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Calamotropha indica Błeszyński, 1961
Calamotropha indica Bleszynski, S. 1961. Revision of the World Species of the Family Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part I. Genus Calamotropha Zell. Acta zool. Cracov. 6 (7) : 137-272. TL: Sikkim. Pg. 259, Pl. 43/93. Also specimens from Bhutan, Ceylon.
Crambus oculalis, Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 957
Crambus oculalis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Vol. 4. p. 15, #4167.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1359128-Calamotropha-indica
Similar extralimital species: Calamotropha oculalis (Snellen, 1893), Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933.
Bleszynski, S. 1961. Revision of the World Species of the Family Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part I. Genus Calamotropha Zell. Acta zool. Cracov. 6 (7) : 137-272. Pg 258, Pl. 43/95.
JD : Calamotropha melli is listed with range from India in the latest publication. https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/03C72579FFE2FFED188D035D4E20AD75.
The diagnosis and figures match this - https://zenodo.org/records/8009020.
Li et al in Review of the genus Calamotropha Zeller from China, with descriptions of four new species, 2012 , Journal of Natural History, 46:43-44, 2639-2664 states that - This species resembles C. indica Bleszynski, 1961, but can be distinguished by the genitalia. Here too the range includes India.
SS: Calamotropha indica Błeszyński, 1961 and Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 which is the similar species.
Li, W. and Li, H., 2012. Review of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, with descriptions of four new species. Journal of natural history, 46(43-44), pp.2639-2664. Pg. 2659, Figure3C. for C. melli. Very close to C. indica. However, with the TL of C. indica being Sikkim, and Li & Li (2012) just mentioning "India", I propose we publish this as C. indica, with a provisional ID, stating that it could also be C. melli, and separation in best done by examining genitalia.
Calamotropha indica Bleszynski, S. 1961. Revision of the World Species of the Family Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part I. Genus Calamotropha Zell. Acta zool. Cracov. 6 (7) : 137-272. TL: Sikkim. Pg. 259, Pl. 43/93. Also specimens from Bhutan, Ceylon.
Crambus oculalis, Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 957
Crambus oculalis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Vol. 4. p. 15, #4167.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1359128-Calamotropha-indica
Similar extralimital species: Calamotropha oculalis (Snellen, 1893), Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933.
Bleszynski, S. 1961. Revision of the World Species of the Family Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part I. Genus Calamotropha Zell. Acta zool. Cracov. 6 (7) : 137-272. Pg 258, Pl. 43/95.
JD : Calamotropha melli is listed with range from India in the latest publication. https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/03C72579FFE2FFED188D035D4E20AD75.
The diagnosis and figures match this - https://zenodo.org/records/8009020.
Li et al in Review of the genus Calamotropha Zeller from China, with descriptions of four new species, 2012 , Journal of Natural History, 46:43-44, 2639-2664 states that - This species resembles C. indica Bleszynski, 1961, but can be distinguished by the genitalia. Here too the range includes India.
SS: Calamotropha indica Błeszyński, 1961 and Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 which is the similar species.
Li, W. and Li, H., 2012. Review of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, with descriptions of four new species. Journal of natural history, 46(43-44), pp.2639-2664. Pg. 2659, Figure3C. for C. melli. Very close to C. indica. However, with the TL of C. indica being Sikkim, and Li & Li (2012) just mentioning "India", I propose we publish this as C. indica, with a provisional ID, stating that it could also be C. melli, and separation in best done by examining genitalia.
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