Homaloxestis plocamandra ( Meyrick, 1907 )

Liu, Shurong & Wang, Shuxia, 2014, The genus Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3760 (1), pp. 79-88 : 85

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.5
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scientific name	Homaloxestis plocamandra ( Meyrick, 1907 )
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Homaloxestis plocamandra ( Meyrick, 1907) View in CoL

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 d, 2d, 3a, 4d)

Lecithocera plocamandra Meyrick, 1907: 737 View in CoL . Type Locality: Sikkim, N. India. Homaloxestis plocamandra: Meyrick, 1925: 225 View in CoL .

Material examined. CHINA: 5 ♂, Guanping, Mengyang (22º05′N, 100º53′E), Yunnan Province, 1200 m, 17, 18, 20.viii.2005, coll. Yingdang Ren; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Bubang, Mengla (21º30′N, 101º29′E), Yunnan Province, 650 m, 23, 24, 25.viii.2005, coll. Yingdang Ren; 1 ♂, Tropical Botanical Garden, Menglun (21º50′N, 101º35′E), Yunnan Province, 570 m, 13.viii.2005, coll. Yingdang Ren; 1 ♂, Mt. Wuzhi (18º78′N, 109º52′E), Hainan Province, 700 m, 19.v.2007, coll. Zhiwei Zhang and Weichun Li; 1 ♂, Shuimanxiang, Mt. Wuzhi (18º78′N, 109º52′E), Hainan Province, 650 m, 15.v.2007, coll. Zhiwei Zhang and Weichun Li; 2 ♂, Maoyang, Mt. Wuzhi (18º78′N, 109º52′E), Hainan Province, 225 m, 15.iv.2009, coll. Zhiwei Zhang and Weichun Li; 2 ♂, Tropical Botanical Garden, Xishuangbanna (22º36′N, 101º50′E), 531 m, 15, 19.viii.2010, coll. Yinghui Sun, Lixia Li; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Sanglangzhen, Wangme (25º10′N, 106º05′E), Guizhou Province, 600 m, 3.x.2012, coll. Jing Zhang and Zhenguo Zhang; 1 ♂, Mt. He (22º76′N, 112º94′E), Guangdong Province, 10.x.2002, coll. Guilin Liu and Binglan Zhang.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 d) with wingspan 11.0–15.0 mm. Seventh sternite ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 d) with lateral ribs moderately sclerotized, antero-median rod inconspicuous. This species is similar to H. grabia Wu et Park, 1999 , but can be distinguished by the uncus with the caudal margin semicircularly concave at middle, and the ventral margin of the valva with bluntly rounded process at middle in the male genitalia ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 d). In H. grabia , the uncus is concave in a narrow V shape on the caudal margin, and the ventral margin of the valva has a sharply pointed process at middle. In the female genitalia ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 a), the anterior 1/3 of the ductus bursae is relatively narrower in H. plocamandra than in H. grabia .