REVISION OF THE GENUS ELOPHILA HUBNER (LEPIDOPTERA : PYRALIDAE) WITH A NEW SPECIES FROM PAKISTAN WITH CLADISTIC RELATIONSHIP

Comments: This species is most closely resemble with E. nymphaeta (L.) in nearly mesonotal elytron with veins radius three and radius four unite or only radius four arising from upper angle of cell, in male apex of uncus either sharply pointed or sub-rounded but isolated from the same in having frons convex, maxillary palpi anteriorly directed, aedeagus with knob-like thecal process and by the other features in the explanation and listed in key. Male genital components (Figs. 12-14): Tegumen (Figs. 12 and 13) short, about square-shaped, saccus short, somewhat V-shaped, uncus thick, apex truncated, slightly shorter than gnathos, later membranous, herpagon large, flipper-like, beset with thickly scales on apical half, two spine shaped apendages at inner margin, aedeagus (Fig. 14) tube-like, stout, membranous conjuctival lobe elongated wih a comb-like cornuti at base and inverted U-shaped cornuti near apex. Male genital components (Figs. 19-21): Tegumen (Figs. 19 and 20) short, inverted glass-shaped, saccus broad, saucer-shaped, uncus very large, apically sharply pointed, rod-shaped much longer than narrowed membranous gnathos, herpagon large, flipper-shaped, apical half beset with thick scales, two spine-shaped apendages at inner margin, aedeagus (Fig. 21) tube like and a lobe-like thecal process Female genital components (Fig. 22): Papillae anales narrowed, strip-like, beset with thick scales, membranous conjunctiva moderate, without cornuti, apophyses posterior slightly shorter than apophyses anterior, both with pointed apex and medially dilated, lobus vaginalis rectangular-shaped, ductus bursae moderate tubular, corpus bursae balloon shaped with two triangular-shaped cornuti. Head, lateral side, 17. mesonotal wing, dorsal side 18. metanotal wing, dorsal side, 19. tegument, ventral side, 20. same, lateral side, 21. aedegus, lateral side, 22. female genital component, lateral side. key to the laterling Key to the laterling aed. aedeagus ap.ant. apophyses anteriors ap.post. apophyses posteriors c.brs.corpus bursae cor. cornuti d.brs. ductus busae fr. frons lob.vag.lobus veginalis max.p. maxillary palp. mcl. membranous conjuctival lobe p.an.