Sinibotys butleri

Sinibotys butleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sinibotys
Species:	S. butleri
Binomial name
Sinibotys butleri (South in Leech & South, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
Crocidophora butleri South in Leech & South, 1901

Sinibotys butleri is a snout moth in the subfamily Pyraustinae in the family Crambidae. It was described in the genus Crocidophora by Richard South in 1901 based on a single female imago collected in Ningbo in China's Zhejiang province.[2]: 480  The species is sexually dimorphic, with females exhibiting shorter, less pointed forewings than the males. The imagines and genitalia of the species are illustrated in Lee et al. (2018).[3]

Biology

The caterpillars feed on leaves of the bamboo species Phyllostachys edulis and P. nigra forma henonis in Japan.[4]

Distribution

The species was originally described from China,[2] and was later also recorded from Japan, specifically from Honshu.[5][6] Lee et al. (2018) reported the species for the first time from Korea.[3]

The species was apparently transported via larvae to a large-scale garden centre in Spain, from where it spread further over Europe.[7] Caterpillars were subsequently reported from Belgium in 2013 and 2015,[8]: 40–41 [9] from the Netherlands in 2014,[10] and from France in 2015,[11] where it is now recorded from the departments of Gironde, Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[12] The first German record is from June 2018 from Munich.[13]

References

1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
2. Leech, John Henry; South, Richard (1901). "Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. Part V". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1901: 385–514, pls 14-15.
3. Lee, Tak–Gi; Ko, Jae–Ho; Lee, Dong–June; Kim, Hyeong–Kyu; Cha, Yeong–Bin; Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal; Na, Sol–Moon; Shin, Young–Min; Park, Bo–Sun; Bae, Yang–Seop (2018). "Two species of Pyraustine moths new to Korea (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 12 (1): 79–82. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2018.09.010. ISSN 2287-884X.
4. Yamanaka, Hiroshi; Sasaki, A. (2013). "Pyraustinae". In Nasu, Y.; Hirowatari, T.; Kishida, Y. (eds.). The standard of moths in Japan IV. Tokyo: Gakken Education Publishing. pp. 415–478, pl 4 figs 51-69. ISBN 9784054051102.
5. Yamanaka, Hiroshi (2007). "An unrecorded species of Pyraustinae (Pyralidae) from Japan". Japan Heterocerists' Journal. 245. Tokyo: 355–356.
6. Mano, Takahiro (2009). "Record of Sinibotys butleri (South) (Crambidae) from Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan". Yugato (in Japanese). 197: 116.
7. Rodeland, Jürgen. "Sinibotys butleri (SOUTH, 1901) - Bambuszünsler". Lepiforum (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
8. van der Straten, Marja (2014). "Faunistische mededelingen" (PDF). Franje (in Dutch). 34: 40–42. ISSN 1388-4409.
9. De Prins, Willy; Steemanen, Chris; Sierens, Tom (2015). "Interessante waarnemingen van Lepidoptera in België in 2014 (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Phegea (in Dutch). 43 (4): 98–103. ISSN 0771-5277.
10. "Exotische soorten". microlepidoptera.nl - Atlas van de kleinere vlinders in Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
11. Rogard, Jacques (2015). "Première signalisation en France de Sinibotys butleri (Leech & South, 1901) (Lep. Crambidae, Pyraustinae)". Oreina (in French). 32: 7.
12. "Sinibotys butleri (Leech & South, 1901)". Oreina - Les Papillons de France (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
13. Morawietz, Benjamin (2019). "Erster Nachweis des Zünslers Circobotys butleri (SOUTH, 1901) in Deutschland. Diskussion einer möglichen Etablierung in Belgien und Europa (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen (in German). 68 (1/2): 41–46.