Nosphistica acriella Park, 2002

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 : 501

Nosphistica acriella Park, 2002

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Nosphistica acriella Park, 2002: 257 . TL: Thailand (Nakhon Nayok Province). TD: ZMUC.

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Province: 1♂, Yexianggu, Xishuangbanna , 762 m, 20.VII.2014, leg. Wei Guan, Xiuchun Wang & Shurong Liu, slide No. YS 17128 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 6 ) wingspan 16.0 mm. This species is superficially similar to N. metalychna ( Meyrick, 1935) , but it can be distinguished from the latter in the male genitalia by the semicircular uncus and the valva with rounded apex distinctly narrower than the base ( Fig. 18 ); in N. metalychna , the uncus is sub-pentagonal and the flatly truncate apex of the valva is nearly as wide as the base.

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand.

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

Figures

FIGURES 6-11. Adults of Nosphistica spp. 6. N. acriella, ♂; 7. N. metalychna, ♂; 8. N. bisinuata, ♂; 9. N. abunda sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 10. N. apiculata sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 11. N. elliptica sp. nov., holotype, ♂. Scales=2 mm

FIGURES 18-23. Male genitalia of Nosphistica spp.18. N.acriella, slide No.YS17128; 19. N.metalychna, slide No.LSR13233; 20. N. fuscolepis, slide No. LSR13182; 21. N. bisinuata, slide No. YS17092; 22. N. abunda sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS17096; 23. N. apiculata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS17144. Scales=0.5 mm