Eoophyla nigripilosa Yoshiyasu, 1987

Chen, Fuqiang & Wu, Chunsheng, 2019, A taxonomic review of the genus Eoophyla Swinhoe, 1900 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae) from China, Zoological Systematics 44 (3), pp. 212-239 : 235-237

Eoophyla nigripilosa Yoshiyasu, 1987 ( Fig. 65 )

Eoophyla nigripilosa Yoshiyasu, 1987 , Microlep. Thai., 1: 170; Speidel & Mey, 1999a, Tijds. v. Ent., 142: 130; Li, You & Wang, 2003, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 28(2): 299. Type-locality: Thailand.

Diagnosis ( Yoshiyasu, 1987). The species is differnent by the hindwing has a single eyespot along the submarginal fascia. In male genitalia, the species has three specialized setae about 2/3 length of valva, the third seta slightly expanded in apex. In female genitalia, the species has a pair of triangular signa, consisting of many stout spines.

Material examined. Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla , 670 m, 1♂, 1974. V .1–5, Zhou Yao ( NKU) .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan), Thailand.

Funding The research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772489).

Acknowledges We are very grateful to Mr. Shimei Song (IZCAS) for providing great help for our work, and Dr. Houhun Li (Nankai University) for providing materials of the genus.

Figures

Figures 61–65. Adults of Eoophyla spp. 61. E. mimeticalis (Caradja, 1925), male. 62. Ditto, female. 63. E. ochripicta (Moore, 1888), male. 64. Ditto, female. 65. E. nigripilosa Yoshiyasu, 1987, male.