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Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum of Zoology, Koenigsbruecker Landstrasse 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany
Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Scopariinae Scoparia Sineudonia new species new record China

Abstract

Scoparia Haworth, 1811 is revised from China with a total of twenty-six species. Sineudonia Leraut, 1986 syn. n. is synonymized with Scoparia and its type species, Scoparia brunnea (Leraut, 1986) comb. n. is transferred from Sineudonia to this genus. Scoparia isochroalis Hampson, 1907 syn. n. is synonymized with S. congestalis Walker, 1859 and Scoparia kiangensis Leraut, 1986 syn. n. is synonymized with S. spinata Inoue, 1982. Six species are described as new: Scoparia spinosa sp. n., S. jiuzhaiensis sp. n., S. uncinata sp. n., S. brevituba sp. n., S. bifaria sp. n. and S. largispinea sp. n. Scoparia ancipitella (La Harpe, 1855), S. afghanorum Leraut, 1985 and S. utsugii Inoue, 1994 are recorded for the first time in China. Scoparia metaleucalis Hampson, 1907, S. caradjai Leraut, 1986 and S. sinensis Leraut, 1986 are redescribed. The previously unknown male of S. caradjai Leraut, 1986 and the female of S. metaleucalis Hampson, 1907 are described for the first time. Images of wing pattern and genitalia of new and redescribed species are provided. The occurrence of S. basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866 and S. molestalis Inoue, 1982 in China is falsified. The occurrence of S. ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829), S. molestalis Inoue, 1982, S. murificalis Walker, 1859, S. vinotinctalis Hampson, 1896 in China could not be verified. The identification of S. stoetzneri Caradja, 1927 and S. submedinella Caradja, 1927 remains unknown as the type specimens are currently untraceable.

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