Thiotricha albimaculata, Lee & Li, 2024
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5449.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CAC513A2-D2B4-4E6E-BAB6-CCE6E054680F |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC3667-9800-1D43-FF05-8D34DFD6E126 |
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Plazi |
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Thiotricha albimaculata |
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sp. nov. |
Thiotricha albimaculata sp. nov.
( Figs 10F View FIGURE 10 , 24Q View FIGURE 24 , 35A View FIGURE 35 )
Type material. Holotype ♂, CHINA, Hainan Province , Jianfengling, Tianchi (18.73°N, 108.87°E), 787 m, 15.vii.2015, leg. Qingyun Wang, Suran Li and Mengting Chen, genitalia slide no. LGE16024 GoogleMaps . Paratypes. CAMBODIA: 3 ♂♂, Samkos , Alt. 960 m (N 12°12'50.0" E 102°53'57.00"), 8.ii.2014, leg. Y. S. Bae, Y. D. Ju, Mujie
Qi, B. S. Park, S. M. Na, J. W. Kim and D. J. Lee, genitalia slide nos. INU-NK26, INU-NK28, INU-NK29 ( INU); 1 ♂, Samkos, Alt. 310 m (N 12°18'16.0" E 103°06'7.00"), 9.ii.2014, leg. Y. S. Bae, Y. D. Ju, Mujie Qi, B. S. Park, S. M. Na, J. W. Kim and D. J. Lee, genitalia slide no. INU-NK30 ( INU); 1 ♂, Samkos, Alt. 934 m (N 12°12'38.8" E 102°53'54.3"), 8.ii.2015, leg. Y. S. Bae, B. S. Park, S. M. Na, J. W. Kim and D. J. Lee, genitalia slide no. INU-NK20 ( INU) .
Diagnosis. The forewing markings are very similar to those of T. cochlearis , and the differences are stated under the latter species. The male genitalia are diagnosed by the spatulate apex of valva, the broad saccus and the aedeagus with a short triangular projection at basal 2/3.
Description. Adult ( Fig. 10F View FIGURE 10 ). Wingspan 9.5–12.0 mm. Head creamy white to light ocher, sometimes tinged with fuscous scales posteriorly. Labial palpus creamy white to light ocher; segment III slightly longer than II, usually tipped black. Antenna creamy white, distal 2/3 of flagellum alternately annulated black and ochre, male cilia shoter than diameter. Thorax creamy white to light ochre, usually with a broad fuscous median streak, tinged with carmine-pink anteriorly. Tegula creamy white to light ochre, inner margin sometimes strongly or slightly suffused with carmine-pink. Forewing ground color whitish ochre, often scattered with carmine-pink; costa with anterior edge black in basal 2/5, dark brown in distal 1/5; apical spot usually very reduced, bordered inwardly by grey scales; dorsum with a very large, semicircular white patch in basal 1/3 and after middle of wing, respectively, each patch surrounded by a narrow rim of carmine-pink scales, the scales often indistinct or absent; other markings dark brown: base often with a minute spot below costa; a costal spot at basal 1/3, sometimes enlarged and elongate; a broad, oblique band arising from near base of dorsum, longitudinally running over two white patches close to costa, curved downward after middle and reaching distal 1/4 of dorsum, interrupted by white scales near lower angle of discal cell, its posterior margin sometimes bordered by carmine-pink scales; two narrow, sometimes indistinct longitudinal streaks from distal 1/4 of wing, confluent with apical spot distally, sometimes bordered by carmine-pink scales; fringe on apex dark brown with a creamy white basal band, on termen carmine-pink with a metallic terminal band, on tornus creamy white, on dorsum grey sometimes tined with pink. Hindwing and fringe dark fuscous. Legs creamy white, slightly suffused with ochre; fore femur, tibia and tarsus black on outer surface; an oblique black streak after middle of mid tibia and near apex of hind tibia, respectively; mid and hind tarsi with an oblique black streak at middle of tarsomere I and base of tarsomeres II and III, respectively.
Male sternum VIII ( Fig. 24Q View FIGURE 24 ). Slightly shorter than 1/4 length of abdomen, with lateral margins gradually narrowed, bifurcate from posterior 1/4; inner margin U-shaped between two tines, pointed at apex.
Male genitalia ( Fig. 35A View FIGURE 35 ). Uncus tongue-shaped. Gnathos hook moderately long, simple. Tegumen approximately 3 times as long as uncus. Valva narrow, slightly constricted from basal 1/3, then broadened from 2/3, apex spatulate. Anellus lobe approximately 1/4 length of valva, slender and digitate, with base slightly curved inward; apex round, without apical bristle. Juxta broadly convex. Vinculum convex medially. Saccus very broad and short, not exceeding tegumen pedunculus. Aedeagus with basal 1/3 dilated, cylindrical to 2/3, narrowed distally; dorsal margin with a short triangular projection at 2/3; apex rounded.
Female unknown.
Variation. Three specimens from Cambodia have somewhat darker forewings without pink scales except at the apex .
Distribution. China (Hainan), Cambodia.
Etymology. The species name is derived from Latin albus (white) and maculatus, referring to the white dorsal markings of the forewing.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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