Sufetula oculalis Muller, Hayden & Leger 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Müller, Anne
name: Hayden, James
name: Lees, David C.
name: Léger, Théo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Sufetula
Sufetula oculalis

description: Sufetula oculalis Müller, Hayden & Léger, sp. nov.
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FDD6D9D5-3DE6-4051-AECD-ACDB F3CED9D8
(Figures 18, 31, 53)
Material examined. Holotype. ♀. PHILIPPINES: Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Mount Halcon, Mount Halcon; 13.32 ǫN 120.90 ǫE; 1300m; 15-17 Jan. 1998; W. Mey, W. Speidel leg.; DNA voucher MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL11-D08; genitalia slide TL1420F; specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_24e965 (MfN). Paratype. 1 ♀; specimen identifier NHMUK013699660. Detailed information in Table S1.
Diagnosis. The conspicuous ocellus-like median discoidal spot of the forewing (Figure 18) unambiguously separates this species from its congeners. In the female genitalia (Figure 53), the long tubular colliculum and the short ductus with sclerotised spicules in the distal half differentiate this species from other Lathrotelinae.
Description. Wings (Figure 18). Forewing ground colour brown. Antemedian area with three white blotches. Antemedian line wide, white, waved on radial and cubital veins. Median area with three white spots: one in proximal half of discal cell, one proximally between Cu and anal fold, and one distally between Cu and fold. Distal discoidal patch forming white ocellus with dark brown center. Costa with three median white lunule-shaped spots. Postmedian line wide, J-shaped in costal half, abutted inwardly with white blotch; extended from M 2 and M 3 veins, roughly straight to dorsum, with tooth-shaped projection on or about anal fold directed toward distal white spot. Subterminal area dark brown, distally light brown. Hindwing dirty white; broad postmedian band thickly edged with dark brown, shifted inwards near dorsum. Subterminal line faded white, running parallel to median line. Tympanal organs (Figure 31). ♀. Bullae tympani 1/4 recessed posterior of ramus tympani. Saccus tympani small, 1/2 width of bulla, widest in mesal corner between bulla and pons tympani. Venulae secundae strongly bent inwards at base, then running straight towards sternum II posterior margin, nearly reaching it. Transverse ridge medially marked, straight. Male genitalia. Not known. Female genitalia (Figure 53). Posterior apophyses ca 2.3 × tergite VIII length. Anterior apophyses 2 × tergite VIII length. Antrum membranous, elongated. Colliculum four times longer than wide, tubular, sclerotised. Ductus bursae ca 2/3 × length of corpus bursae, rather straight, anterior half broader, covered with sclerotised spicules. Corpus bursae globular, posterior half covered with short, erect papillae. Signum 3/5 × corpus length, forming large patch of short, sclerotised, tooth-shaped thorns.
Distribution. Known from Mindoro at an elevation of 1300 m (Figure 55).
Etymology. From the Latin ocularis, e, ”related to the eye“, referring to the ocelli-like distal discoidal spot of the forewing.
DNA barcoding. A 313bp DNA barcode could be obtained for one single specimen (MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL11-D08).
description: Published as part of Müller, Anne, Hayden, James, Lees, David C. & Léger, Théo, 2025, Assessment of species diversity of the Lathrotelinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Philippines using morphology and DNA barcoding reveals eight new species, pp. 1-24 in Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity CLXVI (CLXVI) on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2025.01.012, http://zenodo.org/record/15396126