Nemapogon inconditella ( Lucas, 1956 )

Xiao, Yunli & Li, Houhun, 2010, Taxonomic study of the genus Nemapogon Schrank from China (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), Zootaxa 2401, pp. 41-51 : 45

Nemapogon inconditella ( Lucas, 1956)

( Figs. 4 , 12 )

Aristotelia inconditella Lucas, 1956: 255 . Tinea buckwelli Lucas, 1956: 258 .

Nemapogon heydeni Petersen, 1957: 73 . Nemapogon thomasi Cǎpuse, 1975: 66

Adult ( Fig. 4 ). Wing expanse 11.5–14.0 mm.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 3, Altay (47°50΄N, 88°12΄E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 900 m, 23 July 1994, leg. Houhun Li and Hongyan Qin.

Distribution: China (Xinjiang); Russia, Sardinien, Mediterranean, central and southern Europe.

Diagnosis: This species is characterized by the white forewing having five dark brown spots at base, 1/4, 1/2, subapex of costal margin and at 3/4 of anal fold; the juxta M-shaped ventrally and somewhat inverted heart-shaped dorsally, the phallus more than twice the length of valvae and with a process at distal 1/3 ( Fig. 12 ). Petersen (1957, Fig. 8 , under the name N. heydeni ) described the female and illustrated its genital structures.

Remarks: The species is newly recorded from China.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Adults (Figs. 1 – 7) and case (Fig. 8) of Nemapogon spp. 1. N. asyntacta (Meyrick); 2. N. gerasimovi Zagulajev; 3. N. robusta Gaedike; 4. N. inconditella (Lucas); 5. N. ningshanensis sp. nov.; 6. N. bidentata sp. nov.; 7. N. flabellata sp. nov.; 8. larval case of N. gerasimovi Zagulajev

FIGURES 9 – 12. Male genitalia of Nemapogon spp. 9. N. asyntacta (Meyrick), gen. slide no. XYL 04110; 10. N. gerasimovi Zagulajev, gen. slide no. XYL 04108; 11. N. robusta Gaedike, gen. slide no. XYL 08008; 12. N. inconditella (Lucas), gen. slide no. XYL 04113