Scoparia
Creators: name: Li, Weichun
name: Li, Houhun
name: Nuss, Matthias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Scoparia

description: Key to Chinese species of Scoparia based on known male genitalia
1. Phallus without cornutus ............................................................................................................ S. afghanorum Leraut
- Phallus with cornutus .................................................................................................................................................. 2
2. Phallus with one cornutus ........................................................................................................................................... 3
- Phallus with several cornuti ........................................................................................................................................ 6
3. Cornutus straight ......................................................................................................................................................... 4
- Cornutus curved .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
4. Uncus narrow basally, broadening towards apex; gnathos narrow triangular; free distal process at two thirds of valva ....................................................................................................................................................... S. subgracilis Sasaki
- Uncus broad basally, tapering to apex; gnathos slender; free distal process at apex of valva ..... S. tohokuensis Inoue
5. Cornutus S-shaped distally .................................................................................................................. S. utsugii Inoue
- Cornutus annular distally .................................................................................................................. S. uncinata sp. n.
6. Phallus with one group of cornuti ............................................................................................................................... 7
- Phallus with two groups of cornuti ........................................................................................................................... 16
7. Cornuti tiny spinelike, attached to a scobinate ovate plate ......................................................... S. congestalis Walker
- Cornuti small or large spinelike, without plate ........................................................................................................... 8
8. Uncus bluntly rounded apically .................................................................................................................................. 9
- Uncus pointed apically .............................................................................................................................................. 13
9. Juxta V-shaped .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
- Juxta ovate ................................................................................................................................................................ 11
10. Ventral fold of sacculus developed; apical spine of phallus long and thin, opening of ductus ejaculatorius at one fifth of phallus ....................................................................................................................................... S. largispinea sp. n.
- Ventral fold of sacculus inconspicuous; apical spine of phallus absent, opening of ductus ejaculatorius at one third of phallus ................................................................................................................................................. S. spinosa sp. n.
11. Cornuti tightly compacted into a fishhook-shaped bundle, basal and medial parts attached with six and tip with two tiny spines ........................................................................................................................................ S. caradjai Leraut
- Cornuti consisting of spines of various size, arranged in a row ............................................................................... 12
12. Cornuti consisting of four long spines, much longer than one fourth length of phallus ............. S. jiuzhaiensis sp. n.
- Cornuti consisting of more than six short spines, much shorter than one fourth length of phallus ............................... ........................................................................................................................................................ S. nipponalis Inoue
13. Cornuti thornlike or thick spinelike .......................................................................................................................... 14
- Cornuti long and thin spinelike ................................................................................................................................. 15
14. Cornuti consisting of six to seven thorns arranged in a row, about half length of phallus .............. S. brevituba sp. n.
- Cornuti consisting of some spines of various size tightly compacted into a bundle, about third as long as phallus .... ................................................................................................................................................ S. ancipitella (La Harpe)
15. Valva about two thirds length of phallus ...................................................................................... S. yamanakai Inoue
- Valva nearly as long as phallus ................................................................................................... S. taiwanensis Sasaki
16. Uncus ovate ............................................................................................................................................................... 17
- Uncus triangular ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
17. Juxta covered with granules and small spines posteriorly; one group of cornuti arranged in a row, another group of cornuti arranged in a cluster and surrounded with tiny spines .................................................... S. taiwanensis Sasaki
- Juxta without granules and spines; each group of cornuti arranged in a row, not surrounded with tiny spines ............ .............................................................................................................................................................. S. bifaria sp. n.
18. Costa convex at middle ..................................................................................................................... S. sinensis Leraut
- Costa straight ...................................................................................................................................... S. spinata Inoue
description: Published as part of Li, Weichun, Li, Houhun & Nuss, Matthias, 2010, Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 2609 on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197783