Lecithocera alpina Park, 2016

Yu, Shuai & Wang, Shuxia, 2024, The genus Lecithocera (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of twenty-one new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 924, pp. 1-74 : 3-5

Lecithocera alpina Park, 2016

Figs 1B , 10B , 15B , 18B

Lecithocera alpina Park in Park et al., 2016: 303. TL: Vietnam (Thua Thien). TD: PC.

Material examined

CHINA – Yunnan Province • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Pu’er City, Taiyanghe ; 1450 m a.s.l.; 16 May 2014; Z.G. Zhang leg.; slide nos YS19008♂, YS19009♀, YS19464♀, YS19615♂; NKU .

Short morphological characterization

ADULT ( Fig. 1B ). Wingspan 11.0‒ 12.5 mm.

FEMALE GENITALIA ( Fig. 18B ). Eighth abdominal sternite concave at middle on posterior margin. Apophyses posteriores about twice as long as apophyses anteriores. Antrum cup-shaped, wider than long, spiculose. Ductus bursae broad, wrinkled, partly sclerotized in anterior ⅔, slightly longer than corpus bursae; ductus seminalis broad, arising from about posterior ⅓ of ductus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate; signum at posterior 1/5, elliptical.

Distribution

China (Yunnan), Vietnam ( Park et al. 2016).

Remarks

This species is newly recorded for China and its female is described for the first time.

Figures

Fig. 1. Adults of species of Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 (NKU), dorsal view. A. L. alpestra Park, 2005, male. B. L. alpina Park, 2016, male. C. L. angustifolia sp. nov., holotype, male. D. L. asticta sp. nov., holotype, male. E. L. balteiformis sp. nov., holotype, male. F. L. bicornuta sp. nov., paratype, male. Scale bars=2.0 mm.

Fig. 10. Male genitalia of species of Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 (NKU). A. L. alpestra Park, 2005, slide no. YS19101. B. L. alpina Park, 2016, slide no. YS19008. C. L. angustifolia sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YS19607. D. L. asticta sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YS19603. E. L. balteiformis sp. nov., holotype, slide no. LSR13346. F. L. bicornuta sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YS19614. Scale bars =0.5 mm.

Fig. 15. Male seventh abdominal sternite of species of Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 (NKU). A. L. alpestra Park, 2005, slide no. YS19101. B. L. alpina Park, 2016, slide no. YS19008. C. L. angustifolia sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YS19607. D. L. asticta sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YS19603. E. L. balteiformis sp. nov., holotype, slide no. LSR13346. F. L. bicornuta sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YS19614. G. L. bigeminata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. LSR13407. H. L. chersitis Meyrick, 1918, slide no.YS19635.I. L. duplicispinea sp. nov., paratype, slide no. ZYM06270. Scale bars =0.5 mm.

Fig. 18. Female genitalia of species of Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853, all paratypes (NKU). A. L. alpestra Park, 2005, slide no.YS19093.B. L. alpina Park, 2016, slide no.YS19464.C. L. bigeminata sp. nov., slide no. YS18194. D. L. cherstis Meyrick, 1918, slide no. YS19206. E. L. duplicispinea sp. nov., slide no. ZMR10313. F. L. flavalba sp. nov., slide no. YS19061. Scale bars =0.5 mm.