Neopseustis bicornuta Davis, 1975

Chen, Liusheng, Owada, Mamoru, Wang, Min & Long, Yang, 2009, The genus Neopseustis (Lepidoptera: Neopseustidae) from China, with description of one new species, Zootaxa 2089, pp. 10-18 : 13-15

Neopseustis bicornuta Davis, 1975

( Figs. 9 , 14 )

Neopseustis bicornuta Davis, 1975: 19 , figs. 14, 23, 69–73; Davis, 1997: 5.

Diagnosis: Forewings brownish, basal half dark fuscous, with a sparse scattering of silvery white scales; distal half whitish, mottled with various brown spots, with 3 large grayish brown spots along edge. Hindwings with pale brown basal half, whitish distal half, and a series of brown spots along margin. Male genitalia with stout uncinate gnathos, long and compressed tegumenal lobes, and a pair of corneate lateroposterior processes of anellus.

Material examined. Gong Gashan Mt., Sichuan Province, China, 1 male, 3-VIII-2003, Min WANG and Xiaoling FAN leg..

Distribution. China (Omei Mt., Sichuan Province; Gong Gashan Mt., Sichuan Province)

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 10. Adults of Neopseustis spp. 3, N. moxiensis sp. nov., male; 4, N. moxiensis sp. nov., female; 5, N. meyricki Hering, male; 6, N. meyricki Hering, female; 7, N. fangjingshana Yang, male; 8, N. fangjingshana Yang, male resting posture; 9, N. bicornuta Davis, male; 10, N. sinensis Davis, male. Scale bars: 5 mm.

FIGURES 11 – 16. Male genitalia of Neopseustis spp. 11, N. moxiensis sp. nov.; 12, N. meyricki Hering; 13, N. fanjingshana Yang; 14, N. bicornuta Davis; 15, N. sinensis Davis; 16, Lateroposterior process of anellus of N. meyricki Hering.