Deltoplastis prionaspis Gozmány, 1978

Wang, Yuqi, Park, Kyu-Tek & Wang, Shuxia, 2015, Taxonomic review of the Genus Deltoplastis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) in China and its neibouring countries, with a world catalogue of the genus, Zootaxa 4057 (2), pp. 210-230 : 226

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631677
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scientific name	Deltoplastis prionaspis Gozmány, 1978
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Deltoplastis prionaspis Gozmány, 1978 View in CoL

( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 a, 3g, 6b, 8b)

Deltoplastis prionaspis Gozmány, 1978: 227 View in CoL ; Wu, 1997: 97. TL: Yunnan, China.

Material examined. China: Yunnan Province: 7♂, 3♀, Mt. Weibao, Weishan County, 2200 m, 20–21.VII.2001, coll. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang; 1♀, Mt. Weibao, Weishan County, 2200 m, 22.VII.2013, Shurong Liu, Yuqi Wang & Kaijian Teng; 2♂, 4♀, Wenfengsi, Lijiang, 2650 m, 18.VII.2001, coll. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 b): Abdominal sternite VIII with caudal margin concave in U-shape at middle. Apophyses posteriores about 1.5 times length of apophyses anteriores. Antrum funnel-shaped. Ductus bursae relatively thick, about 1/3 width of corpus bursae; ductus seminalis arising from middle of ductus bursae, slender. Corpus bursae nearly rounded, about same length as ductus bursae; signum rounded, with dense teeth.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 a, 3g) with wingspan 14.0– 17.5 mm. This species can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the elongate triangular caudal lobes of the juxta dentate on the outer margin in the male genitalia ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 b). It is more similar to D. apostatis ( Meyrick, 1932) superficially and in the female genitalia, but can be distinguished by the funnel-shaped antrum and the rounded signum in the female genitalia ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 b). In D. apostatis , the antrum is cup-shaped and the signum is diamond-shaped ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 a).

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Note. The female is described for the first time.