Circobotys obscuriptera 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 obscuriptera

description: <i>Circobotys obscuriptera</i> Wang, sp. nov. (Figs 12, 19, 24) Diagnosis. This species is similar to <i>C. plebeia</i> Munroe &amp; Mutuura, 1969 superficially. It can be differentiated by the broad valva with basal half narrower slightly narrower, the sacculus with a slender finger-shaped dorsal process, and the sella basally produced to end of the sacculus and forming a sharp process in the male genitalia. In <i>C. plebeia</i>, the valva is subparallel dorso-ventrally, the sacculus has a triangular dorsal process, and the sella is not produced basally to form a process. Description. Adult (Fig. 12) wingspan 24.0–30.0 mm. Vertex and frons dark yellowish brown. Labial palpus with first segment snowy white except tinged with brown dorsally; second segment dark yellowish brown except tinged with white ventrally; third segment dark yellowish brown. Maxillary palpus brown. Antenna dark grayish brown. Tegula and thorax dark yellowish brown. Abdomen ventrally pale brown, dorsally dark brown except white on posterior margin of each segment. Forewing broad triangular; costal margin straight except slightly arched before apex; apex slightly curved downward; termen obliquely truncate, shorter than length of dorsal margin; dorsal margin almost straight. Ground color dark yellowish brown, patterns blackish brown: antemedian line from basal 1/3 of costal margin to basal 2/5 of dorsal margin, almost straight; orbicular stigma rounded, small, not obvious in some individuals; distal discoidal stigma somewhat semilunate; postmedian line from basal 3/4 of costal margin to basal 2/5 of R 5, then to middle of CuA 2 through middle of M 2, M 3 and CuA 1, arched outward, finally to basal 2/3 of dorsal margin, serrate; terminal line blackish brown, sinuate. Hindwing dark yellowish brown, area covered by forewing yellowish white; termen arched; postmedian line brown, from basal 2/3 of costal margin to CuA 2. Cilia of wings yellow, basal line buff; apex of forewing with dark brown cilia. Ventral patterns of wings more distinct. Male genitalia (Fig. 19). Uncus broad at base, gradually narrowed to middle, distal half almost uniformly narrow, produced to a short spine apically. Valva broad, basal half slightly narrower than distal half, bluntly rounded at apex; costa somewhat concave before middle, distal 1/6 narrow, apically reaching distal 1/5 of costal valva; sacculus with a slender finger-shaped dorsal process at basal 1/3; sella broad basally, extending to end of sacculus and forming a slender sharp process, hook-shaped distally. Juxta anchor-shaped, posterior and lateral margins concave medially. Phallus short, approximately half length of valva, with a bundle of spines. Female genitalia (Fig. 24). Apophyses anteriores about 2 times as long as apophyses posteriores. Anntrum produced backward laterally, forming a pair of rabbit ear-shaped plates widending posteriorly. Ductus bursae with broad sclerite throughout posterior 1/4; sclerite gradually broadened anteriorly, with dentations on anterior end, with roundly inflated bursa protruding from anterior end. Signum sharp at both ends of transversal median carina, posterior margin sharp, anterior margin flat. Material examined. Holotype &amp;male;, Yonghong Village, Mabian County (28º33′N, 103º24′E; elev. 1500 m), Sichuan, 23 July 2004, coll. Yingdang Ren, genitalia slide No. GQ 11188. Paratypes. 1&amp;female;, same data as holotype; 1&amp;male;, Guadun (27º44′N, 117º38′E; elev. 1100 m), Fujian, 28 July 2008, coll. Weichun Li <i>et al.</i>; 1&amp;male; 2&amp;female;, Pingbaying, Xianfeng County (29º24′N, 108º59′E; elev. 1280 m), Hubei, 22 July 1999, coll. Houhun Li; 1&amp;female;, Xunyangba, Ningshan County (33º32′N, 108º32′E; elev. 1360 m), Shaanxi, 3 July 2007, coll. Haili Yu. Distribution. China (Fujian, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan). Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin <i>obscurus</i>, meaning dark, and the suffix - <i>pterus</i>, meaning wing, referring to the dark wings.
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 204-206, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201818, http://zenodo.org/record/5366416