Deltoplastis gypsopeda Meyrick, 1934

Wang, Yuqi, Park, Kyu-Tek & Wang, Shuxia, 2015, Taxonomic review of the Genus Deltoplastis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) in China and its neibouring countries, with a world catalogue of the genus, Zootaxa 4057 (2), pp. 210-230 : 221

Deltoplastis gypsopeda Meyrick, 1934

( Figs. 3 a, 5b, 7d)

Deltoplastis gypsopeda Meyrick, 1934: 514 ; Gaede, 1937: 506; Clarke, 1965: 39; Gozmány, 1978: 226; Wu, 1997: 96. TL: Mt. Omei, China.

Material examined. China: Guizhou Province: 1♂, Suoluo, Chishui, 390 m, 30.V.2000, coll. Yanli Du. Thailand: 1♀, Chiang Mai, Doui Pakia, 1500 m, 5–7.IX.1987, coll. S. Moriuti, T. Saito, Y. Arita & Y. Yoshiyasu. Nepal: 1♂, NW. Pokhara Birethanti, 1300 m, 29.VII.1996, coll. M. Fibiger. India: 4♂, 5.1999, coll. H. Khas., 2♀, 7.1999, coll. H. Khas.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 3 a) with wingspan 12.0– 13.5 mm. This species is similar to D. lamellospina Wu & Park, 1998 in genital structures. It differs from the latter by the uncus with distal half elongate elliptical and the thorn-like caudal lobes of the juxta in the male genitalia ( Fig. 5 b); by the ductus seminalis arising from near base of the ductus burse, and the corpus bursae with two signa in the female genitalia ( Fig. 7 d). In D. lamellospina , the uncus is grudually narrowed from base to apex and the caudal lobes of the juxta are digitate ( Wu & Park, 1998: 4, Fig. 9); the ductus seminalis arises from middle of the ductus burse, and the corpus bursae has one signum ( Wu & Park, 1998: 4, Fig. 20).

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Sichuan), Nepal, Thailand, India.

Note. This species is recorded for the first time from Thailand and India.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Adults of Deltoplastis spp. a. D. gypsopeda; b. D. gyroflexa sp. nov.; c. D. hippocrepica sp. nov.; d. D. lobigera; e. D. mamillata sp. nov.; f. D. acutiprocessa sp. nov.; g. D. prionaspis; h. D. maehongsonensis sp. nov. (scales = 2 mm).

FIGURE 5. Male genitalia of Deltoplastis spp. a. D. dentata sp. nov., slide No. WYQ 13160; b. D. gypsopeda, slide No. ZYM 05128; c. D. gyroflexa sp. nov., slide No. ZYM 06287; d. D. hippocrepica sp. nov., slide No. CIS- 6250 / Park; e. D. lobigera, slide No. WYQ 13206; f. D. mamillata sp. nov., slide No. CIS- 6218 / Park (scales = 0.5 mm).

FIGURE 7. Female genitalia of Deltoplastis spp. a. D. apostatis, slide No. TKJ 13038; b. D. causidica, slide No. WYQ 13205; c. D. commatopa, slide No. WYQ 13182; d. D. gypsopeda, slide No. CIS- 6220 / Park; e. D. gyroflexa sp. nov., slide No. WYQ 14054 (scales = 0.5 mm).