Vietnamodes dogueti Leraut, 2017

Qi, Mujie & Li, Houhun, 2020, Genus Vietnamodes Leraut, 2017 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) new to China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 190-196 : 192-193

Vietnamodes dogueti Leraut, 2017

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Vietnamodes dogueti Leraut, 2017: 156 . Type locality: Vietnam (Khánh Hòa) . Type depository: National Museum of Natural History, Paris , France .

Material examined. Hainan: 2 ♂♂, Mt. Diaoluoshan , 100 m, 18.IV.2008, leg. Bingbing Hu, Haiyan Bai, geni- talia slide No. QMJ18038 ; 1 ♂, Tianchi, Mt. Jianfengling , 11. VI.2010, leg. Bingbing Hu, Jing Zhang, genitalia slide No. QMJ18039 ; 1 ♂, Yajia (19.10°N, 109.11°E), Bawangling Nature Reserves , Changjiang County, 245 m, 7. V.2013, leg. Yinghui Sun, Wei Guan, Tengteng Liu, genitalia slide No. QMJ15193 ; 1 ♀, Wuzhishan Nature Re- serves (18.91°N, 109.68°E), Wuzhishan City , 710 m, 20.IV.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan, Xuemei Hu ; 2 ♂♂, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves (18.54°N, 109.40°E), 742 m, 3–7.VII.2014, leg. Peixin Cong, Linjie Liu, Sha Hu, geni- talia slide No. QMJ15159 ; 2 ♂♂, Bawangling Nature Reserves (19.12°N, 109.08°E), Changjiang County, 161 m, 20.VII.2014, leg. Peixin Cong, Linjie Liu, Sha Hu ; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Bawangling Nature Reserves (19.10°N, 109.11°E), Changjiang County, 225 m, 14.VIII.2017, leg. Xia Bai, Ping Liu, Shuai Yu ; 1 ♂, Mt. Wolong (19.46°N, 110.12°E), Tunchang County, 126 m, 21. VI.2018, leg. Xia Bai, Ping Liu, Shuai Yu ; Yunnan: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mengyuan, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna , 640 m, 9–10.VIII.2010, leg. Yinghui Sun, Lixia Li, genitalia slide No. QMJ15293 ♀; 1 ♂, Yayi Town, Puer City , 22.X.2010, leg. Bingbing Hu, Jing Zhang, Yanpeng Cai, genitalia slide No. QMJ15259 ; 1 ♂, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna , 750 m, 24.X.2010, leg. Bingbing Hu, Jing Zhang, Yanpeng Cai ; 2 ♂♂, Lvshilin (21.90°N, 101.27°E), Menlun Botanical Garden, Jinghong City , 580 m, 6.VIII.2016, leg. Kaijian Teng, Ga-Eun Lee, Tao Wang, genitalia slide No. QMJ18043 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Damanlu Village (21.7°N, 100.15°E), Menghai County, 1–2.VIII.2019, leg. Kaijian Teng, Chen Liu, Ailing Wang.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 5 ) with wingspan 12.5–16.5 mm in male and 16.0– 19.5 mm in female. The labial palpus yellowish brown mixed with reddish brown in male and fuscous in female; the first segment about 3/4 length of the second, and about 1.5 times as long as the third. The foreleg reddish brown in male and slightly fuscous in female, both male and female with the mid- and hindleg brown. The other characters of female is same as the description of male in Leraut, 2017. Vietnamodes dogueti can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the sinuous postmedial line of the forewing, the entire reddish brown color of the hindwing, and the apex of the sacculus with several tiny thorns in the male genitalia.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 11 ) Papillae anales triangular. Apophyses posteriores curved at posterior 1/4, about 1.2 times as long as apophyses anteriores, both slightly sinuous. Antrum funnel-shaped, colliculum about 4 times as long as antrum. Ductus bursae scobinate on inner surface, gradually broadened at anterior 1/3. Corpus bursae membranous and ovate, about 1/3 length of ductus bursae.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Yunnan), Vietnam (Khánh Hòa).

Remarks. The species is newly recorded from China and its female genitalia are described for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Morphology of Vietnamodes spp. 1. Head of V. adelinae, ♂; 2. Head of V. adelinae, ♀; 3. Venation of V. dogueti, slide No. QMJ18069w. (Scale bars: Figs 1, 2 = 0.5 mm; Fig. 3 = 2.0 mm)

FIGURES 4–6. Adults of Vietnamodes spp. 4. V. adelinae, ♂; 5. V. dogueti, ♂; 6. V. unicispina sp. nov., holotype, ♂. (Scale bars: 5.0 mm)

FIGURES 7–9. Male genitalia of Vietnamodes spp. 7. V. adelinae, slide No. QMJ15158; 8. V. dogueti, slide No. QMJ15159; 9. V. unicispina sp. nov., holotype, slide No. QMJ17030. (Scale bars: 0.5 mm)

FIGURES 10–12. Female genitalia of Vietnamodes spp. 10. V. adelinae, slide No. QMJ18036; 11. V. dogueti, slide No. QMJ15293; 12. V. unicispina sp. nov., paratype, slide No. QMJ18061. (Scale bars: 0.5 mm)