Edosa hendrixella Robinson, 2008

Yang, Linlin, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2014, A taxonomic revision of the genus Edosa Walker, 1886 from China (Lepidoptera, Tineidae, Perissomasticinae), Zootaxa 3777 (1), pp. 1-102 : 35-36

Edosa hendrixella Robinson, 2008

( Figs 4 , 19 d, 42, 72, 91)

Edosa hendrixella Robinson, 2008a: 352 .

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: 1 ♂, Botanical Garden, Menglun (21°52'N, 101°18'E), 570 m, 15.viii.2005, leg. Yingdang Ren, genitalia slide No. YLL10102; 2 ♀, Botanical Garden (21°55'N, 101°16'E), Xishuangbanna, 531 m, 15.viii.2010, leg. Yinghui Sun & Lixia Li, genitalia slide Nos. YLL10066, YLL10114. 9 ♂, 4 ♀, Botanical Garden, Mengla, 20,21. xi.1987, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide Nos. XYL03136m, XYL04231m, XYL04238f, XYL04244f, YLL10233f; 1 ♂, Jinghong (22°55'N, 100°47'E), 550 m, 23.xi.1987, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide No. XYL03137.

Diagnosis. Edosa hendrixella ( Fig. 72 ) is similar to E. cornuta sp. nov. in the male genitalia. The differences between the two species are stated under the diagnosis of the latter species.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 42 ). Wingspan 8.5−12.0 mm.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 91 ). Ovipositor length 2.0−2.8 mm. Eighth tergite tapered anteriorly, microtrichiate on posterior 1/3, with sparse setae on posterior margin. Eighth sternite deeply concave in triangle, microtrichiate laterally, with sparse setae on posterior margin; with one cylindrical protuberance medially, surrounding base of ductus bursae. Ostium at apex of cylindrical protuberance. Antrum absent; ductus bursae as long as corpus bursae. Colliculum comprising a pair of paddle-shaped processes spinose on distal half, arising from junction of ductus bursae and corpus bursae, invaginated into corpus bursae to level of second ring; second ring at posterior 1/4 of corpus bursae, with an apron-like ventral extension; inception of ductus seminalis opposite to apron-like extension of second ring. Corpus bursae elongate, ovate; signum absent.

Distribution. China ( Yunan), West Malaysia (Perak).

Remarks. This species is newly recorded for China, and the female is described for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Distribution of Chinese Edosa spp. uncusella - group: ■ E. elongata sp. nov., ● E. conchata sp. nov., ▲ E. sinica, ★ E. cornuta sp. nov., ♦ E. hendrixella, ♥ E. robustispina sp. nov., ♣ E. uncusella sp. nov., ▼ E. semicircularis sp. nov.

FIGURES 19. Juxta, aedeagus and bulbus ejaculatorius of Edosa spp. a, E. varians sp. nov.; b, E. crayella; c, E. conchata sp. nov.; d, E. hendrixella; e, E. hamata sp. nov.; f, E. curvidorsalis sp. nov. (The number indicates character and its state as shown in Appendix 1; slide numbers same as male genitalia shown in figures 52 − 79).

FIGURES 71 − 72. Male genitalia of Edosa spp. 71, E. cornuta sp. nov., paratype, slide No. YLL 10104; 72, E. hendrixella, slide No. YLL 10102 (scale lines = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 36 − 43. Adults of Edosa spp. 36, E. orphnodes, ♂; 37, E. elongata sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 38, E. conchata sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 39, E. sinica, ♂; 40, E. cornuta sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 41, E. cornuta sp. nov., paratype, ♀; 42, E. hendrixella, ♂; 43, E. robustispina sp. nov., holotype, ♂.

FIGURES 89 − 91. Female genitalia of Edosa spp. 89, E. elongata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. YLL 10111 (89 a, eighth sternite); 90, E. cornuta sp. nov., paratype, slide No. YLL 10103 (90 a, eighth sternite, lateral view, slide No. YLL 10188); 91. E. hendrixella, slide No. YLL 10114 (scale lines = 0.5 mm).