Nematopogon dorsiguttellus ( Erschoff, 1877 )

Liao, Cheng-Qing, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Yagi, Sadahisa, Wang, Min, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, The fauna of the family Adelidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Adeloidea) from China, Zootaxa 5348 (1), pp. 1-152 : 14

(3) Nematopogon dorsiguttellus ( Erschoff, 1877)

Nemophora dorsiguttella Erschoff, 1877: 343 (Type locality: Russia, Kachtak, Irkutsk); Erschoff 1892: 670, pl. XVI, fig. 2;

Matsumura 1931: 1111, fig. 2329 ( Japan); Matsumura 1932: 122, pl. 4, fig. 4 (list of Japan); Kozlov 1997d: 278 (Russian

Far East). Nematopogon dorsiguttella: Wang 2014: 6 ; Ji et al. 2018: 901, figs. 1h, 2g, 3e ( Korea). Nematopogon dorsigutella [sic!]: Yang 1977: 62, pl. 1, fig. 3 ( China, Beijing); Hua 2005: 2 (list of China). Nematopogon dorsiguttela [sic!]: Dubatolov 2007: 43 ( Russia: Khabarovsk). Nematopogon dorsigutellus: Hirowatari 2013: 103 , fig. 3-07-3,4 ( Japan); Umetsu 2014: 4, fig. 1 ( Japan, Akita Prefecture); Yu

2015: 16 ( China, Beijing).

Diagnosis. This species is one of the largest species in the genus Nematopogon and can be easily distinguished by the white mark near the middle of dorsum and a white subtornal mark at the forewing. Additionally, the valva in the male genitalia of this species has three pectinifers, while only one in the other Chinese species.

Specimens examined. Not available in this study.

Distribution. China (northern part, including Beijing); Russia, Japan, Korea.

Remarks. This species is widely distributed in the East Palearctic region, from the Russian Far East to Northern China and Japan.