Blastobasis inouei Moriuti, 1987

Teng, Kaijian & Wang, Shuxia, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Blastobasis Zeller, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Blastobasidae) from China, with descriptions of six new species, Zootaxa 4679 (1), pp. 25-46 : 36

Blastobasis inouei Moriuti, 1987

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Blastobasis inouei Moriuti, 1987: 172 . Type locality: Japan. Type deposited: UOP.

Material examined. CHINA: Jilin Province: 3♂, Gaoshan Garden, Weidong 14 Watchtower , Mt. Changbai , 20.VII.2016, coll. Mujie Qi, Juan Li and Yanyan Jia.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 8 ) forewing length 4.5–5.0 mm. The male genitalia of B. inouei can be distinguished by the proximal flange with a small cluster of hairlike setae at the base on the ventral margin, with a row of elongate spine-like setae on the outer margin, and the membrane above the proximal flange with sparse microtrichiae; and the ventral part of the valva with the distal process narrowly rounded apically ( Fig. 18 ). This species is similar to B. spinisetosa in the male genitalia, and the differences between them are given in the diagnosis of B. spinisetosa .

Distribution. China (Jilin), Japan (Hokkaido), Russian Far East.

Note. This species is recorded for the first time in China.

Figures

FIGURES 4−13. Adults of Blastobasis spp. 4, B. sprotundalis, ♂; 5, B. parki, ♂; 6, B. drymosa, ♂; 7, B. spinisetosa sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 8, B. inouei; 9, B. adamskii sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 10, B. divulgata sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 11, B. aciformis sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 12, B. edentula sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 13, B. hamata sp. nov., holotype, ♂. (Scale bars = 2.0 mm)

FIGURES 18−20. Male genitalia of Blastobasis spp. 18, B. inouei, slide No. TKJ17569; 19, B. adamskii sp. nov., holotype, slide No. TKJ17387; 20, B. divulgata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. TKJ17228 (enlarged gnathos: a, slide No. TKJ17228; b, slide No. TKJ17227). (Scale bars: 18−20 = 0.2 mm; 20a−b = 0.1 mm)