Agriothera elaeocarpophaga Moriuti, 1978

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Agriothera elaeocarpophaga Moriuti, 1978

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Agriothera elaeocarpophaga Moriuti, 1978: 5 ; Moriuti 1982: 227; Moriuti 1984: 410; Heppner 1992: 65; Heppner 2005: 27. TL: Japan. TD: OPU.

Material examined. CHINA: Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region : 1 ♂, Daming Mountain (25.00°N, 108.35°E), 1250 m, 21.v.2011, leg. Linlin Yang and Yinghui Mou, genitalia slide No. ZML 17009 ; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Yangmeiao (25.29°N, 109.31°E), Huanjiang County, Hechi City , 1180 m, 24–25.vii.2015, leg. Meiqing Yang and Ga-Eun Lee, genitalia slide Nos. ZML 17012 ♀, ZML 17196 ♂, ZML 17197 ♀; 1 ♀, Jiuwandashan (24.66°N, 109.27°E), Hechi City, 1600 m, 26.vii.2015, leg. Jiping Wan, genitalia slide No. ZML 17011 . Hainan Province: 1 ♂, Jianfengling (18.73°N, 108.91°E), 940 m, 7.vi.2007, leg. Zhiwei Zhang and Weichun Li, genitalia slide No. ZML 17201 ; 1 ♂, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves (18.90°N, 109.67°E), 738 m, 23.vii.2016, leg. Xia Bai, Shuonan Qian and Wanding Qi, genitalia slide No. ZML 17200 . Yunnan Province: 1 ♂, Nanla River (21.59°N, 101.58°E), Bubang Town , Mengla County, 652 m, 12.vii.2013, leg. Shurong Liu, Yuqi Wang and Kaijian Teng, genitalia slide No. ZML 17198 ; 1 ♂, Sun River Reserves (22.68°N, 101.03°E), Pu’er , 7.vi.2015, leg. Zhenguo Zhang, genitalia slide No. ZML 18203 ; 1 ♀, Sun River National Forest Park (22.68°N, 101.03°E), Pu’er, 1450 m, 5.vii.2015, leg. Kaijian Teng, genitalia slide No. ZML 17020 ; 1 ♂, Wild Elephant Vally (22.17°N, 100.87°E), Xishuangbanna, 762 m, 11.vii.2015, leg. Kaijian Teng and Xia Bai, genitalia slide No. ZML 17021 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Xiajinchang Village (23.10°N, 104.48°E), Malipo County, Wenshan City , 1470 m, 28.vii.2016, leg. Kaijian Teng, Ga-Eun Lee and Tao Wang, genitalia slide Nos. ZML 17019 ♂, ZML 17245 ♀.

Diagnosis. Agriothera elaeocarpophaga is characterized by the absence of white mark on apical prominence of forewing ( Fig. 1 ). In the male genitalia ( Fig. 7 ), the broad median band formed by gnathal arms, the extremely narrowed and lengthened valva with a spine on distal margin, the U-shaped aedeagus. Agriothera elaeocarpophaga can be easily distinguished from its allies by above-mentioned characters.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Japan, India ( Moriuti 1978, 1982).

Remarks. This species is recorded from mainland China for the first time.

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).