Circobotys minutimacularis 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 minutimacularis

description: <i>Circobotys minutimacularis</i> Wang, sp. nov. (Figs 11, 18) Diagnosis. This species is similar to <i>C. plebeia</i> Munroe &amp; Mutuura, 1969 superficially. It can be differentiated by the uncus with distal part not so long and sharp as its congeners, the valva widest at basal 2/3 and gradually narrowed toward base and apex, the juxta with a pair of short posterolateral lobes, and the absence of the cornutus. In <i>C. plebeia</i>, the distal 2/3 of the uncus is extremely long and sharp at apex, the valva is subparallel dorso-ventrally, the juxta doesn’t form posterolateral lobes, and the cornutus is spine-like. Description. Adult (Fig. 11) wingspan 26.2–27.2 mm. Vertex and frons yellowish brown. Labial palpus with first and second segments white ventrally, yellowish brown dorsally; third segment yellowish brown. Maxillary palpus pale yellowish brown. Antenna dark yellowish brown. Tegula and thorax dark yellowish brown. Abdomen ventrally pale yellowish brown, dorsally dark yellowish brown except white on posterior margin of each segment. Forewing triangular, slightly narrowed; costal margin with basal half straight, dark brown, distal half slightly arched, deep yellow; apex curved downward; termen obliquely truncate, shorter than length of dorsal margin; dorsal margin arched before apex; tornus with a small yellow spot. Ground color dark yellowish brown, pattern dark brown; orbicular stigma a round small dot; distal discoidal stigma lineshaped, thick and slightly excurved; postmedian line faint, starting from basal 3/4 of costal margin, becoming invisible posteriorly; cilia of forewing yellow, with a dark yellowish brown subbasal line, tinged with dark brown on termen posteriorly and on tornus. Hindwing without patterns, termen arched; cilia yellow, with discontinuous dark brown subbasal line. Ventral patterns more distinct. Forewing with postmedian line from basal 3/4 of costal margin to basal 1/3 of M 1, then excurved straightly to basal 1/3 of CuA 1, and obliquely to basal 1/3 of 1A, invisible posteriorly. Hindwing with postmedian line from basal 2/3 of costal margin oblique to 1/4 of CuA 1, finally to 1/3 of 2A through 1/3 of CuA 2. Male genitalia (Fig. 18). Uncus triangular, produced to a short distal spine. Valva broad, widest at basal 2/3, gradually narrowed toward base and apex, apex narrowly rounded, ventral margin sinuate; costa slightly concave at base, reaching basal 2/3 of costal valva, ending with a pointed tip; sacculus with an extremely large triangular dorsal process, reaching beyond base of sella apically; sella hook-shaped, broad at base. Juxta with posterior, anterior and lateral margins concave medially, forming a pair of short bifid posterolateral lobes; outer edge more sclerotized than inner edge. Phallus slightly shorter than valva, without distinct cornutus; vesica with a granulous sclerite. Female unknown. Material examined. Holotype &amp;male;, Mt. Hualong, Ankang (32º12′N, 109º21′E; elev. 2150 m), Shaanxi, 27 June 2003, coll. Haili Yu, genitalia slide No. GQ 11231. Paratype. 1&amp;male;, same data as holotype. Distribution. China (Shaanxi). Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin <i>minutus</i>, meaning diminished, and the Latin word <i>macularis</i>, meaning spot, referring to the small yellow spot at the tornus 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 page 204, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201818, http://zenodo.org/record/5366416