Hoploscopa persimilis (Rotschild, 1915)

Leger, Theo, Kehlmaier, Christian, Vairappan, Charles S. & Nuss, Matthias, 2020, Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding, ZooKeys 907, pp. 1-99 : 1

Hoploscopa persimilis (Rotschild, 1915) Figs 26 , 65

Material examined.

Lectotype: ♂, with labels: "Lecto- | type" [round label, purple ringed]; "Utakwa [sic, Oetakwa] R[iver]., | Dutch N[ew]. Guin[ea]., | 3000f[ee]t., Jan[uary]. 1913. | A.F.R. Wollaston."; “439”; "Eudorina | persimilis | Type Rotsch[ild]."; "Lectotype | Eudorina | persimilis | Rothschild | det. Nuß” [handwritten]; "♂ | Pyralidae | Brit[ish].Mus[eum]. | Slide N°. | 20255"; " NHMUK 010923328" [barcode appended].

Diagnosis

. Hoploscopa persimilis displays three nearly triangular yellow spots filled with reddish brown on the costa of the forewing. In male genitalia, uncus is long, slender, with duck-shaped apex, gnathos is projected into a small, triangular pointed tip, and valva dorsal margin is conspicuously convex. Female genitalia not known.

Similar species.

Hoploscopa subvariegata (q.v.).

Description.

Head. Not examined.

Thorax (Fig. 26 ). Collar pale yellow. Forewing length: 9 mm; forewing ground colour brown; basal patch elongated, reddish brown, basally crossed by transverse pale yellow streak; costal field reddish brown; median discoidal stigma trapezoid, pale yellow, with basal and distal edges reddish brown; postmedian patch triangular, pale yellow and reddish brown, distally with costal pale yellow blotch; subterminal field tawny; fringes brown with pale yellow spots. Hindwing pale yellow. Legs missing or badly preserved.

Male genitalia (N = 1) (Fig. 65 ). Uncus long, slender, slightly narrowed on apical 1/4, apex duck beak-shaped. Gnathos projection triangular. Valva ventral margin nearly straight, dorsal margin conspicuously convex, apex roughly rounded. Juxta not clearly visible on the slide. Saccus broad, triangular, pointing dorsad. Phallus apically with sclerotised spine.

Female genitalia. Not known.

Distribution.

Described from the Oetakwa River on New Guinea (Indonesia: Papua), at an altitude of 1,000 m.

Remarks.

Nuss (1998) transferred this species from Eudorina to Hoploscopa and designated the lectotype. The worn-out specimens hampered accurate description.

Figures

Figures 19 - 33. Forewing of Hoploscopa species 19 Hoploscopa danaoensis sp. nov., paratype, ♂, Philippines, Leyte, Lake Danao, 650 m, 14 - 17. iv. 1997 (Mey & Speidel) 20 Hoploscopa aurantiacalis Snellen lectotype, ♀, NHMUK 010923286, Indonesia, Java occ., Pengaleng, 4000 ft, 1893 (genitalia on slide Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° 20246) 21 Hoploscopa brunnealis Snellen, lectotype, ♀, NHMUK 010923292, Indonesia, Java occ., Pengaleng, 4000 ft, 1893 (genitalia on slide Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° 20247) 22 Hoploscopa ocellata Hampson, holotype, ♀, NHMUK 010923358, Indonesia, Moluccas, Batchian, iii. 1892 (W. Doherty) (genitalia on slide Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° 20258) 23 Hoploscopa quadripuncta Rotschild, holotype, ♂, NHMUK 010923357, Indonesia, Papua, Utakwa River, 3000 ft, i. 1913 (A. F. R. Wollaston) (genitalia on slide Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° 20257) 24 Hoploscopa semifascia Hampson, ♀, NHMUK 010923321, Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands, Bosavi, 570 m, 6. i. 1986 (D. Agassiz) (genitalia on slide TL 740 ♀) 25 Hoploscopa subvariegata Rothschild, ♂, Morobe Province, near Wau, Mt. Kaindi, 2360 m, 27 - 28. vii. 1983 (S. E. & P. M. Miller) (genitalia on slide TL 642 ♂) 26 Hoploscopa persimilis Rothschild, lectotype, ♂, NHMUK 010923328, Indonesia, Papua, Utawka River, 3000 ft., i. 1913 (A. F. R. Wollaston) (genitalia on slide Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° 20255) 27 Hoploscopa astrapias Meyrick, lectotype, ♀, NHMUK 010923383, Fiji, Vunidawa, 2. i. 1932 (genitalia on slide Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° 20241) 28 Hoploscopa anamesa Tams, ♀, NHMUK 010923466, Vanuatu, Aneityum Island, Red Crest, 3 m NE of Anelgauhat, 1200 ft, vi. 1955 (E. Cheesman) (genitalia on slide TL 718 ♀) 29 Hoploscopa nauticorum Tams, allotype, ♀, Samoan, Upolu Island, Malololelei, 2000 ft, 21. ii. 1925 (P. A. Buxton & G. H. Hopkins) 30 Hoploscopa diffusa Hampson, lectotype, ♂, NHMUK 010923338, Papua New Guinea, Fergusson Island, x-xi. 1894 (A. S. Meek) (genitalia on slide Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° 1014 ♂) 31 Hoploscopa triangulifera Hampson, ♀, NHMUK 010923453, Biagi, Mambare R., 1600 m, iii. 1906 (A. S. Meek) (genitalia on slide TL 712 ♀) 32 Hoploscopa anacantha sp. nov., holotype, ♂, NHMUK 010923444, Indonesia, North Sumatra, Dumoga-Bone N. P., Gunung Mogogonipa, summit, 1008 m, 18 - 20. x. 1985 (genitalia on slide TL 759 ♂) 33 Hoploscopa kelama sp. nov., paratype, ♂, NHMUK 010923342, Indonesia, North Sulawesi, Dumoga-Bone National Park, Clarke Camp, lower montane forest, 1140 m, x. 1985 (Royal Entomological Society of London, Project Wallace) (genitalia on slide TL 759 ♂).

Figures 64 - 69. male genitalia features of Hoploscopa. 64 Hoploscopa subvariegata, TL 534 ♂ 65 Hoploscopa persimilis, lectotype, Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° BMNH 20255 ♂ (no juxta drawing) 66 Hoploscopa diffusa, holotype, Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide N ° BMNH 1014 ♂ 67 Hoploscopa triangulifera, TL 711 ♂ 68 Hoploscopa astrapias, TL 724 ♂ 69 Hoploscopa anamesa, TL 727 ♂.