Ophthalmitis siniherbida (Wehrli, 1943)

Figs. 23–26, 51, 63, 75, 86, 97

Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) herbidaria siniherbida Wehrli, 1943, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 4 (Suppl.): 529. Syntypes, 1ɗ, 1Ψ, China: Kwangtung, Lienping. (ZFMK)

Ophthalmitis lectularia siniherbida: Parsons et al., 1999, Geometrid Moths of the World, a Catalogue, 2: 670. Ophthalmitis siniherbida: Sato & Wang, 2007, Tinea, 20 (1): 43, figs 12, 16, 28, 31, 40.

Diagnosis. The wing patterns of this species are similar to those of the O. herbidaria, but can be distinguished by the following characters: the rami of the male antenna are longer; the processes on the cleft of the eighth sternite of the male abdomen are rounded and less strongly sclerotized, whereas they are pointed in O. herbidaria . The most distinct differences between these two species are in the male genitalia: the lateral processes of the uncus are shorter, rounded distally, whereas they are longer, acute distally in O. herbidaria; the apex of the valva is relatively broader; the dorsal margin of the sacculus is very broad and densely serrate, extending to the base of the ampulla; the ampulla is broader and more longitudinally positioned, with dense teeth on dorsal margin and a large acute process on the anterior end. In the female genitalia: the lamella postvaginalis is narrower; the colliculum is shorter, with parallel sides; the central teeth of the signum are smaller.

Material examined. CHINA: Kwangtung: Lienping 1ɗ1Ψ, (Syntypes) (ZFMK); Zhejiang: Taishun, Wuyanling, Shuangkengkou, 680 m, 28.VII.2005, coll. Lang Songyun, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Fujian: Wuyishan, Sangang, 704 m, 11–14.VIII.2009, coll. Xue Dayong, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Fujian: Wuyishan, Sangang, 700 m, 29.V.2006, coll. Wang Jiashe, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Guangdong: Shixing, Chebaling, 22–26.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Guangxi: Napo, Defu, 11.VI.2000, coll. Yao Jian, 1ɗ (IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi).