Scoparia ifugaoensis 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 : 14-15

Scoparia ifugaoensis Léger , sp. n.

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Figs. 12, 68, 127.

MATERIAL

Holotype: ♂ (specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_68e35d, DNA voucher MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-B03 , genitalia on slide TL1026♂; BOLD sample ID PYPHI080-21, Genbank Accession Number PP196766 ). PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Benguet, Mount Tabayoc , 2350 m, 22-25.11.1997 (K. Ebert, W. Mey, M. Nuss). Deposited in MfN .

Paratypes: 3 ♀ (specimen identifiers coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_e117ac, 543b12, 1bbabf) (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh) .

SIMILAR SPECIES

Scoparia spadix Nuss, 1998 .

DIAGNOSIS

Scoparia ifugaoensis sp. n. resembles Scoparia spadix but has darker forewings (Fig. 12), while S. spadix has scattered copper scales. The male genitalia ( Fig. 68 ) are similar to those of Scoparia aenea sp. n., but the three cornuti are of increasing size in S. ifugaoensis . The female genitalia ( Fig. 127 ) are similar to those of Scoparia noacki (female of S. spadix is unknown) and cannot be separated from them with confidence.

HABITUS (FIG. 12)

Forewing length 6 mm (n = 1), ground color dark brown, with snow white and copper markings. Large antemedian band ocher, edged basally and distally with snow white lines. Median area dark brown scattered with snow white scales. Two distal discoidal copper patches, distally abutted with white markings. Postmedian and subterminal lines meeting at midlength, forming “X” shape, white. Margin with 6-7 white spots. Fringe dirty white. Hindwings dirty white.

MALE GENITALIA ( FIG. 68 )

As in S. noacki except for the vesica that bears two smallsized (50 μm) and one medium-sized (90 μm) cornuti.

FEMALE GENITALIA (FIG. 127)

As in S. noacki .

DISTRIBUTION

PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Benguet, Ifugao). Collected at altitudes between 2000 and 2350 m.

DNA BARCODING

A maximum intraspecific p-distance of 3.4% is found between specimens MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-B03 (Luzon: Benguet) and MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-F02 (Luzon: Ifugao). Scoparia ifugaoensis sp. n. is recovered as sister species to Scoparia aenea sp. n. in the RAxML tree (BS = 95).

Figures

Figs 64-69. Male genitalia of Scoparia species. Fig. 64. Scoparia tenuispina sp. n., holotype, slide TL1037♂. Fig. 65. Scoparia fulvida sp. n., holotype, slide TL1013♂. Fig. 66. Scoparia noacki Nuss, 2002, slide GU Nuss 953♂. Fig. 67. Scoparia bicornuta sp. n., paratype, slide TL1035♂. Fig. 68. Scoparia ifugaoensis sp. n., holotype, slide TL1026♂. Fig. 69. Scoparia spadix Nuss, 1998, paratype, slide GU Nuss 753♂.

Figs 124-127. Female genitalia of Scoparia species. Fig. 124. Scoparia masiita sp. n., paratype, slide TL1010♀. Fig. 125. Scoparia noacki Nuss, 2002, paratype, slide GU Nuss 955♀. Fig. 126. Scoparia bicornuta sp. n., paratype, slide TL959♀. Fig. 127. Scoparia ifugaoensis sp. n., paratype, slide TL1021♀.