Circobotys sinuata Wang 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Gao, Qiang
name: Wang, Shuxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Circobotys
Circobotys sinuata

description: <i>Circobotys sinuata</i> Wang, sp. nov. (Figs 9, 16) Diagnosis. This species is similar to <i>C. elongata</i> Munroe &amp; Mutuura, 1969 superficially. It can be distinguished by the uncus with distal part not so long and sharp as its congeners, the absence of the sella, the editum extending to beyond end of the sacculus and forming a outward distal process, the sacculus with a bluntly arched process at dorsal 1/2, and the cornutus long spine-like. In <i>C. elongata</i>, the distal 2/3 of the uncus is extremely long and sharp, the sella is broad, the editum protrudes to the end of the sacculus and forms a downward distal process, the sacculus has a triangular dorsal process, and the cornuti are a pair of symmetrically disposed patches. Description. Male adult (Fig. 9) wingspan 29.5 mm. Vertex and frons yellowish brown, frons with white stripe laterally. Labial palpus with first segment snowy white except tinged with yellowish brown dorsally; second segment snowy white ventrally, yellowish brown dorsally; third segment yellowish brown. Maxillary palpus yellowish brown, paler at apex. Antenna yellowish brown. Tegula and thorax pale yellowish brown. Abdomen white ventrally, brown dorsally. Forewing triangula; costal margin straight except slightly arched before apex, yellowish white; termen obliquely truncate, equal to length of dorsal margin; apex bent downward; dorsal margin straight. Ground color pale yellowish brown, patterns blackish brown: antemedian line from basal 1/6 of costal margin to basal 1/3 dorsal margin; distal discoidal stigma short stripe-shaped; postmedian line from costal 3/4 obliquely to 2/5 of M 2, then to basal 1/3 of CuA 2 through basal 1/3 of CuA 1, finally to dorsal 2/3, more distinct anteriorly; terminal line evenly sinuate, black, interrupted by yellow scales at tip of veins. Hindwing blackish brown, except area paler under forewing; postmedian line blackish brown, from base of M 3 to middle of 1A. Cilia of wings yellow except black at apex of forewing. Wings paler on ventral surface. Male genitalia (Fig. 16). Uncus broad triangular, with a short fine distal spine. Valva narrow, basal 3/4 sub-parallel sided dorso-ventrally, distal 1/4 slightly narrowed toward rounded apex; transtilla triangular; costa nearly straight, reaching basal 3/4 of costal valva; sacculus relatively broad, about 1.5 times as long as costa, with a bluntly arched process at middle on dorsal margin; sella absent; editum extended to beyond end of sacculus where a sharp distal process is formed. Juxta subrounded, with median incision posteriorly. Phallus short, about half length of valva; cornutus spine-like, about half length of phallus. Female unknown. Material examined. Holotype &amp;male;, Yinggeling (19º12′N, 109º19′E; elev. 620 m), Hainan, 7 July 2009, coll. Zhaohui Du and Linlin Yang, genitalia slide No. GQ 11187. Distribution. China (Hainan). Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin word <i>sinuatus</i>, meaning sinuate, referring to the sinuate terminal line of the forewing.
description: Published as part of <i>Gao, Qiang &amp; Wang, Shuxia, 2018, Seven new species of the genus Circobotys Butler from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), with a checklist of the world, pp. 196-210 in Zoological Systematics 43 (2)</i> on pages 202-203, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201818, http://zenodo.org/record/5366416