Catoptria philippinensis Leger 2024, sp. n.
Creators: name: Léger, Théo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Catoptria
Catoptria philippinensis

description: Catoptria philippinensis Léger, sp. n.
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Figs. 48, 110, 166.
MATERIAL
Holotype: ♂ (specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_b2c391, DNA voucher MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-A09, genitalia on slide TL1066♂; BOLD sample ID PYPHI074-21, Genbank Accession Number PP196760). PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Mt Banahaw, Kinabuhayan, 17-19.03.2000, leg. Mey & V. Richter.
Paratypes: 9 ♂ (specimen identifiers coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_b95e98, e491f8, 2050dc, 1b2cf2, 78302c, c83b5d, 3b633b, 841b24, 4cf534), 1 ♀ (specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_d8bd7e) (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh).
DIAGNOSIS
The arched, white antemedian line, the conspicuously arched postmedian line with indentation at dorsal 1/3, and the two conspicuous black marginal dots separate this species from other Catoptria species. In male genitalia, the costa is sclerotized, albeit without projection, and the sacculus forms a hook-shaped projection directed upwards. In female genitalia (Fig. 166), the papillae anales are not coalesced; the ostium is conspicuously sclerotized, with a Ushaped aperture; the ductus bursae is slender and membranous; and the corpus bursae is membranous, without signum.
HABITUS (FIG. 48)
Forewing length 7.5-9.5 mm (n = 5); ground color tawny to brown. Antemedian line white, starting at 1/5 of dorsum, forming a wide arch, meeting costa at basal 1/3. Median area suffused with dark brown. Marked white stripes along discoidal veins and 1A + 2A. Postmedian line originating at costal 2/3, conspicuously arched outwards, indented outwards at CuA2, then meeting dorsum at 3/5. Subterminal area with five white spots, interspersed with two black dots at CuA1 and CuA2. Apex with one large, marked blotch, white. Fringes dirty white to copper. Hindwings cream colored.
MALE GENITALIA (FIG. 110)
Uncus elongate, slender; apex pointing downwards. Gnathos projection slender, apex rounded, pointing upwards. Sacculus forming one quadrangular sclerite in basal half; second sclerite at valva midlength subtriangular, dorsally projected upwards into a slender curved sclerotized arm about 2/5 of valva length, extending beyond cucullus, with apex pointed. Costal sclerite up to valva midlength, devoid of dorsal projection, distally projected ventrally into subtriangular tip reaching sacculus. Valva curved upwards in distal half, apex broadly rounded. Juxta evenly rounded, with sclerotized edges. Saccus forming acute triangle, with anterior tip pointing upwards. Phallus slender, slightly curved, apex covered with tiny teeth.
FEMALE GENITALIA (FIG. 166)
Posterior apophysis about 5/3 of length of tergite VIII, enlarged at 1/6. Anterior apophysis reduced to bump. Ostial lobe forming broad spatulate plate and two tubular chambers; posterior margin broadly U-shaped. Antrum forming membranous pouch surrounding ostial lobe. Ductus bursae narrow, of medium length, membranous. Corpus bursae membranous, half as long as ductus bursae, corpus width ca 5/3 X length of corpus bursae, ovoid, devoid of signum.
DISTRIBUTION
Philippines: Luzon (Laguna, Mountain Province, Quezon), Mindoro. Collected at altitudes between 1150 and 1650 m.
DNA BARCODING
Two MOTUs were recovered in the species delimitation analysis, one from the unique specimen sampled from Luzon and another one from the two specimens from Mindoro. A maximum p-distance of 5.4% is observed between these two clusters.
REMARKS
This species is provisionally placed here in Catoptria. In female genitalia, some characters are not consistent with such placement: The ductus bursae is not sclerotized (anterior half sclerotized in most Catoptria species), and the corpus bursae lacks a signum (one signum is present in most Catoptria species). According to Błeszyński (1965), the southernmost occuring Catoptria species was C. pandora Błeszyński, 1965, known from Yunnan province in China. This species extends the known distribution of the genus well into the Oriental region.
description: Published as part of Léger, Théo, 2024, Half of the Diversity Undescribed: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals 32 New Species and a High Cryptic Diversity in the Scopariinae and Crambinae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), pp. 1-93 in Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2) on pages 61-66, DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9527, http://zenodo.org/record/15116964