Calamotropha alcesta Bleszynski 1961

Calamotropha alcesta Bleszynski, 1961 (Figs 3, 29, 51) Calamotropha alcesta Bleszynski, 1961: 200. TL: India (Nilgiris). TD: NHMUK. Material examined. Hainan: 1♁, Jianfengling (18.75°N, 108.87°E), Ledong County, 745 m, 11.VIII.2017, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. KYN21345; 1♁, Jianfengling Nature Reserve (18.44°N, 108.52°E), Ledong County, 770 m, 17.VII.2014, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. KYN21347; 1♀, Mt. Yingge, 450 m, 20.XI.2013, leg. ZB Wang, slide No. KYN21343; 1♀, Mt. Wuzhi (18.91°N, 109.70°E), 732 m, 2.VIII.2017, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. KYN21349; Yunnan: 1♁, Taiyanghe National Forest Park (22.60°N, 101.11°E), Pu'er City, 1626 m, 7.VII.2013, leg. SR Liu et al., slide No. KYN21334; 1♀, Daluo, Menghai County, 640 m, 2.VIII.2016, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide No. KYN21135. Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 3) wingspan 20.0–23.0 mm. Calamotropha alcesta can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the valva trifurcated from basal 1/4 (Fig. 29), and in the female genitalia by the flat antrum widened posteriorly and narrowed anteriorly (Fig. 51). Distribution. China (Hainan, Yunnan), India. Note. This species is newly recorded for China.Published as part of Kim, Yongnam, Qi, Mujie, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2023, Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, pp. 451-482 in Zootaxa 5297 (4) on page 455, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/800900