Calamotropha sp. 1 cf. oculalis

Calamotropha sp. 1 cf. oculalis

Figs. 45 View Figs 40-47 , 107 View Figs 106-111 .

MATERIAL

1 ♂ (specimen identifier coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_1e3488, DNA voucher MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-G09, genitalia on slide TL1070♂; BOLD sample ID PYPHI143-21). PHILIPPINES: Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Mount Halcon, 1300 m, 15-17.01.1998 (W. Mey, W. Speidel).

SIMILAR SPECIES

Calamotropha indica ( Błeszyński, 1961) , C. melli (Caradja, 1933) , C. oculalis (Snellen, 1893) , Calamotropha sp. 2 cf. oculalis .

DIAGNOSIS

This species ( Fig. 45 View Figs 40-47 ) is externally very similar to the four species listed above. Calamotropha oculalis is only known from female specimens, hence making comparison with the one male specimen available difficult. In male genitalia ( Fig. 107 View Figs 106-111 ), this species shares the shape of the uncus and gnathos with C. indica and C. melli ; however, the conspicuous, ventral, spine-like projections of the valva apex separates this species confidently from the two others.

DISTRIBUTION

PHILIPPINES: Mindoro. Collected at an altitude of 1300 m.

REMARKS

One of the two species presented here is most probably Calamotropha oculalis (Snellen, 1893) . Błeszyński (1961) examined a female specimen of Calamotropha oculalis from the Philippines (Luzon, Benguet, Irisan) with “genitalia strikingly similar to those of the holotype”.