Gargela polyacantha Li, 2019

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 : 42

Gargela polyacantha Li, 2019

Figs. 30 , 89 , 147 .

Gargela polyacantha W. Li in Yang et al., 2019, pp. 2200–2102, figs. 1, 2, 5, 6. Type locality: China, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Mengla County, 21°29´N, 101°33´N

MATERIAL

1 ♂, 3 ♀ (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/ 10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh).

SIMILAR SPECIES

Gargela minuta Song et al., 2009 .

DIAGNOSIS

In Gargela polyacantha , the median line is regularly arched and predominantly ocher ( Fig. 30 ), while it is S-shaped and dark brown in Gargela minuta and G. acutibrachium sp. n. In male genitalia ( Fig. 89 ), the medial dorsal bump of the costal process is less pronounced than in Gargela minuta ; the distal part is abutted to the valva, while it is separated from it in Gargela minuta . In female genitalia ( Fig. 147 ), the basal half of ductus bursae is covered with dense tiny spines, and the corpus bursae is globular with two thorn-shaped signa ( Yang et al., 2019).

DISTRIBUTION

CHINA: Guizhou, Yunnan. PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Batangas, Zambales). Collected at altitudes between 150 and 250 m.

DNA BARCODING

The highest intraspecific p-distance of 0.8% is found between specimens MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL09-D09 and MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL08-H05, both from Zambales mountains in Luzon.

REMARKS

This is the first record of this species from the Philippines.

Figures

Figs 24-31. Wings of Glaucocharis and Gargela species. Fig. 24. Glaucocharis uncusellus sp. n., ♀, paratype, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_343871, right wing. Fig. 25. Glaucocharis kayumanggi sp. n., ♀, paratype, specimen coll.mfnberlin.de_u_bd83a4, right wing, female. Fig. 26. Glaucocharis kabundukanis sp. n., ♀, paratype, specimen coll.mfnberlin.de_u_a83ca0, left wing (mirrored), male. Fig. 27. Gargela minuta Song, Chen & Wu, 2009, ♀, specimen coll.mfnberlin.de_u_3b4d30, right wing. Fig. 28. Gargela aculea sp. n., ♀, paratype, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_613e87, right half. Fig. 29. Gargela acutibrachium sp. n., ♂, paratype, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_9c8b85, right wing. Fig. 30. Gargela polyacantha Li, 2019, ♂, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_97a0ae, left side (mirrored). Fig. 31. Gargela xanthocasis (Meyrick, 1897), ♂, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_fff00c, right wing.

Figs 88-93. Male genitalia of Gargela and Ancylolomia species. Fig. 88. Gargela acutibrachium sp. n., paratype, slide TL1205♂. Fig. 89. Gargela polyacantha Li, 2019, slide TL1206♂. Fig. 90. Gargela xanthocasis (Meyrick, 1897), slide TL1235♂. Fig. 91. Gargela bidentella sp. n., holotype, slide TL1325♂. Fig. 92. Ancylolomia chrysographellus (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844), adapted from fig. 1, p. 29 of Bleszynski (1970b). Fig. 93. Ancylolomia orchidea Bleszynski, 1970, slide TL1221♂.

Figs 144-147. Female genitalia of Glaucocharis and Gargela species. Fig. 144. Glaucocharis sp., slide TL1081♀. Fig. 145. Gargela minuta Song, Chen & Wu, 2009, TL1058♀. Fig. 146. Gargela aculea sp. n., paratype, slide TL1049♀. Fig. 147. Gargela polyacantha Li, 2019, slide TL1371♀.