A new species of Patania from the Hainan Island, China (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)

By

Xu, Dan
Du, Xicui

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

614

Pages

129-135

Subjects

Diaoluo Mountain , Pyraloidea , Spilomelinae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.614.8810

 

Abstract

Patania clava sp. n. is described from the Diaoluo Mountain of Hainan Island, China. The new species is distinguished from its most similar congener, P. iopasalis (Walker, 1859), by the following features: wingspan 33.0–35.0 mm (vs. 21.0–30.0 mm), ventral cilia of the male antenna as long as the diameter of flagellomere (vs. 1/4), the thick finger-like gnathos (vs. the short broad sheet-like), a long thick needle-like cornutus stretching out from (vs. embedded in) a cluster of spicular cornuti near apex. Images of adult and genitalia of the new species are provided.