Ptyobathra hypolepidota Turner, 1905

Liu, Hong-Xia & Li, Hou-Hun, 2014, Genus Ptyobathra Turner new to China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 292-296 : 295

Ptyobathra hypolepidota Turner, 1905 ( Figs 2 , 6 )

Ptyobathra hypolepidota Turner, 1905: 49 ; Shaffer et al., 1996: 176; Horak, 1997: 397.

Material examined. China, 1♂, Mt. Lianhua, Dongguan City (23º12'N, 113º45'E; elev. 120 m), Guangdong Province, 11 April 2004, coll. Dan-Dan Zhang ; 1♂, Mt. He (22º45'N, 112º57'E), Guangdong Province, 16 July 2003, coll. Gui-Lin Liu ; 1♂, Jiadaoli Farm (22º25'N, 114º06'E; elev. 210 m), Hong Kong, 9 April 2007, coll. Hou-Hun Li.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 2 ) with wingspan 22–24 mm. This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the scape of antennae in male with a spindle-shaped process, the uncus deeply concave on the posterior margin and the digitate clasper in the male genitalia ( Fig. 6 ).

Notes. This species is newly recorded from China.

Funding This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31093430 and 31172141).

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Figures

Figs 1−4. Adults of Ptyobathra spp., ♂. 1. Adult of P. recta sp. nov., paratype. 2. P. hypolepidota Turner. 3. Venation of P. recta sp. nov., paratype, slide No. LHX12621W. 4. Abdomen of P. recta sp. nov., paratype. Scale bars: 1, 2, 4 = 2mm; 3 = 1.0 mm.

Figs 5−7. Genitalia of Ptyobathra spp. 5. P. recta sp. nov., holotype, ♂, slide No. LHX12250. 6. P. hypolepidota Turner, ♂, slide No. LHX12347. 7. P. recta sp. nov., paratype, ♀, slide No. LHX12558. Scale bars = 0.5mm.