Ochyrotica zolotuhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010

Hao, Shu-Lian, 2014, Taxonomic review of the genus Ochyrotica Walsingham from China (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Ochyroticinae), Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 283-291 : 288-290

Ochyrotica zolotuhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010 ( Figs 19–24 )

Ochyrotica zolotuhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010 . Amurian Zoological Journal, II (3): 245. Type locality: Vietnam. Holotype ♂: “C. Vietnam, Thua Thien Hue Province, Bach Ma N. P. (16°12′N, 107°51′E, elev. 1 250 m), 20–22 April 2009, leg. V. Zolotuchin”. Gen . pr. No. -22892 ♂. Coll. BMNH. Paratypes: 1♀, BMNH , gen. pr. No. - 22893. C. Vietnam, Nghe An Prov Pu Mat NP Tam Dinh Village (19°10′N, 104°37′E, elev. 170 m), 4–5 October 2008, V. Zolotukhin leg. ; 2♂, 3♀, Vietnam, in CVKPU .

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Adult ( Figs 19, 21, 23 ). Wingspan about 16 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs 20, 22, 24 ). As illustrated.

Female. Not available.

Material examined. China, 1 ♂, Mt. Yingge, Hainan Province, 22 December 2009, collected by Bing-Bing Hu, genitalia slide No. HSL09117; 1 ♂, Mt. Wuzhi Nature Reserves, Hainan Province, elev. 220 m, sweeping, 13 April 2009, by Bing-Bing Hu and Qing Jin, genitalia slide No. HSL09167, deposited in ICNKU.

Distribution. China (Hainan); Vietnam.

Diagnosis. This species resembles O. connexiva (Walsingham) , but can be distinguished from the latter by the forewing markings with costal margin and dorsal margin touched once; the narrow cucullus about 1/2 width of the valva at base; the saccular process reaching near apical of the valva; the aedeagus with a narrow hooked process at base; and the sternite VII in female genitalia regularly V-shaped posteriorly.

Remarks. Two specimens were collected, one from Mt. Yingge, Hainan Province (HSL09117), and another from Mt. Wuzhi, Hainan Province (HSL09167). By comparing with original work, both specimens belong to O. zolotuhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich. But there are some variations: 1) the costal margin marking of the specimen from Mt. Yingge (HSL09117) is slightly wider than that of Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich (2010) ( Fig. 21 ); the specimen from Mt. Wuzhi (HSL09167) was collected by sweeping methods during daytime, so the wings were heavily worn, but we can make out the marking; 2) the aedeagus of the two specimens is slightly longer and curved than that of Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich (2010); the hook process of the aedaegus from Mt. Wuzhi (HSL09167) is slightly curved basally than that from Mt. Yingge (HSL09117) and that of Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich (2010); the distal shape of the aedeagus from Mt. Wuzhi (HSL09167) and that of Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich (2010) is slightly rounder than that from Mt. Yingge (HSL09117).

This species is newly recorded in China

© Zoological Systematics, 392): 283–291 Funding This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071948, 31093430).

Acknowledgements I acknowledge gratefully the assistance and information received from Dr. Ernst Arenberger (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria), Dr. Peter Ya. Ustjuzhanin (Siberian Division of the Russian Entomological Society, Novosibirsk, Russia) and Dr. Cees Gielis (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, Netherlands). I express my sincere thanks to Dr. Shu-Xia Wang (Nankai University, Tianjin, China) for her suggestions in improving the manuscript.

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Figures

Figs 19–24. Ochyrotica zolotuhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich. 19, 21, 23. Adult. 20, 22, 24. Male genitalia. 19–20. HSL09117. 21–22. Provided by Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich (2010). 23–24. Genitalia slide No. HSL09167.