Endotricha hoenei Whalley, 1963

Sun, Yongling & Li, Houhun, 2012, Five new species and three new females of the genus Endotricha Zeller from China (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Pyralinae), ZooKeys 214, pp. 29-42 : 39

Endotricha hoenei Whalley, 1963 Figs 618

Endotricha hoenei Whalley, 1963: 430. Holotype ♂, CHINA, Linping, Kwangtung, 18.5.22 ( Höne), Brit. Mus. slide No. 6159, deposited in Höne coll, Bonn.

Material examined.

2 ♂, 11 ♀, China, Fujian Province: Xianfengling, Mt. Wuyi, 1000 m, 26.V.2004, Haili Yu; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Yinsha Protection Station, Jinxiu County, 700 m, 27.IV.2008, leg. Hui Zhen and Li Zhang; 2 ♂, 6 ♀, Mt. Daming, 125 m, 20.v.2011, coll. Linlin Yang and Yinghui Mou.

Description.

Female adult (Fig. 6) with wing expanse 19.0−21.0 mm.

Female genitalia (Fig. 18). Ovipositor with basal half nearly parallel laterally, distal half narrowed to rounded apex. Apophysis posterioris about 2.2 times length of apophysis anterioris. Antrum heavily sclerotized, uniformly same thickness, almost as long as apophysis anterioris; ductus bursae membranous, very short. Corpus burase elongate, length about five times of width; signum small and rounded, placed at about anterior 1/3.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi).

Remarks.

The female of Endotricha hoenei Whalley, 1963 is described here for the first time.