Calamotropha melanosticta
Creators: name: Kim, Yongnam
name: Qi, Mujie
name: Wang, Shuxia
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Calamotropha
Calamotropha melanosticta

description: Calamotropha melanosticta (Hampson, 1896)
(Figs 16, 39, 60)
Crambus melanostictus Hampson, 1896: 937. TL: Sri Lanka. TD: NHMUK.
Calamotropha melanosticta (Hampson): Bleszynski, 1961: 177.
Material examined. Tibet: 4♀, Fangkongdong (29.24°N, 95.17°E), Beibeng Township, Mêdog County, 750 m, 1.VIII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide No. KYN21206; 1♁ 2♀, Gelin Village (29.25°N, 95.19°E), Beibeng Township, Mêdog County, 894 m, 14.VIII.2017, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide Nos. KYN21208♁, KYN21209 ♀, KYN21221 ♀; 2♁ 4♀, Beibeng Township (29.24°N, 95.17°E), Mêdog County, 987 m, 12–15.VIII.2017, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide Nos. KYN21222 ♀, KYN21223♁, KYN21224 ♀; 2♁ 2♀, Jiangxin Village (29.23°N, 95.15°E), Beibeng Township, Mêdog County, 780 m, 30.VII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide Nos. KYN21219♁, KYN21220 ♀; 2♁ 2♀, Suburb (29.32°N, 95.32°E), Mêdog County, 1016–1097 m, 3–5.VIII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide Nos. KYN21207 ♀, KYN21215 ♀, KYN21216♁; 1♁, Dexing Village (29.32°N, 95.30°E), Mêdog County, 833 m, 18.VIII.2017, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN21211; 2♀, Yadong Village (29.33°N, 95.34°E), Mêdog County, 833 m, 16.VIII.2017, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN21210; Yunnan: 1♁ 2♀, Damanlu Village (21.76°N, 100.15°E), Menghai County, 1128 m, 2.VIII.2019, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide Nos. KYN21274♁, KYN21275 ♀; 1♁, Taiyanghe Nature Reserve, Puer City, 1600 m, 11.VII.2013, leg. ZG Zhang, slide No. KYN21277; 1♁, Taiyanghe National forest park (22.68°N, 101.03°E), Puer City, 1450 m, 5.VII.2015, leg. KJ Teng, slide No. KYN21279; 3♁, Observation tower (22.60°N, 101.11°E), Taiyanghe National forest park, Puer City, 1626 m, 6.VII.2013, leg. SR Liu et al., slide No. KYN21267; 2♁, Ruili Botanical Garden, Dehong Prefecture, 1166 m, 17.VIII.2015, leg. JX Zhao et al., slide No. KYN21268; 1♁ 1♀, River side (21.41°N, 100.8°E), Daluo, Menghai, Jinghong City, 620 m, 3.VIII.2016, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide Nos. KYN21261♁, KYN21262 ♀; 1♀, Wufenchang (21.43°N, 100.9°E), Daluo, Menghai, Jinghong City, 640 m, 1.VIII.2016, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide No. KYN21264; 3♁ 4♀, Taiyanghe Nature Reserve (22.68°N, 101.03°E), Puer City, 1450 m, 14.VIII.2016, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide Nos. KYN21280♁, KYN21281 ♀; 3♁ 4♀, Jingpo Village (24.71°N, 97.39°E), Nabang Town, Yingjiang County, 231 m, 3.VIII.2013, leg. SR Liu et al., slide Nos. KYN21265♁, KYN21266 ♀; 1♁, Taiyanghe Nature Reserve, 1450 m, 30.VII.2014, leg. ZG Zhang, slide No. KYN21278; 3♀, Cuanlong Village, Mangbang Town, Tengchong County, 1329 m, 12.VIII.2015, leg. KL Liu et al., slide No. KYN21273; 1♁, Mengyun, Mengla County, Xishuangpannei, 640 m, 9.VIII.2010, leg. YH Sun et al., slide No. KYN21272.
Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 16) wingspan 13.0–22.0 mm. Calamotropha melanosticta is similar to C. punctivenella (Hampson, 1896) in the forewing pattern. It can be distinguished by the forewing with a brownish yellow streak from before the dark brown apical streak to M 1 and parallel to the subterminal fascia; the uncus bifurcated from distal 1/6, and the valva produced to a triangular dorsoapical process (Fig. 39); and the absence of the lamella postvaginalis in the female genitalia (Fig. 60). In C. punctivenella, the forewing has an indistinct fascia parallel to the subterminal fascia extending from before the dark brown apical streak to the dorsum (Fig. 24); the uncus is not furcated distally, and the valva has a spine-like dorsoapical process (Fig. 46); and the lamella postvaginalis is subquadrate (Fig. 66).
Disribution. China (Guangdong, Tibet, Yunnan), India, Sri Lanka.
description: Published as part of Kim, Yongnam, Qi, Mujie, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2023, Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, pp. 451-482 in Zootaxa 5297 (4) on pages 462-463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8009006