Limbobotys limbolalis ( Moore, 1877 )

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 : 342

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.2.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15372155
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scientific name	Limbobotys limbolalis ( Moore, 1877 )
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Limbobotys limbolalis ( Moore, 1877) View in CoL

( Figs. 4 View FIGURES 1–5 , 9 View FIGURES 6–10 , 13 View FIGURES 11–13 )

Asopia limbolalis Moore, 1877: 165 . TL: Port Blair, S. Andamans, India.

Limbobotys limbolalis View in CoL : Munroe & Mutuura 1970: 294–295, fig. 1.

Diagnosis. This species differs from other congeners in the genus by its small size (length of forewing 6–7 mm) and the vivid yellow ground color of the wings. In the male genitalia, the uncus is wider than in others, and the sella consists of two large, strongly sclerotized, hook-shaped lobes.

Material examined. (14 ♂): LAOS: 1 ♂, Tad Xai Waterfall (N18˚27′05.98″, E103˚08′40.06″ Alt. 321 m), 08.XI.2015 (Bae Y.S., Park B.S., Na S.M., Kim J.W., Lee D.J.), genitalia slide no. INU-7164; 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚30′11.37″, E102˚58′05.52″ Alt. 648 m), 09.XI.2016 (Bae Y.S., Park B.S., Na S.M., Kim J.W., Lee D.J.), genitalia slide no. INU-7173; 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚27′10.99″, E103˚03′41.06″ Alt. 451 m), 4.VIII.2016 (Bae Y.S., Park B.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H.), genitalia slide no. INU-7165; 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚13′18.80″, E102˚59′52.20″ Alt. 195 m), 9.VIII.2016 (Bae Y.S., Park B.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H.), genitalia slide no. INU-7166; 2 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚27′11.09″, E103˚03′40.05″ Alt. 429 m), 27.VI.2017 (Bae Y.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G.), genitalia slide no. INU-7167, 7168; 3 ♂, 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-6760, 7169, 7170; 4 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚29′43.79″, E103˚00′48.02″ Alt. 561 m), 02.VII.2017 (Bae Y.S., Na S.M., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G.), genitalia slide no. INU-7171, 7172, 7174, 7175; 1 ♂, PKK National Park (N18˚27′23.76″, E103˚03′05.15″ Alt. 470 m), 22.VII.2018 (Bae Y.S., Lee D.J., Ko J.H., Lee T.G., Jang C.M., U. Bayarsaikhan), genitalia slide no. INU-7176 .

Distribution. Laos (new record), Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, China.

Remarks. This species is newly recorded from Laos in this study. Only males examined in this study.