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Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Southeast Asia Новые И Малоизвестные Виды Рода Casmara Walker, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) Из Юго-Восточной Азии

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Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Southeast Asia Новые И Малоизвестные Виды Рода Casmara Walker, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) Из Юго-Восточной Азии ZOOSYSTEMATICA ROSSICA, 22(1): 107–110 25 JUNE 2013 New and little known species of the genus Casmara Walker, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Southeast Asia Новые и малоизвестные виды рода Casmara Walker, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) из Юго-Восточной Азии A.L. LVOVSKY А.Л. ЛЬВОВСКИЙ A.L. Lvovsky, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg 199034, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] Two new species of the genus Casmara Walker, C. nedoshivinae sp. nov. and C. subagronoma sp. nov. are described from Vietnam, China and Indonesia. Casmara exculta (Meyrick, 1914) is recorded from Vietnam and Indonesia for the first time. Два новых вида из рода Casmara Walker, C. nedoshivinae sp. nov. и C. subagronoma sp. nov., описываются из Вьетнама, Китая и Индонезии. Casmara exculta (Meyrick, 1914) впервые указывается для фауны Вьетнама и Индонезии. Key words: moths, taxonomy, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae, Casma ra, new species Ключевые слова: моли, таксономия, Вьетнам, Китай, Индонезия, Lepidoptera, Oecopho- ridae, Casmara, новые виды INTRODUCTION these species are characterized by the fol- lowing characters of external structure: The genus Casmara Walker, 1863, belongs wingspan 29–60 mm; proboscis absent; la- to subfamily Oecophorinae. Hitherto it was bial palpi upcurved; second segment longer represented by 19 species distributed in Ko- or much longer than terminal one; hind legs rea, Japan, China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, ordinary, not extremely long as in Ashinaga Indonesia and New Guinea (Meyrick, 1907, Matsumura, 1929 and Lactistica Meyrick, 1914, 1922, 1931; Caradja & Meyrick, 1934; 1907. Venation is common for Oecophori- Gaede, 1938–1939; Bradley, 1953; Clarke, dae: forewing with R4 and R5 stalked; hind- 1963; Diakonoff, 1966; Moriuti, 1982, 1985; wing with R and M1 separate. Male genitalia Robinson et al., 1994; Wang, 2006; Byun et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2012). Only one spe- are characterized by the following features: cies, C. regalis Diakonoff, 1966, was pointed uncus conical; gnathos with a beak-shaped out from Australia (Common, 1996). To date apical part; valva broad and sclerotized at no species was known from Vietnam. base with faintly sclerotized cucculus and rounded apex; sacculus sclerotized, free dis- TAXONOMY tally; aedeagus with caulis joined with juxta. In female genitalia, the ovipositor is short, Order LEPIDOPTERA antrum and distal part of ductus bursae are Family OECOPHORIDAE usually sclerotized, ductus seminalis is con- nected with ductus bursae in middle part Subfamily OECOPHORINAE of latter duct or near antrum, and signum is Casmara Walker, 1863 absent or present. The genus is very close to The moths of this genus are rather large Epimecyntis Meyrick, 1924 but differs in a insects with narrow and long wings as well narrow second segment of palpi lacking wide as with brushes of dense scales on legs. Also brush of dense scales. © 2013 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Scienсes 108 A.L. LVOVSKY. SPECIES OF THE GENUS CASMARA Casmara nedoshivinae sp. nov. (1/2 the length of the rest part of gnathos), (Fig. 1) and cornutus longer (1/3 the length of ae- deagus). Holotype. Male; Central Vietnam, Thua Etymology. The species is named after Thien Hue Prov., A Ruang, 16°04´N, 107°29´E, Svetlana Nedoshivina, a collector of holo- 663 m, 24–27 April 2009, leg. S. Nedoshivina (genital preparate No. 17602). Holotype at Zoo- type. logical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg. Casmara subagronoma sp. nov. Paratype. Male; China, Guangdong Prov., (Fig. 2) Guangzhou (“Canton”), 10 July 1918, leg. R. Mell (genital preparate No. 69). Paratype at Holotype. Male; North Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Museum of Natural History, Humboldt Univer- Prov., Ngoc Thanh Vill., Me Linh Biostation, sity, Berlin. 