Punctulata fusciptera Wang, 2006

Tao, Zhulin & Wang, Shuxia, 2021, Taxonomic study of the genus Punctulata Wang (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 5027 (3), pp. 376-386 : 382

Punctulata fusciptera Wang, 2006

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Punctulata fusciptera Wang, 2006: 158 . TL: China (Hubei). TD: NKU.

Material examined. Type material. CHINA, Hubei: Holotype ♂, Shennongjia (31.45 °N, 110.40°E), 1100 m, 19.VII.2003, leg. SL Hao, slide No. W03186 . Paratypes: 2♂ 1♀, 17–18.VII.2003, other data as holotype, slide Nos. W04020 ♂, W04024 ♀.

Diagnosis. Punctulata fusciptera ( Fig. 6 ) is similar to P. ningshanensis ( Fig. 7 ) in appearance and in male genitalia, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the less sclerotized distal portion of the uncus, the slender basal process of the costa pointed at apex, and the distally dilated valva ( Fig. 14 ). In P. ningshanensis , the distal portion of the uncus is heavily sclerotized, the stout basal process of the costa is rounded at apex, and the valva is slightly widened distally ( Fig. 12 ). The female genitalia are diagnostic by the funneled antrum and the ductus seminalis arising from the middle of the ductus bursae ( Fig. 16 ).

Distribution. China (Hubei).

Figures

FIGURES 4–9. Male adults of Punctulata spp. 4, P. guangxiensis sp. nov., holotype; 5, P. novipalliptera sp. nov., holotype; 6, P. fusciptera; 7, P. ningshanensis; 8, P. palliptera; 9, P. trunciformis. Scales = 2 mm.

FIGURES 10–15. Male genitalia of Punctulata spp. 10, P. guangxiensis sp. nov., holotype, slide No. TZL19915; 11, P. novipalliptera sp. nov., paratype, slide No. TZL19711; 12, P. ningshanensis, slide No. 89255; 13, P. trunciformis, slide No. W04039; 14, P. fusciptera, slide No. W03186; 15, P. palliptera, slide No. W98283; 10a–15a, enlarged cornuti. Scales: 10–15 = 0.2 mm; 10a–15a = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 16–18. Female genitalia of Punctulata spp. 16, P. fusciptera, slide No. W04024; 17, P. palliptera, slide No. WYQ15038; 18, P. trunciformis, slide No. TZL19666. Scales = 0.2 mm.