Scythris pallidella Passerin d'Entrèves et Roggero, 2006

Lou, Kang, You, Wanxue, Huang, Zhilin & Li, Houhun, 2018, Notes on scythridid moths in Habahu National Nature Reserves, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae), Zootaxa 4369 (3), pp. 349-362 : 354

Scythris pallidella Passerin d'Entrèves et Roggero, 2006

( Figs 8 , 24−25 )

Scythris pallidella Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2006: 63 . TL: Mongolia. TD: ZIRAS.

Material examined. Ningxia: Yanchi: 1♂, Liuyangpu, 1320 m, 16.vi.2014, leg. Houhun Li et al., slide No. LK16047 ♂.

Host plant. Tamaricaceae : Tamarix sp.

Distribution. China (Ningxia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan ( Nupponen 2012).

Remarks. This species is newly recorded for China.

Figures

FIGURES 2‒9. Adults of Scythris spp. 2, S. fustivalva sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 3, head of S. fustivalva sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 4, S. caballoides, ♂; 5, S. mikkolai, ♂; 6, S. buszkoi, ♂; 7, S. orientella, ♂; 8, S. pallidella, ♂; 9, S. sinevi, ♂ (Scale bars = 2.5mm except 3 = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 24‒28. Male genitalia and abdomen VIII of Scythris spp. 24‒25, S. pallidella: 24, male genitalia, 25, abdomen VIII, slide no. LK16047; 26‒28, S. sinevi: 26, tergum VIII, 27,male genitalia, 28, sternum VIII, slide no. LK17027 (Scale bars = 0.25 mm).