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

Key to the species of Chinese Ephysteris based on female genitalia

1 Antrum very short ............................................................................................................ E. (E.) promptella

- Antrum relatively long.................................................................................................................................2

2 Antrum extremely slender, distinctly shorter than apophyses anteriores .......... E. (M.) wenquana sp. nov.

- Antrum broad, longer than apophyses anteriores........................................................................................3

3 Antrum relatively long and slender.............................................................................................................4

- Antrum short and broad...............................................................................................................................5

4 Antrum slender, slightly longer than apophyses anteriores ................................................... E. (M.) flavida

- Antrum relatively broad, about twice length of apophyses anteriores ............................... E. (M.) insulella

5 Antrum about as long as apophyses anteriores, lateral sclerotized patches broad, connected basally and bifurcated distally ............................................................................................... E. (M.) montana sp. nov.

- Antrum slightly longer than apophyses anteriores, lateral sclerotized patches slender, separated basally ... ........................................................................................................................................... E. (M.) subovata