60 m, 21°23´N, 105°43´E; 1–4 May 2009, leg. Description. Forewing length 14–15 mm; S. Nedoshivina (genital preparate No. 17603). wingspan 31–33 mm. Head with white and Holotype at Zoological Institute, Russian Acad- brown narrow scales; antenna white with emy of Sciences, St Petersburg. Paratype. Male; Indonesia, “Sumatra sept., small brown triangles on sides; second seg- Tobasee-Ostseite, Holzweg, 1200 m, zw. Sianter ment of labial palpi slightly longer than und Prapat, 22.5.1982, leg. Dr. Diehl” (genital terminal one, with brown and white scales; preparate No. 18, det. Lvovsky). Paratype at terminal segment of these palpi white with Zoological State Collection, Munich. brown belt near apex. Forewing brown with Description. Forewing length 15–16 mm; dark brown marks, large pale gray spot near wingspan 33–35 mm. Head with white and outer margin having black anterior border, dark brown narrow scales; antenna light three white transversal streaks in middle, brown; second segment of labial palpi some and some pink scales at 1/4 and at 2/3 of longer than terminal one, with dark brown costal margin. Hindwing gray. and white scales; terminal segment white Male genitalia (Fig. 1). Gnathos with with black belt near apex. Forewing brown broad basal part (before conical promi- with dark brown marks, large pale gray spot nence); its apical part beak-shaped and near outer margin having black anterior narrow. Valva broad at base and narrow at border, white spot near base, three white apex; cucullus oblong and rather narrow. transversal streaks at middle, and some pink Free distal part of sacculus very short. Ae- scales at 1/4 and at middle of wing as well as deagus very long and strongly bent, with at 3/4 of its costal margin. Hindwing gray. long caulis. Cornutus curved, with thorn at Male genitalia (Fig. 2). Gnathos with middle, 1/7–1/10 length of aedeagus. broad basal part and with very short and Diagnosis. The new species is simi- narrow beak-shaped apical part. Valva lar to Casmara longiclavata Wang, 2012, broad at base, with somewhat oblong cuc- described from China, but can be distin- culus. Free distal part of sacculus very guished by a large pale gray spot near the short. Aedeagus medium-sized, bent, with outer margin of forewing restricted by a long caulis and long longitudinal notch of anterior narrow black border (in Casmara distal half. One hook-shaped cornutus situ- longiclavata, the gray spot more narrow and ated near base of this notch in middle part restricted by an anterior triangular fuscous of aedeagus. spot). Male genitalia of the new species dif- Diagnosis. The new species is similar fer in a long narrow apical part of gnathos to Casmara agronoma Meyrick, 1931, de- (2/3 the length of the rest part of gnathos) scribed from China, but can be distinguished and a short cornutus (1/7–1/10 the length by a large pale grey spot near the outer mar- of aedeagus). Whereas Casmara longiclava- gin of forewing (this spot is absent in brown ta has narrow apical part of gnathos shorter wing of C. agronoma). Male genitalia of the © 2013 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Scienсes, Zoosystematica Rossica 22(1): 107–110 A.L. LVOVSKY. SPECIES OF THE GENUS CASMARA 109 Figs 1–2. Casmara, male genitalia. 1, C. nedoshivinae sp. nov., holotype; 2, C. subagronoma sp. nov., holotype. new species differ in a narrow apical part of 1994), Vietnam, Indonesia. The species is gnathos (1/3 the length of the rest part of recorded from Vietnam and Indonesia for gnathos) and a long notch at the distal half the first time. of aedeagus which is approximately equal to half of the aedeagus length. Whereas in C. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS agronoma, narrow apical part of gnathos is 1/2 the length of the rest part of gnathos, I am grateful to Svetlana Nedoshivina and the notch in the distal part of aedeagus from the State Pedagogical University of Uly- ü shorter than half of the aedeagus length. anovsk, Dr. Wolfram Mey from “Museum f r Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Ber- Etymology. The species name is derived lin”, and Dr. Axel Hausmann from “Zoologisches from the Latin name Casmara agronoma, Staatssammlung München” for the provision referring to the similarity of the two species. of the specimens examined The study was sup- ported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Re- Casmara exculta (Meyrick, 1914) search (project No. 11-04-01119) and Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Russian Fed- Specimens examined. 1 male; Central Viet- eration. nam, Thua Thien Hue Prov., A Ruang, 16°04´N, ´ 107°29 E, 663 m, 24–27 April 2009, leg. REFERENCES S. Nedoshivina; 1 male; Indonesia, North Suma- tra, Prapat, 1150 m, 28 May–1 July 1984, leg. E. Bradley J.D. 1953. A new species of Casmara Diehl. Walker, 1863, from Malaya – (Lepidoptera: Distribution. India (Assam) (Meyrick, Oecophoridae). Annals and Magazine of 1914), Thailand, Malaysia (Robinson et al., Natural History, 6: 319–320. © 2013 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Scienсes, Zoosystematica Rossica 22(1): 107–110 110 A.L. LVOVSKY. SPECIES OF THE GENUS CASMARA Byun B.K., Park Y.M., Sora K., Lee B.W. & Meyrick E. 1914. Oecophoridae. Exotic Micro- Bang N. 2012. Notes on Casmara agronoma lepidoptera, 1(8): 225–256. Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) in Meyrick E. 1922. Oecophoridae. Exotic Micro- Korea. Entomological Research, 42(5): 281– lepidoptera, 2(17): 513–544. 283. Meyrick E. 1931. In: Caradja A. Second contri- Caradja A. & Meyrick E. 1934. Materialien bution to our knowledge about the Pyralidae zu einer Microlepidopteren-Fauna Kwang- and Microlepidoptera of Kwanhsien. Bulletin tungs. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift de la Section Scientifique de l’Académie Rou- “Iris”, 48: 28–43. maine, 14: 62–75. Clarke J.F.G. 1963. Catalogue of the type speci- Moriuti S. 1982. 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