Culladia evae Bleszynski, 1970

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 : 67

Culladia evae Bleszynski, 1970

Fig. 168 .

Culladia evae Bleszynski, 1970: 55 , fig. 20. Type locality: Luzon, Manil[l]a.

MATERIAL

No material of this species was examined.

DIAGNOSIS

This species is similar in habitus to other Culladia species but can be differentiated by the antrum pouch; the broad, medium-sized, wrinkled ductus bursae; and the corpus bursae devoid of signum in the female genitalia ( Fig. 168 ).

DISTRIBUTION

CHINA: Hainan; INDONESIA: Java, Papua; PALAU; PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Laguna, Rizal).

REMARKS

This species is described from female specimens only. Błeszyński examined specimens from Rizal, Montalban (1 ♀), Mount Makiling (1 ♀), and Los Banos (3 ♀).

Figures

Figs 168-171. Female genitalia of Culladia species. Fig. 168. Culladia evae Bleszynski, 1970, adapted from fig. 20, p. 54 of Bleszynski (1970a). Fig. 169. Culladia suffusella Hampson, 1896, adapted from fig. 21, p. 54 of Bleszynski (1970a). Fig. 170. Culladia tonkinella Bleszynski, 1970, adapted from fig. 9, p. 46 of Bleszynski (1970a). Fig. 171. Culladia pseudoscoparia sp. n., paratype, slide TL909♀.