A new cryptic species of Nagiella Munroe from China revealed by DNA barcodes and morphological evidence (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae)

Abstract

Nagiella occultalis Misbah & Yang, sp. n. from China is described and illustrated. This new species is very similar to N. quadrimaculalis (Kollar, 1844) in general morphological characters of forewing and male genitalia. Molecular evidence shows that these two species diverge in COI barcode region by more than 3.2%. Sequence divergence among the two species is congruent with subtle morphological differences. Wing venation and male genitalia of the two species are compared and illustrated.

A new species of Ithome Chambers (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiinae) from the Atacama Desert revealed by morphology and DNA barcodes

“…1), and the genetic distance between the two species using the COI marker is comparable to those reported for other morphologically close species of Lepidoptera (e.g. Hausmann et al 2009;Matson and Wagner 2017;Ullah et al 2017;Müller 2018;Pfeiler et al 2018). Accordingly, although very preliminarily, the genetic analysis also provides evidence in support of a close evolutionary relationship between the two Chilean species of Ithome.…”

Revision of Nagiella Munroe (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), with the description of a new species from China

“…Legs smooth. Fore wings near rectangular at the tips; length of cell ap- Munroe (1976) and Ullah et al (2017), Nagiella can be differentiated from its similar genera by its short and wide uncus, developed gnathos, broader valva with stout setae subapically, large oblique clasper and absence of cornuti, as well as by the type of wing maculation. In N. bispina sp.…”

“…In addition to China, N. hortulatoides is distributed in Myanmar. Nagiella occultalis Misbah & Yang in Ullah et al 2017 is only distributed in China (Ullah et al 2017). In this study, one new species, Nagiella bispina, is described based on morphological and DNA barcode data, and the diagnosis of this genus is revised.…”

“…Munroe (1976) proposed that Nagiella and Syllepte were different in genitalia and type of maculation and mentioned that the type species, N. desmialis, was generally considered a synonym of Scopula quadrimaculalis. Munroe's opinion was followed by some researchers (Kirti and Sodhi 2001;Rose 2002;Ullah et al 2017). In addition, Nagiella was regarded as a synonym of Pleuroptya Meyrick, 1890(= Patania Moore, 1888 (Kirpichnikova 1987;Leraut 1997), and Scopula quadrimaculalis and Sylepta inferior were placed in Pleuroptya for a long time (Inoue 1982;Wang and Speidel 2000;Bae et al 2008;Du 2009;Heppner 2012;Sasaki and Yamanaka 2013).…”

“…In addition, Nagiella was regarded as a synonym of Pleuroptya Meyrick, 1890(= Patania Moore, 1888 (Kirpichnikova 1987;Leraut 1997), and Scopula quadrimaculalis and Sylepta inferior were placed in Pleuroptya for a long time (Inoue 1982;Wang and Speidel 2000;Bae et al 2008;Du 2009;Heppner 2012;Sasaki and Yamanaka 2013). Ullah et al (2017) regarded Nagiella as a valid genus and published one cryptic species of it. Mally et al (2019) placed Nagiella in Agroterini Acloque, 1897 based on morphological characteristics.…”