Thecobathra paranas Fan, Jin et Li, 2008

Liu, Haoyu & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, Taxonomic study of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in China, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 5325 (4), pp. 483-508 : 498

Thecobathra paranas Fan, Jin et Li, 2008

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Thecobathra paranas Fan, Jin et Li, 2008: 20 . TL: China (Yunnan). TD: NKU.

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: Holotype ♁, Ruili Rare Botanical Garden (24.00°N, 97.08°E), 1000 m, 7.VIII.2005, leg. YD Ren, slide No. FXM07040.

Additional material. Yunnan: 1♁, Zijiaosuo (24.40°N, 100.84°E), Jingdong County, 1244 m, 5.VII.2013, leg. SR Liu et al., slide No. LHY21513; 3♁, Bubeng Town (21.59°N, 101.58°E), 652 m, 11.VII.2013, leg. SR Liu et al., slide No. LHY21516; 3♁ 1♀, Yexianggu (22.17°N, 100.87°E), Xishuangbanna, 762 m, 9‒13.VII.2015, leg. KJ Teng & X Bai, slide Nos. LHY21544♁, LHY21545♁, LHY21648 ♀, LHY21755 ♁.

Diagnosis. Thecobathra paranas can be distinguished by the valva with a tooth on the ventral margin near middle, and the sacculus concave inward ventrally ( Fan et al. 2008: 21, fig. 13).

Description. Adult. Wingspan 13.0‒ 14.5 mm.

Female genitalia ( Fig.30 ).Apophyses posteriores1.5 times length of apophyses anteriores.Lamella postvaginalis composed of a pair of sclerotized, broadly ovate plates. Antrum about 1/3 length of ductus bursae, parallel-sided, sclerotized, with a longitudinal medial fold. Ductus bursae 1.5 times length of corpus bursae, sclerotized in posterior half. Corpus bursae large, oviform; signum C-shaped in posterior 1/3, serrate along margin of concavity, equally wide in middle 1/3, spiniform in anterior 1/3, lateral flange large, thorn-shaped.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Note. The female is described for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 27–31. Female genitalia of Thecobathra spp. 27, T. longisaccata, slide No. LHY21073 (corpus bursae lost); 28, T. minutiprocessa sp. nov., paratype, slide No. JQ10078; 29, T. nakaoi, slide No. LHY21038; 30, T. paranas, slide No. LHY21648; 31, T. pectinacea sp. nov., paratype, slide No. LHY21092. Scales = 0.5 mm.