Ypsolopha albiramella

Jin, Qing, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2013, Review of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 from China (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae), Zootaxa 3705 (1), pp. 1-91 : 31-32

Key to species of Ypsolopha albiramella -group based on female genitalia

(exclusive of Y. albiramella )

1. Signum with one transverse ridge....................................................................... 2

- Signum with two transverse ridges...................................................................... 3

2. Ductus bursae twisted near corpus bursae, signum parallel-sided on posterior half ( Fig. 178 )............... Y. altissimella

- Ductus bursae not twisted, signum ovate ( Fig. 179 )............................................... Y. contractella

3. Ductus bursae granulous, corpus bursae rounded ( Fig. 173 )...................................... Y. minuta sp. nov.

- Ductus bursae not granulous, corpus bursae long ovate...................................................... 4

4. Lamella postvaginalis Y-shaped ( Fig. 175 )........................................................... Y. helva

- Lamella postvaginalis V-shaped......................................................................... 5

5. Ductus bursae slightly longer than corpus bursae ( Fig. 176 )................................... Y. brevivalva sp. nov.

- Ductus bursae twice length of corpus bursae or longer....................................................... 6

6. Intersegmental membrane between papilla analis and 8th abdominal segment 2/5 length of abdomen ( Fig. 174 )............................................................................................... Y. allochroa sp. nov.

- Intersegmental membrane between papilla analis and 8th abdominal segment 3/5 length of abdomen ( Fig. 177 )............................................................................................ Y. longifloccosa sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 176 – 181. Female genitalia of Ypsolopha spp. 176. Y. brevivalva sp. nov., paratype, slide no. L 94314; 177. Y. longifloccosa sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07288; 178. Y. altissimella (Chrétien), slide no. JQ 07250; 179. Y. contractella (Caradja), slide no. JQ 08024; 180. Y. albistriata (Issiki), slide no. JQ 07089; 181. Y. strigosa (Butler), slide no. JQ 07286.

FIGURES 170 – 175. Female genitalia of Ypsolopha spp. 170. Y. bicostata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07233; 171. Y. latiuscula sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07275; 172. Y. purpurata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 08020; 173. Y. minuta sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07228; 174. Y. allochroa sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07163; 175. Y. helva Sohn et Wu, slide no. JQ 07172.