Scoparia abo Léger, 2024

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 : 7

Scoparia abo Léger , sp. n.

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Figs. 06, 62.

MATERIAL

Holotype: ♂ (DNA voucher MFNLEP1178 , genitalia on slide TL1487♂; BOLD sample ID PYPHI090-21, Genbank Accession Number PP196776 ). PHILIPPINES: Negros, Mt Talinis , shore of lake Nailig, 9.247706° N, 123.174851° E, 1580 m, 10-11.08.2012 (collector unknown). Deposited in SMNS .

SIMILAR SPECIES

Scoparia philippinensis (Hampson, 1917) .

DIAGNOSIS

The grey forewing with the marked postmedian white Xshaped pattern is similar to that of S. philippinensis . In male genitalia, the two long, slender cornuti allow to separate this species from other Scoparia from the Philippines. No female specimen could confidently be assigned to this species.

HABITUS (FIG. 06)

Forewing length 6.5 mm (n = 1), ground color dark brown. Base white. Two antemedian white lines originating from costal 1/5, one running down to dorsum 1/5, the other one running down to dorsum 1/3. Large median transverse white patch. Postmedian line white, forming marked Xshaped pattern with median and subterminal markings. Subterminal area with marked patch near apex and tornus. Margin white. Fringes chequered white and light brown.

MALE GENITALIA ( FIG. 62 )

Uncus 3/4 X tegumen arm length, triangular, laterally setose, apex pointed. Gnathos projection about 4/3 of uncus length, slender, with tip pointing downwards. Valva dorsal margin slightly convex, ventral process marked, apex rounded. Vesica with two large cornuti of 430 μm.

FEMALE GENITALIA

Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION

PHILIPPINES: Mindanao (Davao Oriental: Mt Agtuuganon). Collected at an altitude of 1050 m.

DNA BARCODING

Three MOTUs for Scoparia abo were identified in the species delimitation analysis for Mindanao, Mindoro, and Negros. The MOTU from Mindoro, which includes specimens superficially resembling S. abo sp. n., is represented by one single female. The maximum intraspecific p-distance of 7.6% is found between samples MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-C01 from Mindanao (Davao Oriental) and the two specimens from Negros.

ETYMOLOGY

From the Tagalog “abo ,” ash, referring to the color of the forewings.

REMARKS

Female specimen with identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_822d89 from Mindoro looks very similar in wing pattern. Examination of male specimens from this locality is needed in order to confirm whether this haplotype is conspecific or not.

Figures

Figs 58-63. Male genitalia of Scoparia species. Fig. 58. Scoparia meyi Nuss, 1998, slide TL933♂. Fig. 59. Scoparia monticola Nuss, 1998, slide TL1043♂. Fig. 60. Scoparia philippinensis (Hampson, 1917), slide TL902♂. Fig. 61. Scoparia luzonensis sp. n., paratype, slide TL941♂. Fig. 62. Scoparia abo sp. n., slide TL1487♂. Fig. 63. Scoparia masiita sp. n., holotype, slide TL1039♂.