Ressia auriculata Zhang & Li, 2010

Zhang, Di & Li, Houhun, 2023, Review of the genus Ressia Sinev, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae), with descriptions of four new species from China, Zootaxa 5360 (4), pp. 583-592 : 585-586

Ressia auriculata Zhang & Li, 2010

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Ressia auriculata Zhang & Li, 2010: 188 . TL: China (Shaanxi). TD: NKU. Material examined. Holotype ♁. CHINA, Shaanxi: Haoping temple, Mt. Taibaishan (33°57’N, 107°47’E), 11.VII.2005, leg. P You, slide No. ZZW08903.

Paratypes: 1♁, same data as holotype; Henan: 2♁ 1♀, Mt. Baiyun, Song County, 1580 m, 18–21.VII.2002, leg. XP Wang, slide Nos. ZZW08070♁, ZZW08911 ♀; 1♀, Shiziping, Lushi County , 1200 m, 19.VII.2002, leg. DD Zhang, slide No. ZZW08912; Sichuan: 1♁, Wolong, 2008 m, 26.VII.2005, leg. HL Yu, slide No. ZZW08108 .

Additional material. Henan: 1♁, Mt. Baiyun , Song County, 580 m, 18.VII.2002, leg. XP Wang, slide No. ZD 21575 ; Hubei: 1♁, Songluo Town, Shennongjia (31.66°N, 110.60°E), 870 m, 22.VII.2017, leg. WD Qi et al., slide No. ZD 21566 ; Shaanxi: 1♁, Songping Temple, Mt. Taibai , 16.VII.2005, leg. P You, slide No. ZD 21574 ; Sichuan: 2♁, Caoping Village, Sanjiang Town , Wenchuan County (30.95°N, 103.32°E), 1557 m, 11.VII.2014, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide Nos. ZD 21583, ZD21586 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 3 ). Wingspan 10.0– 11.5 mm. Ressia auriculata is diagnosed by the subtriangular pleural lobes of the male eighth segment with a bunch of short apical thorns, the auriculate cucullus in the male genitalia ( Fig. 9 ), and the symmetrical sterigma with a sclerotized horn-shaped ventral sac in the female genitalia ( Fig. 15 ).

Distribution. China (Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan).

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FIGURES 3‒8. Adults (all males) of Ressia spp. 3. R. auriculata; 4. R. disparilis sp. nov., holotype; 5. R. forcipata sp. nov., holotype; 6. R. quercidentella; 7. R. semilunata sp. nov., holotype; 8. R. sinevi sp. nov., holotype. Scales = 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 9‒14. Structure of 8th abdominal segment and male genitalia of Ressia spp. 9. R. auriculata, slide No. ZD21583; 10. R. disparilis sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZD21076; 11. R. forcipata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZD21568; 12. R.quercidentella, slide No. ZD21160; 13. R. semilunata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZD21571; 14. R. sinevi sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZD21576 (9a–14a, furcate process of eighth tergum). Scales = 0.5 mm (9a–14a = 0.2 mm).

FIGURES 15‒19. Female genitalia of Ressia spp. 15. R. auriculata, paratype, slide No. ZZW08911; 16. R. disparilis sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZD21584; 17. R. quercidentella, slide No. ZD21578; 18. R. semilunata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZD21582; 19. R. sinevi sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZD21585. Scales = 0.5 mm.