Nosphistica orientana Park, 2005

Yu, Shuai & Wang, Shuxia, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, 1911 (Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 4664 (4), pp. 497-517 : 513-514

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scientific name	Nosphistica orientana Park, 2005
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Nosphistica orientana Park, 2005 View in CoL

( Figs 15 View FIGURES 12-17 , 28 View FIGURES 24-30 , 36 View FIGURES 35-38 )

Nosphistica orientana Park, 2005: 124 View in CoL . TL: China (Guangdong Province). TD: NSMT.

Material examined. CHINA, Zhejiang Province: 1♀, Mt. Fengyang, Longquan, Lishui , 1470 m, 26.VII.2007, leg. Qing Jin, slide No. LSR13170 ; 1♀, Huangtanyu, Mt. Jiulong , 467 m, 3.VII.2013, leg. Aihui Yin & Xiuc- hun Wang, slide No. LSR13234 ; 1♂, Yanping, Mt. Jiulong , 530 m, 4.VII.2013, leg. Aihui Yin & Xiuchun Wang, slide No. LSR13229 ; 3♂, 1♀, Baishanzu , Qingyuan County, 1149 m, 13–14, 16.VIII.2016, leg. Qingyun Wang, Meiqing Yang & Ping Liu, slide Nos. YS 17082 ♂, YS17083 ♂; Hubei Province : 1♂, Shayuan, Hefeng , 1260 m, 15.VII.1999, leg. Houhun Li, slide No. ZYM05099 ; 1♂, Houhe, Wufeng , 1000 m, 10.VII.1999, leg. Houhun Li, slide No. ZYM06118 ; 2♂, Mt. Jiugong, Xianning , 27.VII.2011, leg. Yunli Xiao, slide Nos. LSR13497 , YS17105; Guangdong Province: 7♀, Nanling, Shaoguan , 1–7.VIII.2006, leg. Wei Xiong & Jing Wang, slide No. LSR13168 ; 1♂, Nanling, Shaoguan , 21–28.VI.2008, leg. Liusheng Chen ; 1♂, Nanling, Shaoguan , 27.V.2009, leg. Min Wang ; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region : 1♂, 1♀, Huaping , 950 m, 6.VIII.2016, leg. Weichun Li, slide Nos. LSR13163 ♂, LSR13164 ♀; Sichuan Province : 1♂, Mabian County, 900 m, 21.VII.2004, leg. Yingdang Ren, slide No. LSR13165 ; 1♂, Bifengxia, Ya’an , 1115 m, 28.VI.2016, leg. Kaijian Teng & Xiaofei Yang, slide No. YS 17132 ; Chongqing: 1♂, Tudiyan, Mt. Simian , 1200 m, 8.VIII.2011, leg. Guiqing He & Lifang Song, slide No. YS 17134 ; Guizhou Province: 1♀, Linjiang, Xishui , 500 m, 24.IX.2000, slide No. ZYM05100 ; 1♀, Huguosi, Mt. Fanjing , 1300 m, 1.VIII.2001, leg. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang ; 4♂, Kuankuoshui, Suiyang , 1500 m, 12, 16–17.VIII.2010, leg. Linlin Yang, slide No. LSR13143 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 12-17 ) wingspan 16.0–22.0 mm. In the male genitalia this species is characterized by the valva subparallel and the juxta with lateral process shorter than 1/6 the length of the juxta ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 24-30 ), and in the female genitalia by the large single signum with four horizontal ridges ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 35-38 ). It is superficially similar to N. grandiunca sp. nov., and the differences are stated in the preceding species.

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Vietnam (North).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Lecithoceridae
Genus	Nosphistica