Ephysteris

Li, Houhun & Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2008, A review of the genus Ephysteris Meyrick, 1908 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Zootaxa 1733, pp. 45-56 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.181377

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6229923

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03993967-CE3E-FFCA-FF06-F2C9DFE9007B

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scientific name

Ephysteris
status

 

Key to the species of Chinese Ephysteris View in CoL based on external characters

1 Forewing length 6–8 mm, pale grey or yellowish grey, termen distinctly mottled grey ... E. (M.) insulella View in CoL

- Forewing length 4–6 mm .............................................................................................................................2

2 Forewing uniformly dark, blackish ................................................................................... E. (E.) promptella View in CoL

- Forewing lighter, pale-grey mottled ochreous along veins or uniformly yellowish or pale-brown............3

3 Forewing pale-grey mottled ochreous along veins......................................................................................4

- Forewing pale-yellow without marking or pale brown with distinct dark spots.........................................5

4 Forewing length 5–6 mm, ground colour pale-grey ........................................................... E. (M.) subovata

- Forewing length 4–5 mm, ground colour yellowish-brown ................................. E. (M). montana View in CoL sp. nov.

5 Forewing pale-yellow, mottled grey apically and along costa ............................................... E. (M.) flavida View in CoL

- Forewing darker, pale-brown, with three distinct black spots ............................ E. (M.) wenquana View in CoL sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Gelechiidae

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