Limbobotys acanthi Zhang & Li, 2013

Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Kim, Jae Won & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2025, The genus Limbobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from Laos, with the description of a new species and a newly combined species, Zootaxa 5632 (2), pp. 337-348 : 341

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.2.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15372151
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scientific name	Limbobotys acanthi Zhang & Li, 2013
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( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1–5 , 7 View FIGURES 6–10 , 12 View FIGURES 11–13 , 17 View FIGURES 16–17 )

Limbobotys acanthi Zhang & Li, 2013: 103–106 , figs 6–10. TL: Bawangling, Hainan, China.

Diagnosis. The length of the forewing is 8–9 mm in both sexes. This species is morphologically similar to L. digitatus sp. nov., but it can be distinguished by the following characteristics: the median fascia of the forewing is zigzag, with a brown marginal shade except for a reddish-yellow oviform mark near the apex. In the male genitalia, the valva is narrower than that of L. digitatus sp. nov.; the sella is not bilobed, ovoid, setose (editum); the phallus has a spine-shaped cluster of cornuti at the apical part. In the female genitalia, the antrum is not sclerotized; the ductus bursae is narrower than that of L. digitatus sp. nov.; the corpus bursae is ovoid, lacking sclerites near the cervix of the bursae.

Material examined. (1 ♂, 1 ♀): [ LAOS] 1 ♂, 1 ♀, PKK National Park (N18˚29′43.79″, E103˚00′48.02″ Alt. 561 m), 28.VI.2017 (Bae Y.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G.), genitalia slide no. INU-7161, 7162 .

Distribution. Laos (new record), China.

Remarks. This species is recorded from Laos for the first time.