Scoparia spadix Nuss, 1998

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Scoparia spadix Nuss, 1998

Figs. 01, 69.

Scoparia spadix Nuss, 1998, p. 490 , figs. 3, 11–12. Type locality: Philippines: Mindanao, Mt Agtuuganon, 1050 m.

MATERIAL

Holotype: ♂ (specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_dbcbce, DNA voucher MFNLEP1084 , genitalia on slide TL1272M). PHILIPPINES: Mindanao, Mt Agtuuganon , 1050 m, 28.v-7.vi.1996, leg. Mey. Deposited in MfN .

Paratypes: 2 ♂ (specimen identifiers coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_6a6cf9, ce35bd) (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh) .

Other specimens examined: 7 ♂, 13 ♀ (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh) .

SIMILAR SPECIES

Scoparia ifugaoensis sp. n.

DIAGNOSIS

Scoparia spadix can be separated from its congeners by the ocher antemedian and postmedian bands edged with white, contrasting with the dark brown ground color in the forewing (Fig. 01). Scoparia spadix shares with S. aenea sp. n. the antemedian and postmedian ocher bands but lacks the conspicuous white median diffuse patch observed in S. aenea sp. n. In male genitalia ( Fig. 69 ), the short triangular uncus and the elongate gnathos curved downwards is also observed in S. philippinensis , S. noacki , and S. ifugaoensis sp. n. From these species, S. spadix can be recognized by the five elongate curved cornuti on the vesica. Females are unknown.

DISTRIBUTION

INDONESIA: Sumatra. PHILIPPINES: Leyte, Luzon (Mountain Province, Laguna), Mindoro, Mindanao (Davao Oriental). Collected at altitudes between 850 and 2100 m.

DNA BARCODING

The species delimitation analysis recovered five MOTUs for Leyte, Mindoro, and Mindanao. Unfortunately specimens from Leyte and Mindoro were only represented by females and can thus not be confidently identified as belonging to S. spadix .

REMARKS

Specimens from Mount Makiling (Laguna) and Mountain Province have a white median band on the forewing that is absent in specimens from Mindanao, the type locality. The male genitalia of specimens from Mt Makiling harbor a vesica with six long, slightly curved cornuti, while specimens from Mindanao show only five long, curvy cornuti ( S. spadix ). The single male specimen from North Luzon (Mountain Province) shows five cornuti of increasing size. Due to the low number of male specimens available from Luzon, I refrain from describing new species here.

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♂.