Scrobipalpa hoenei, Bidzilya, Oleksiy & Li, Houhun, 2010

Bidzilya, Oleksiy & Li, Houhun, 2010, The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species, Zootaxa 2513, pp. 1-26 : 18-19

Scrobipalpa hoenei sp. n.

( Figs. 16 , 39 )

Type material. Holotype, 3, China: Li-kiang (27°23' N, 100°11' E), Prov. Nord-Yeunnan, ca. 3000 m, 18.6.1934. H. Höne, genitalia slide no. 91/08 ( ZFMK).

Description. Adult ( Fig. 16 ): Wingspan 12.5 mm. Head, thorax and tegula covered with light grey, brown-tipped scales, frons off-white. Labial palpus recurved, brown mottled grey; segment 3 with white medial and apical rings. Forewing light grey, mottled black, especially along costal margin; two small black spots at base of cell, indistinct black dot at corner of cell; diffused ochreous spot at one-third. Hindwing light grey.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 39 ): Uncus sub-rectangular. Gnathos short, weakly curved. Tegumen widened basally, narrowed distally. Valva narrow, weakly curved, distinctly dilated distally, not extending to top of uncus. Sacculus slender, about one-third length of valva, fused basely with vinculum processes, pointed and slightly curved inwards apically. Paired processes on posterior margin of vinculum short, pointed distally; medial excision deep and very narrow. Saccus short. Aedeagus comparatively long, basal part bulbous, distal portion slender, with distinct apical cornutus.

Female: Unknown.

Diagnosis. Scrobipalpa hoenei sp. n. is similar externally to many other Scrobipalpa -species by having three typical black spots in the cell. The male genitalia are characterized by the slender sacculus fused with the vinculum processes, resembling in general those of S. hyoscyamella (Stainton, 1869) .

Biology. Host-plant unknown. The holotype was collected in June at 3000 m altitude.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology. The species is named after H. Höne who collected the holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Adults of Scrobipalpa spp. 9, S. nigripuncta sp. n. (HT); 10, S. strictella sp. n. (HT); 11, S. flavidinigra sp. n. (HT); 12, S. ochrostigma sp. n. (HT); 13, S. chinensis Povolný; 14, S. sinica sp. n. (PT); 15, S. flavinerva sp. n. (PT); 16, S. hoenei sp. n. (HT).

FIGURES 33 – 40. Male genitalia of Scrobipalpa spp. 33, S. reiprichi Povolný (slide no. L 06011); 34, S. ochrostigma sp. n. (PT, slide no. L 06039); 35, S. chinensis Povolný (slide no. 106 / 08); 36, S. sinica sp. n. (HT, slide no. 208 / 08); 37, S. sinica sp. n. (PT, slide no. L 07023); 38, S. flavinerva sp. n. (PT, slide no. 194 / 07); 39, S. hoenei sp. n. (HT, slide no. 91 / 08); 40, S. paradoxa Piskunov (slide no. L 07047).