Reassessment of the moth genus Bacotoma, with a new species from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)

Abstract

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Bacotoma</jats:italic> Moore, 1885 is reviewed including the description of a new species from Hainan Island, <jats:italic>B. hainanensis</jats:italic> <jats:bold>sp. nov.</jats:bold>, based on an analysis that combined morphology and mitochondrial DNA. The following taxonomic changes are proposed: <jats:italic>Platamonina</jats:italic> Shaffer &amp; Munroe, 2007, <jats:bold>syn. nov.</jats:bold> is synonymized with <jats:italic>Bacotoma</jats:italic> and ten species are included: <jats:italic>B. ampliatalis</jats:italic> (Lederer, 1863) <jats:bold>comb. nov.</jats:bold>, <jats:italic>B. binotalis</jats:italic> (Warren, 1896) <jats:bold>comb. nov.</jats:bold>, <jats:italic>B. camillusalis</jats:italic> (Walker, 1859), <jats:italic>B. cuprealis</jats:italic> (Moore, 1877) <jats:bold>comb. nov.</jats:bold>, <jats:italic>B. hainanensis</jats:italic> <jats:bold>sp. nov.</jats:bold>, <jats:italic>B. illatalis</jats:italic> (Walker, 1866), <jats:italic>B. oggalis</jats:italic> (Swinhoe, 1906) <jats:bold>comb. nov.</jats:bold>, <jats:italic>B. poecilura</jats:italic> (Hering, 1903) <jats:bold>comb. nov.</jats:bold>, <jats:italic>B. ptochura</jats:italic> (Meyrick, 1894) <jats:bold>comb. nov.,</jats:bold> and <jats:italic>B. violata</jats:italic> (Fabricius, 1787). <jats:italic>Syngamia albiceps</jats:italic> Hampson, 1912 <jats:bold>syn. nov.</jats:bold> is confirmed to be a synonym of <jats:italic>Bacotoma binotalis</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Platamonia medinalis</jats:italic> Snellen, 1900 <jats:bold>syn. nov.</jats:bold> is synonymized with <jats:italic>Bacotoma illatalis</jats:italic>. A key to species examined is also provided based on external morphology and male genitalia.</jats:p>

First Recorded Feeding of Syngamia florella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) on Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) in Brazil

“…Syngamia florella (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) belongs to the Spilomelinae subfamily. This subfamily comprises more than 5,200 species in 327 genera worldwide, with about one-third of the Pyraloidea species (Landry 2020; Yang et al 2020). In Neotropical regions, it is represented by 1,423 species in 171 genera (Landry 2020).…”