Ectoedemia philipi Puplesis

Stonis, Jonas R. & Rocienė, Agnė, 2014, Additions to the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia, with descriptions of three new species from Primorskiy Kray, Zootaxa 3846 (2), pp. 204-220 : 216-218

Ectoedemia philipi Puplesis

( Figs 44–47 )

Ectoedemia philipi Puplesis, 1984b: 590 , 592.

Ectoedemia philipi Puplesis ; Stonis & Rocienė 2013: 41.

Material examined. 1♂, Far East RUSSIA, Primorskiy Kray, 20 km E Ussuriysk, Gornotayezhnoe, Biological Station, 19.vii.2011, leg. A. Rocienė, genitalia slide no. AG 439 ( ZIN); 1♂ (holotype), same locality, 19.vii.1982, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide no. AG367 ( ZIN).

Morphology update. Central plate of gnathos distinctly serrate ( Fig. 46 ). Valva with a subbasal inner lobe, which was not documented/illustrated in the original description ( Puplesis 1984b), nor visible in the holotype slide by Stonis & Rocienė 2013: Figs 161, 162.

Remark. Although the type of the species was studied recently, due to the bad quality of visibility, the subbasal inner lobe of the valva was not clearly visible and thus was not mentioned. The structure is reported here for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 44 – 47. Male genitalia of Ectoedemia philipi Puplesis collected in Primorskiy Kray, genitalia slide no. AG 439 (ZIN). 44, phallus; 45, capsule; 46, gnathos; 47, valva (reconstruction). Scale bar 100 µm.