Aurivalva conistica ( Collenette, 1936 ) Li & Xia & Wang, 2024

Li, Daixuan, Xia, Linli & Wang, Houshuai, 2024, DNA barcodes and morphological evidence reveal a new genus of Nygmiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from China, Zootaxa 5496 (1), pp. 101-110 : 107

Aurivalva conistica ( Collenette, 1936) comb. nov.

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Euproctis conistica Collenette, 1936: 336 ; Chao, 2003: 407.

Redescription. Male forewing length 16–17 mm. Forewing yellow, scattered with tiny black dots from base near to submargin, denser near costa. Hindwing white. Male genitalia: Tegumen broad. Uncus triangular. Valva broad basally, cucullus with two sclerotized processes, the dorsal one larger than the ventral one. Saccus long tongue-shaped. Aedeagus clavate, curved at basal 1/3, vesica with a piece of tiny spines.

Material examined. 1♂, kena village, Tacheng Town , Weixi County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, 20-VII-2018, leg. Shifang Mo, Zhipeng Miao. 1♂, Tiger Leaping Gorge Scenic Spot , Shangri-la City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, 26–28-VI-2004, leg. Houshuai Wang.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

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FIGURES 2–7. Adults. 2–3. Aurivalva yunnanpina comb. nov. (2. male; 3. female); 4–5. Aurivalva telephanes comb. nov. (4. male; 5. female); 6. Aurivalva conistica comb. nov. (male); 7. Nygmia icilia Stoll (type species of Nygmia, holotype, male, copyright from Natural History Museum in London). Scale bars = 10 mm.

FIGURES 8–11. Male genitalia. 8. Aurivalva yunnanpina comb. nov.; 9. Aurivalva telephanes comb. nov.; 10. Aurivalva conistica comb. nov.; 11. Nygmia icilia Stoll (type species of Nygmia, holotype, male, copyright from Natural History Museum in London). Scale bars = 1 mm.