The new genus Purpurata (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China

By

Xue, Xin-Lei
Lu, Xiao-Qiang
Du, Xicui

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1219

Pages

175--194

Subjects

DNA barcode , identification key , Morphology , Moths , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1219.131102

 

Abstract

The male genitalia characters of four species, Botys iopasalis Walker, 1859, Pleuroptya obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998, Botys plagiatalis Walker, 1859 and Patania shompen Singh et Ahmad, 2022, placed in the genus Patania Moore, 1888 before the present study, do not conform to the diagnosis of Patania. A new genus, Purpuratagen. nov., is established for these four species, and two new species, Purpurata directasp. nov. and Purpurata luridasp. nov. are described based on their external morphology and genitalia characters. Purpurata directasp. nov. is designated as the type species of the new genus. Five species of the new genus were clearly separated from Patania species in the Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree constructed based on COI sequence data. Compared to Patania, the new genus Purpurata exhibits distinctive characters in male genitalia: the uncus is short, broad, and arc-shaped posteriorly; the gnathos is present and setose, or reduced; and the fibula is very small and setose. In addition, Patania clava (Xu & Du), syn. nov. is synonymized with Purpurata iopasaliscomb. nov. An identification key to species of the new genus is presented based on morphological characters of habitus and genitalia. Images of the habitus and genitalia are provided.