Limbobotys ptyophora ( Hampson, 1896 )

Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Kim, Jae Won & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2025, The genus Limbobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from Laos, with the description of a new species and a newly combined species, Zootaxa 5632 (2), pp. 337-348 : 341

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scientific name	Limbobotys ptyophora ( Hampson, 1896 )
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Limbobotys ptyophora ( Hampson, 1896)

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Crocidophora ptyophora Hampson, 1896: 389 View in CoL , fig. 210. TL: Sikkim, India. Tenasserim, Myanmar.

Limbobotys ptyophora : Kirti, 1997: 2–4.

Diagnosis. The length of the forewing is 11–12 mm in both sexes. This species is similar to L. digitatus sp. nov., in wing pattern, but it can be distinguished by the following characteristics: the forewing has a brown marginal shade (a brown subterminal band in L. digitatus sp. nov.). In the male genitalia, the sella is caniniform (irregularly oviform and digitate in L. digitatus sp. nov.); the phallus is straight (weakly curved in L. digitatus sp. nov.). In the female genitalia, the antrum is membranous (strongly sclerotized in L. digitatus sp. nov.), and the corpus bursae is ovoid (kidney-shaped in L. digitatus sp. nov.), with large sclerites near the cervix of the bursae (small sclerites in L. digitatus sp. nov.).

Material examined. (25 ♂, 10 ♀): [ LAOS] 1 ♂, Tad Xai Waterfall (N18˚24′42.81″, E103˚04′18.70″ Alt. 206 m), 10.XI.2015 (Bae Y.S., Park B.S., Na S.M., Kim J.W., Lee D.J.), genitalia slide no. INU-7158; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, PKK National Park (N18˚27′10.99″, E103˚03′41.06″ Alt. 451 m), 4.VIII.2016 (Bae Y.S., Park B.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H.), genitalia slide no. INU-6756, 7152, 7153, 7154, 7159; 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚27′18.20″, E103˚03′17.60″ Alt. 465 m), 5.VIII.2016 (Bae Y.S., Park B.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H.); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, PKK National Park (N18˚27′9.78″, E103˚03′42.62″ Alt. 445 m), 6.VIII.2016 (Bae Y.S., Park B.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H.), genitalia slide no. INU-7155, 7156; 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚27′11.09″, E103˚03′40.05″ Alt. 429 m), 27.VI.2017 (Bae Y.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G.); 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚29′43.79″, E103˚00′48.02″ Alt. 561 m), 28.VI.2017 (Bae Y.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G.), genitalia slide no. INU-7177; 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚27′11.9″, E103˚03′40.05″ Alt. 452 m), 03.VII.2017 (Bae Y.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G.); 11 ♂, 3 ♀, PKK National Park (N18˚27′11.9″, E103˚03′40.05″ Alt. 452 m), 21.VII.2018 (Bae Y.S., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G., Jang C.M., U. Bayarsaikhan), genitalia slide no. INU-6753, INU-6754; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, PKK National Park (N18˚27′23.76″, E103˚03′05.15″ Alt. 470 m), 22.VII.2018 (Bae Y.S., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G., Jang C.M., U. Bayarsaikhan); 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚25′11.75″, E103˚05′12.59″ Alt. 290 m), 29.VIII.2018 (Bae Y.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G., Jang C.M.); 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚27′23.76″, E103˚03′05.15″ Alt. 470 m), 27.VII.2019 (Bae Y.S., Qi M.J., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G., Cha Y.B., Jang C.M.) .