Ancylolomia Hübner, 1825

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), Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2), pp. 1-93 : 44

Ancylolomia Hübner, 1825

Ancylolomia Hübner, 1825 n: 363.

Type species: Tinea palpella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

= Acylolomia Hampson, 1919 b: 143

= Jartheza Walker, 1863 b: 183 . Type species: Chilo chrysographellus Kollar, [1844] 1848

= Tollia Amsel, 1949 b: 280 . Type species: Crambus pectinatellus Zeller, 1847 .

DIAGNOSIS

Ancylolomia was revised by Bleszynski (1970b); however, he did not provide a definition of the genus. A definition is provided by Bassi (2013). Ancylolomia can be recognized by the following characters of the forewing: ground color pale brown with longitudinal tawny stripes often with dark brown and silver shiny scales; subterminal line shiny silver, rather straight; submarginal row of brown to grey spots; in many species termen concave near M1-M2. Male genitalia have the following characters: uncus beak-shaped, relatively short, in some species with dorsal horns, apex pointing downwards; gnathos slightly longer than uncus, beak-shaped, apex pointing upwards; phallus with ductus ejaculatorius at anterior end of phallus ( Landry, 1995; Léger et al., 2019; pers. obs.). Female genitalia with papillae anales not coalesced dorsally and ventrally; posterior and anterior apophyses very short; sterigma present; ductus bursae very short, often with small scattered sclerites, barely demarcated from corpus bursae in most species; corpus bursae elongate, without signa ( Bassi, 2013; Bleszynski, 1970a; pers. obs.).

DISTRIBUTION

Known from the Afrotropical, Palearctic, Oriental, and Australasian regions. Three species are reported from the Philippines: Ancylolomia chrysographellus (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844) , Ancylolomia orchidea Bleszynski, 1970 , and Ancylolomia westwoodi Zeller, 1863 .

PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS

Ancylolomia belongs to the Ancylolomiini ( Léger et al., 2019).