Thliptoceras sinense ( Caradja, 1925 )

Zhang, Dandan, Xu, Jiawen & Li, Jinwei, 2014, Review of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Oriental region of China, Zootaxa 3796 (2), pp. 265-286 : 274

Thliptoceras sinense ( Caradja, 1925)

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Phlyctaenodes decoloralis sinense Caradja, 1925: 105 . Type locality: China, Shanghai; Lienping. Thliptoceras sinense: Munroe, 1967: 723 .

DIagnosIs. Wing expanse 24–27 mm. Thliptoceras sinense can be recognized in the male by the modified scales along the posterior margin of the forewing and by a modified antenna with a globular scape, a broadened flagellum with a deep, transverse groove at base ending laterally in an upcurved tooth and delineated distally by a transverse ridge covered with raised appressed scales, followed by several compressed and decreasingly widened segments. Male genitalia with valva gradually widening, widest at 2/3, costa straight with a minute spine at apex, ventral margin sinuate, editum short and stout, sacculus process triangular, with sparse seatae, juxta with dorso-medial finger-shaped carina, aedeagus with four groups of cornuti of different length and width near distal end. Female genitalia with antrum sclerotised, irregularly tubular with middle part globularly inflated and thick-walled, posterior margin bilobed; ductus bursae long (length about 8 times diameter of corpus bursae), irregularly spiraled, with scattering of minute spinules in widened posteriormost part; signum small (less than half diameter of corpus bursae).

MaterIal examIned. CHINA, Zhejiang: 4 ♂, Chanyuansi, Mt. Tianmushan, alt. 350 m, 15.VIII.1999, coll. Li Houhun (NKUM); 8 ♂, Houshanmen, Mt. Tianmushan, alt. 500 m, 16.VIII.1999, coll. Li Houhun (NKUM); Fujian: 1 ♂, Mt. Wuyishan, alt. 759 m, 21.V.2012, coll. Li Jinwei; Jiangxi: 3 ♂, Daqiutian, Mt. Jiulianshan, alt. 500 m, 30.VIII.2007, coll. Zhang Dandan, 13.VII.2008, He Fengxia and Li Jiahui; 3 ♂, Fengxin County, alt. 506 m, 22.IX.2012, coll. Li Jinwei; 2 ♂, Mt. Jinggangshan, 25.IV.2011, coll. Mei Yan, 30.VI.2011, coll. Yang Lijun; Guangdong: 4 ♂, 4 ♀, Mt. Danxiashan, alt. 96 m, 17.IV., 31. V., 1.VI.2008, coll. He Fengxia, 6–7.VI.2012, coll. Li Jinwei; 1 ♀, Lianping County, 12.VIII.2009, coll. Zeng Yanyi; 1 ♂, Yanshuitian, Mt. Heishiding, Fengkai County, 2.V.2011, coll. Zhang Dandan and Tong Bo; Guangxi: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Gaozhai, Xing’an County, alt. 469 m, 28.VIII.2011, coll. Zhang Dandan and Yang Lijun; Hainan: 1 ♂, Mt. Limushan, 5.V.2011, coll. Zhang Dandan and Yang Lijun; Guizhou: 2 ♂, Suoluo, Chishui County, alt. 390 m, 27.V.2000, coll. Du Yanli (NKUM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Suoluo, Chishui County, alt. 240 m, 22.IX.2000, coll. Yu Haili (NKUM).

DIstrIbutIon. China (Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou).

Remarks. This species was recorded by Song (2001) and Wang et. al. (2003) from Jiangsu, Fujian, Zhejiang and Hainan, China as T. amamiale ( Munroe & Mutuura, 1968) . In this study, we re-identified this species. Therefore, T. amamiale is not present in China.