Scoparia ifugaoensis Léger, 2024

Scoparia ifugaoensis Léger , sp. n.

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Figs. 12, 68, 127.

MATERIAL

Holotype: ♂ (specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_68e35d, DNA voucher MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-B03 , genitalia on slide TL1026♂; BOLD sample ID PYPHI080-21, Genbank Accession Number PP196766 ). PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Benguet, Mount Tabayoc , 2350 m, 22-25.11.1997 (K. Ebert, W. Mey, M. Nuss). Deposited in MfN .

Paratypes: 3 ♀ (specimen identifiers coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_e117ac, 543b12, 1bbabf) (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh) .

SIMILAR SPECIES

Scoparia spadix Nuss, 1998 .

DIAGNOSIS

Scoparia ifugaoensis sp. n. resembles Scoparia spadix but has darker forewings (Fig. 12), while S. spadix has scattered copper scales. The male genitalia ( Fig. 68 View Figs 64-69 ) are similar to those of Scoparia aenea sp. n., but the three cornuti are of increasing size in S. ifugaoensis . The female genitalia ( Fig. 127 View Figs 124-127 ) are similar to those of Scoparia noacki (female of S. spadix is unknown) and cannot be separated from them with confidence.

HABITUS (FIG. 12)

Forewing length 6 mm (n = 1), ground color dark brown, with snow white and copper markings. Large antemedian band ocher, edged basally and distally with snow white lines. Median area dark brown scattered with snow white scales. Two distal discoidal copper patches, distally abutted with white markings. Postmedian and subterminal lines meeting at midlength, forming “X” shape, white. Margin with 6-7 white spots. Fringe dirty white. Hindwings dirty white.

MALE GENITALIA ( FIG. 68 View Figs 64-69 )

As in S. noacki except for the vesica that bears two smallsized (50 μm) and one medium-sized (90 μm) cornuti.

FEMALE GENITALIA (FIG. 127)

As in S. noacki .

DISTRIBUTION

PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Benguet, Ifugao). Collected at altitudes between 2000 and 2350 m.

DNA BARCODING

A maximum intraspecific p-distance of 3.4% is found between specimens MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-B03 (Luzon: Benguet) and MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-F02 (Luzon: Ifugao). Scoparia ifugaoensis sp. n. is recovered as sister species to Scoparia aenea sp. n. in the RAxML tree (BS = 95).