Agriothera issikii Moriuti, 1978

Zheng, Meiling, Qi, Mujie & Li, Houhun, 2020, A study on Roeslerstammiidae (Lepidoptera) in the Insect Collection of Nankai University (NKU), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4728 (3), pp. 372-380 : 374-375

Agriothera issikii Moriuti, 1978

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Agriothera issikii Moriuti, 1978: 14 ; Moriuti 1984: 410; Heppner 1992: 65; Heppner 2005: 27; Huang et al. 2008: 460. TL: China (Taiwan). TD: BMNH.

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: 1 ♀, Linjiapu (25.29°N, 98.70°E), Tengchong City , 2144 m, 15.viii.2014, leg. Kaijian Teng, Shurong Liu and Hua Rong, genitalia slide No. ZML 17007 ; 1 ♂, Gaoligong Moun- tain National Forest Park (24.83°N, 98.77°E), Baoshan County, 2157 m, 24.vii.2015, leg. Kaijian Teng and Xia Bai, genitalia slide No. ZML 17017 .

Diagnosis. Agriothera issikii has the ordinary typical color and marking of the genus, but can be distinguished from its allies by the long drop-shaped signum in female ( Fig. 14 ).

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan) ( Huang et al. 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Adults of Agriothera and Telethera species. 1, A. elaeocarpophaga, ♂; 2, A. issikii, ♀; 3, A. microtricha sp. nov., paratype, ♀; 4, A. quadrativalva sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 5, T. declivimarginata sp. nov., paratype, ♀; 6, Head of T. declivimarginata sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (Scale bars: 1–5 = 2.0 mm; 6 = 0.3 mm).

FIGURES 7–10. Male genitalia of Agriothera and Telethera species. 7, A. elaeocarpophaga, slide No. ZML17201; 8, A. issikii, slide No. ZML17017; 9, A. quadrativalva sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZML17008; 10, T. declivimarginata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZML17010 (Scale bars = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 11–15. Female genitalia of Agriothera and Telethera species. 11, A. elaeocarpophaga, slide No. ZML17020; 12, A. microtricha sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZML17018; 13, A. quadrativalva sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZML17378; 14, A. issikii, slide No. ZML17007; 15, T. declivimarginata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZML17005 (Scale bars = 0.5 mm).