Ethmia anatiformis Kun, 2001

Zhu, Xiaoju & Wang, Shuxia, 2022, Study of the genus Ethmia Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) from China with descriptions of six new species, Zootaxa 5194 (2), pp. 176-192 : 177-178

Ethmia anatiformis Kun, 2001

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Ethmia anatiformis Kun, 2001: 208 . TL: Nepal. TD: NHMUK.

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: 1♂, Mt. Ailao, Jingdong , 2476 m, 2.VII.2013, leg. SR Liu et al., slide No. ZXJ20107 ; Xizang: 1♂ 1♀, Zhangmu Town , Nielamu County, 1961 m, 8.VII.2019, leg. MJ Qi & JQ Deng, slide Nos. ZXJ20073 ♀, ZXJ20109 ♂.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 1 ). Wingspan 30.5‒36.0 mm. Ethmia anatiformis is similar to E. maculata Sattler, 1967 . It can be distinguished superficially by the absence of a tadpole-shaped stripe on the fold of the forewing ( Fig. 1 ). The male genitalia can be distinguished by the uncus bifurcate in the distal 3/5, and the cucullus with a papillary dorsoapical process shorter than the ventroapical process ( Fig. 10 ). In E. maculata , the forewing has a tadpoleshaped stripe on the fold; the uncus is bifurcate in the distal 2/3, and the papillary dorsoapical process of the cucullus is longer than the ventroapical process ( Sattler 1967: 121, fig. 60).

Distribution. China (Xizang, Yunnan), Nepal.

Notes. This species is recorded from China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Adults of Ethmia spp. 1, E. anatiformis, ♂; 2, E. anomala sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 3, E. corrugata sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 4, E. adunatimacula sp. nov., holotype, ♂. Scales = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 10–15. Male genitalia of Ethmia spp. 10, E. anatiformis, slide No. ZXJ20107; 11, E. anomala sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZXJ20076; 12, E. corrugata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZXJ20108; 13, E. adunatimacula sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZXJ20202; 14, E. crocosoma, slide No. ZXJ20129; 15, E. rectiuga sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZXJ19650. Scales = 0.5 mm.