Ramila minima, Chen & Wu, 2014

Chen, Fu-Qiang & Wu, Chun-Sheng, 2014, Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 163-208 : 195

Ramila minima sp. nov. ( Figs 94 , 97 )

Diagnosis. The species is similar to R. acciusalis . In the male genitalia, this species has a spinose area and a blunt sclerotized plate at apex of aedeagus, while R. acciusalis has two spinose areas and two triangular pointed sclerotized plates. Besides, the shape of the subteguminal process is also different between R. acciusalis and R. minima . Additionally, R. minima is distinctly smaller than other species of this genus.

Description. Wing span ♂ 15–16 mm. Body silvery white; head silvery white, frons extending forwardly; labial palpi porrect, fuscous, as long as the diameter of compound eyes; maxillary palpi fuscous, porrect; both sides of frons and thorax fuscous; forelegs fuscous, midlegs and hindlegs white; abdomen white. Forewing silvery white; costa fuscous, a fuscous spot at the basal trisection; fuscous spots at both the upper and lower angles of cell; antemedial line fuscous, from lower angle of cell to middle of inner margin; postmedial line fuscous, sinuous, paralleled with outer margin; apex pointed; marginal line fuscous; cilia yellow, fuscous near base; underside white. Hindwing white; antemedial and postmedial lines fuscous, sinuous and blurry, paralleled, trisected the wing; marginal line fuscous; cilia yellow, fuscous near the base; underside white.

Male genitalia. Uncus elongate, with apex round; gnathos thinner than uncus, apex with teeth dorsally; tegumen with sclerotized dorsal ridge X-shaped; subteguminal process pointed; valva broad, apex truncated; juxta elongated, widened from base to apex, apex curved medially; saccus round; coremata present; aedeagus strong, a spinose area and a blunt sclerotized plate present at apex, manica with minute spinules.

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Holotype ♂, Shandong, Mt. Lao , 800 m, August 1940, deposited in IZCAS.

Paratype 1♂, Vietnam, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh , July 1940, A. de Cooman, deposited in IZCAS .

Distribution. China (Shandong); Vietnam.

Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin “ mini ”, corresponding to the small size of adults.

Figures

Figs 87–94. Adults. 87. Niphadoses dengcaolites, male. 88. N. dengcaolites, female. 89. Patissa fulvosparsa. 90. P. minima. 91. Patissa tenuousa. 92. Ramila marginella. 93. R. acciusalis. 94. R. minima sp.nov.

Figs 95–101. Male genitalia. a. Aedeagus. 95. Ramila marginella. 96. R. acciusalis. 97. R. minima sp.nov. 98. Archischoenobius pallidalis. 99. A. nigrolepis. 100. A. nanlingensis. 101. A. minumus. Scale bars =1 mm.