Systematic Study On Scopariinae And Crambinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) From China

Scopariinae and Crambinae are affiliated to Crambidae, Pyraloidea, Lepidoptera. This dissertation focuses on the study of these two subfamilies in China, including 45 genera and 419 species.Eighty-six species in seven genera are recorded in Scopariinae, including thirty-eight species new to science:Micraglossa michaelshafferi sp. n., M. annulispinata sp. n., M. didyma sp. n., M. nana sp. n., M. duoprojecta sp. n., Scoparia agglomerata sp. n., S. brevituba sp. n., S. bifaria sp. n., S. curvispinata sp. n., S. didyma sp. n., S. spinituba sp. n., S. jiuzhaiensis sp. n., S. largispinea sp. n., S. medogensis sp. n., S. ossidiscoidea sp. n., S. paulispinata sp. n., S. recta sp. n., S. rectispinea sp. n.,S. spinosa sp. n., S. spinulosa sp. n., S. taibaishanensis sp. n., S. tumefacta sp. n., S. turgida sp. n., S. tumidiprojecta sp. n., S. uncinata sp. n., Eudonia cavata sp. n., E. duospinata sp. n., E.furva sp. n., E. hexamera sp. n., E. longa sp. n., E. magna sp. n., E. quaternannula sp. n., E. rectilineata sp. n., E. singuliannulata sp. n., E. wolongensis sp. n., E. lijiangensis sp. n., E. zhongdianensis sp. n. and Dasyscopa curvicornis sp. n.Three hundred and thirty-four species in thirty-eight genera are treated in Crambinae, of which thirty-five species are described as new (including five species published in the past three years): Miyakea zhengi Li & Li,2007, Roxita acutispinata Li & Li,2008, R. capacunca Li & Li,2008, Metaeuchromius anacanthus Li & Li,2009, M. singulispinalis Li & Li,2009, M. spinulosus sp. n., Classeya hongkongensis sp. n., Elethyia xizangensis sp. n., Glaucocharis brevis sp. n., G. flavifasciaria sp. n., G. tridentata sp. n., G. scrotiformis sp. n., G. setosa sp. n., G. similimutuurella sp. n., G. grandispinata sp. n., G. paulispinata sp. n., G. siciformis sp. n., Gargela menglensis sp. n., G. bispinata sp. n., G. longispinata sp. n., G. concava sp. n., G. trilopha sp. n., G. marcracanta sp. n., Culladia furcata sp. n., Pediasia rotundiprojecta sp. n., Chrysoteuchia rotundiprojecta sp. n., C.furva sp. n., C. shafferi sp. n., C. nonifasciaria sp. n., Calamotropha hainanensis sp. n., C. duospinata sp. n., C. bicuspidata sp. n., C. hongkongensis sp. n., C. ruilensis sp. n. and Microchilo rotundiprojecta sp. n.One genus and twenty-four species are newly recorded for China:Gesneria Hubner, Microglossa straminealis (Hampson), M. aureata Inoue, Scoparia nipponalis Inoue (published), S. ancipitella (La Harpe), S. afghanorum Leraut, S. utsugii Inoue, S. matsuii Inoue, S. staudingeralis (Mablille), Eudonia puellaris Sasaki, E. persimilis Sasaki, Gesneria centuriella (Denis & Schiffermuller), Metaeuchromius inflatus Schouten (published), Euchromius pulverosus (Christoph), Glaucocharis incisella (Bleszynski), G. pilcheri Gaskin, Culladia dentilinealis Hampson, C. achroella (Mabile), Pediasia jucundella (Herrich-Schaffer), P. persella (Toll), Agriphila straminella (Denis & Schiffermuller), Catoptria falsella falsella (Denis & Schiffermuller), Talis afghanella Bleszynski, Calamotropha latella (Snellen) and C. yamanakai Inoue. Nine new synonyms and eight new combinations are proposed:Caradjaina Leraut,1986 syn. n. and Sineudonia Leraut,1986 syn. n. are synonymized with Scoparia Haworth,1811; Scoparia biplagialis Walker,1866 syn. n., S. isochroalis Hampson,1907 syn. n. and Sineudonia brunnea Leraut, 1986 syn. n. are synonymized with Scoparia congestalis Walker,1859; Scoparia kiangensis Leraut, 1986 syn. n. is synonymized with Scoparia spinata Inoue,1982; Eudonia altissima Leraut,1986 syn. n. is synonymized with Eudonia tibetalis (Caradja,1937); Neogirdharia Song & Chen,2004 syn. n. is synonymized with Bissetia Kapur,1950, and six Neogirdharia species are transferred to Bissetia: Bissetia rotunda (Song & Chen,2004) comb. n., B. quadrilatera (Song & Chen,2004) comb. n., B. digitata (Song & Chen,2004) comb. n., B. magnifica (Song & Chen,2004) comb. n., B. jingdongensis (Song & Chen,2004) comb. n. and B. spiculata (Song & Chen,2004) comb. n.; Friedlanderia Agnew,1987 syn. n. is synonymized with Pseudobissetia Bleszynski,1959, and Pseudobissetia cicatricella (Hubner,1824) comb. n. is transferred from Friedlanderia; Pseudargyria nivalis (Caradja,1937) comb. n. is transferred from Euchromius.The previously unknown females of twenty-three species are described for the first time: Micraglossa straminealis (Hampson), M. flavidalis Hampson, M. scoparialis Warren, M. oenealis Hampson, Scoparia metaleucalis Hampson, Hoenia sinensis Leraut, Metaeuchromius flavofascialis Park (published), Glaucocharis omeishani (Bleszynski), G. huanggangensis Song & Chen, G. hastatella Song & Chen, G. incisella (Bleszynski), G. longqiensis Song, G. parmulella Wang & Sung, G. pilcheri Gaskin, Pediasia pseudopersella Bleszynski, Catoptria persephone Bleszynski, Chrysoteuchia hyalodiscella (Caradja), Bissetia quadrilatera (Song & Chen), Ancylolomia carcinelloides Song & Chen, Calamotropha formosella Bleszynski, C. josettae Bleszynski, C. melli (Caradja & Meyrick) and Eschata hainanensis Wang & Sung; the previously unknown males of two species are described for the first time:Scoparia caradjai Leraut and Catoptria thibetica Bleszynski. Scoparia kwangtungialis Caradja,1925 is recombinated from Caradjaina to Scoparia. Scoparia basistrigalis Knaggs and S. molestalis Inoue are clarified not to occur in China.Keys to subfamilies of Pyraloidea, to genera and species of Scopariinae and Crambinae are given. Synonyms and citations of each taxon are listed. The type locality and type depository of most species are included, along with information on distribution and available hostplants of each species. Two hundred and sixty-eight illustrations are provided, which include photos of adults, tympanal organs, male and female genitalia of the new species, and the special abdominal structures of the Crambinae. Geographical distribution of the Scopariinae and Crambinae in China is analysed on genus level, with comparison to the average minimum temperature in January and the precipitation in July in China. The effect of low temperature and humidity on the Scopariinae and Crambinae species are discussed, provided with fourteen cartographs of the geographical distribution of each genus and the patterns of the average minimum temperature in January and (or) the precipitation in July.