Hoploscopa Explained
Hoploscopa is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Hoploscopinae of the family Crambidae.[1] The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886, with Hoploscopa astrapias as type species.
A recent taxonomic study using morphology and DNA data described an additional 26 species,[2] so that the genus currently comprises 42 species. At least 30 more species await scientific description.[2]
The caterpillars are reported to feed on ferns.[2] [3]
Species
- Hoploscopa agtuuganonensis Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa albipuncta Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa albomaculata Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa anacantha Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa anamesa Tams, 1935
- Hoploscopa astrapias Meyrick, 1886
- Hoploscopa aurantiacalis (Snellen, 1895)
- Hoploscopa boleta Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa brunnealis (Snellen, 1895)
- Hoploscopa cynodonta Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa danaoensis Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa diffusa (Hampson, 1919)
- Hoploscopa gombongi Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa gracilis Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa ignitamaculae Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa isarogensis Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa jubata Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa kelama Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa kinabaluensis Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa luteomacula Nuss, 1998
- Hoploscopa mallyi Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa marijoweissae Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa matheae Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa mediobrunnea (de Joannis, 1929)
- Hoploscopa metacrossa (Hampson, 1917)
- Hoploscopa nauticorum Tams, 1935
- Hoploscopa niveofascia Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa obliqua (Rothschild, 1915)
- Hoploscopa ocellata (Hampson, 1919)
- Hoploscopa pangrangoensis Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa parvimacula Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa persimilis (Rothschild, 1915)
- Hoploscopa pseudometacrossa Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa quadripuncta (Rothschild, 1915)
- Hoploscopa semifascia (Hampson, 1919)
- Hoploscopa sepanggi Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa subvariegata (Rothschild, 1915)
- Hoploscopa sumatrensis Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa titika Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa tonsepi Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
- Hoploscopa triangulifera (Hampson, 1919)
- Hoploscopa ypsilon Léger & Nuss in Léger, Kehlmaier, Vairappan & Nuss, 2020
Notes and References
- Nuss. Matthias. 1998. The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of the Oriental Region – a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. Nachrichten entomologische Verein Apollo. 17. Suppl. 475–528.
- Léger. Théo. Kehlmaier. Christian. Vairappan. Charles S.. Nuss. M. 2020. Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding. ZooKeys. 907. 1–99. 10.3897/zookeys.907.36563. 32063727. 7002455. free.
- Mally. Richard. Léger. Théo. Vairappan. Charles S.. Sutton. Stephen. Nuss. Matthias. 2017. Discovery of another fern-feeding group of moths: the larvae of Hoploscopini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 65. 100–108.
