Niphadoses dengcaolites Wang, Sung & Li, 1978 (Figs 77, 87–88, 102)

Niphadoses dengcaolites Wang, Sung & Li, 1978 . Acta Ent. Sinica, 21 (2): 171; Wang, 1980. Economic Insect Fauna of China, 21: 66. Type locality: China, Jiangsu .

Description. Forewing pale yellow, suffused with fuscous scales along costa area; a dark fuscous patch at lower angle of cell; two dark fuscous spots present at trisections of vein 1A; a dark fuscous oblique line from apex to vein Cu 2; apex in female more pointed than that in male. In male genitalia, subteguminal process hook-like, weakly sclerotized; juxta plate-like; aedeagus slender, a curved cornutus present.

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Material examined. IZCAS: Holotype ♂, Jiangsu, Suzhou, July 1974 . Paratypes. Jiangsu, Suzhou, 18♂, 35♀, August 1971, August 1972, July 1974, June 1976 , Shi-Mei Song, Jia-Wei Chen, Hong-Gui Qiu, Xiao-Yu Chen, Pei-Fu Guo, Han-Chen Jiang, Zhong-Lin Wu; Hubei, Jingshan, 1♂, 3♀, 1975; Hunan, Changsha, 1♀, May 1976 . Others. Jiangsu, Suzhou, 1♂, 3♀, August 1972, Shi-Mei Song; Jiangxi, Yiyang, 4♂, 1♀, April 1958, Shi-Mei Song; Sichuan, Mt. Ming, 1♂, June 1973 .

Distribution. China (Jiangsu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan).