Calamotropha nigripunctella
Creators: name: Kim, Yongnam
name: Qi, Mujie
name: Wang, Shuxia
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Calamotropha
Calamotropha nigripunctella

description: Calamotropha nigripunctella (Leech, 1889)
(Figs 19, 41, 61)
Crambus nigripunctellus Leech, 1889: 107. TL: China (Zhejiang). TD: NHMUK.
Crambus hoenei Caradja, 1935: 23. TL: China (Zhejiang). TD: MINGA.
Calamotropha flaviguttella Inoue, 1959: 234.
Calamotropha nigripunctella (Leech): Bleszynski, 1961: 186.
Material examined. Fujian: 1♁, Mt. Wuyi (27.76°N, 117.65°E), 1010 m, 10.VIII.2020, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN21283; 1♁, Tongmu Village (27.81°N, 117.71°E), 1090 m, 12.VIII.2020, leg. MJ Qi et al., slide No. KYN21284; Guangdong: 1♁, Mt. Babao (24.85°N, 113.10°E), Shaoguan, 980 m, 19. Ⅴ.2021, leg. XH Zuo, slide No. KYN21298; Guizhou: 2♁, Mt. Leigong (26.37°N, 108.20°E), 1553 m, 1.VIII.2018, ML Zheng et al., slide No. KYN21295; Hubei: 2♁ 3♀, Suitian County (30.19°N, 115.69°E), 570 m, 2.VII.2014, leg. W Guan et al., slide No. KYN21243♁; Sichuan: 3♁ 5♀, Longcanggou (29.63°N, 102.87°E), Xingjing, 1388 m, 18.VII.2021, leg. S Yu et al., slide Nos. KYN21199♁, KYN21198 ♀; 4♁, Mt. Qingshan (30.92°N, 103.50°E), Doujiangyan, 860 m, 10.VII.2021, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. KYN21200; Zhejiang: 2♁, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmu, 1000m, 28.VII.2011, leg. LL Yang et al., slide No. KYN20369; 4♁, Longwantan (28.22°N, 120.52°E), Yongjia County, 127m, 21.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. KYN20373; 2♁, Linkeng Village (28.32°N, 120.42°E), Yongjia, 387 m, 26.VIII.2016, leg. QY Wang et al., slide No. KYN21237; 2♁ 1♀, Baishanzu Nature Reserve (29.34°N, 119.13°E), Qingyuan, 1149 m, 13.VIII.2016, leg. QY Wang et al., slide No. KYN21234♁; 1♁, Mt. Jiuing (28.40°N, 118.84°E), 430 m, 7.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin et al., slide No. KYN21241; 2♁, Huangtanyu (28.39°N, 118.84°E), Mt. Jiuling, 467 m, 3–9.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin et al., 2♁, Yanping (28.38°N, 119.89°E), Mt. Jiuling, 530 m, 4.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin et al.
Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 19) wingspan 16.5–24.5 mm. Calamotropha nigripunctella is diagnosed by the medial fascia of the white forewing bearing a short and wide black medial band, and the terminal margin with three black dots; in the male genitalia by the gnathos with a triangular dorsal process at distal 1/3, the valva with a dorsoapical process bearing a few spines, and the vesica with a row of spiniform cornuti (Fig. 41); in the female genitalia by the ductus bursae slightly broadened posteriorly (Fig. 61). Calamotropha nigripunctella is similar to C. brevilinella (South, 1901) superficially, and the differences between them are stated in the diagnoses of C. brevilinella.
Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), South Korea, Japan.
description: Published as part of Kim, Yongnam, Qi, Mujie, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2023, Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, pp. 451-482 in Zootaxa 5297 (4) on pages 465-466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8009006