907: 20, pl. 3, line d.

Docleomorpha boholica : Hering, 1922: 22; Yen et al. 2005: 289, Fig. 39J for male genitalia capsule.

Material examined. 2 males, VIII.2005, Mt. Balocawe , C Leyte, The Philippines, leg. Danny, ex. coll. C.G. Treadaway, gen. prep. No. SNGHSY02 ( SMF) ; 1 male, IV.2011, Mt. Kadohaan, C Leyte, The Philippines ( CKH) ; 1 male, III-V.2014, Mt. Balocawe, C Leyte, The Philippines, leg. Noel Mohagan ( CKH) ; 1 male, IV.2011, Mt. Balocawe, C Leyte, The Philippines, leg. Noel Mohagan ( CKH) .

Diagnosis. Length of forewing 15–17 mm in male. In male, Docleomorpha boholica can be distinguished from both D. epsilon sp. nov. and D. zeta sp. nov. superficially by the larger size, the shorter and broader yellow band on forewing and the broader medial stripe on hindwing. In male genitalia, D. boholica can be distinguished from the two congeners in the species-group by the longer uncus, the longer posterior bilateral projections, the semioval distal process of sacculus (ε-shaped in D. epsilon sp. nov. and ζ-shaped in D. zeta sp. nov.) and the longer phallus. The female is unknown.

Distribution. The Philippines ( Bohol and Leyte Islands).

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Adults of Docleomorpha spp. Depository of the specimens: 2 in SMF, 3, 5–9 in CKH; 4 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 10 & 11 in MfN, 12 in CHSY. Scale bar for figures 2–12.

FIGURES 13–15. Male genitalia of Docleomorpha spp. Depository of the specimens: 13 in SMF; 14 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 15 in CKH.