Semnostola magnifica ( Kuznetzov, 1964 )

Xu, Zhang & Wang, Shuxia, 2006, A study of the genus Semnostola Diakonoff from China with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), Zootaxa 1283 (1283), pp. 37-45 : 39

Semnostola magnifica ( Kuznetzov, 1964)

( Figs. 1, 5, 9)

Eucosmomorpha (Ancyloides) magnifica Kuznetzov, 1964: 882 . Type locality: Russia.

Semnostola magnifica ( Kuznetzov, 1964) : Inoue et al., 1982: 118, 2: 173; Razowski, 1989: 193; Razowski, 1999: 495; Kuznetzov, 2001: 320.

Semnostola magnifisa: Byun et al., 1998: 177 . [incorrect subsequent spelling of magnifica ]

Diagnosis. This species is similar to Semnostola thrasyplaca ( Fletcher, 1940) in having a large dark brown dorsal blotch on the forewing. It can be distinguished from the latter by the semiovate dorsal blotch; the top of the tegumen with a rounded projection; the small, subtriangular and slightly drooping socius; and a much wider cucullus in the male genitalia.

Adult ( Fig. 1): Wing expanse 13.0– 21.5 mm.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 5): Tegumen long, top with rounded projection. Uncus absent. Socius triangular, small, hairy. Valva slender, with large basal cavity ca. 0.5 times length of valva; cucullus with well­developed long hairs at dorsal margin, provided with a terminal pollex; sacculus lacking projection, with band of long hairs. Caulis as long as aedeagus. Aedeagus slender, apex acute, vesica with a bundle of cornuti.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 9): Papilla analis long and narrow, anterior half wider than posterior half. Apophysis posterioris shorter than apophysis anterioris. Sterigma bow­tieshaped, sclerotized. Ostium triangular. Antrum indistinct. Ductus bursae shorter than length of corpus bursae; colliculum sclerotized at ca. anterior 1/4 of ductus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate with two small thorn­shaped signa of different size.

Distribution. China (NE China, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, Shaanxi), Korea, Japan, Russia (Far East).

Material examined. CHINA: 1 male, Ningshan County (33°19´N, 108°20´E), Shaanxi Province, 12.vii.1990 ( Jinfu Li ) ; 4 males, 1 female, Mt. Wangwu (35°16´N, 112°10´E), Jiyuan City, Henan Province, 700 m, 3–5.vi.2000 ( Haili Yu ) ; 1 male, Jiyuan City (35°04´N, 112°35´E), Henan Province, 700 m, 6.vi.2000 ( Haili Yu ) ; 4 males, 2 females, Songxian (34°08´N, 112°05´E), Henan Province, 1580 m, 18­23.vii.2002 ( Xinpu Wang ) ; 1 male, Huixian (35°27´N, 113°47´E), Hunan Province, 780 m, 12.vii.2002 ( Xinpu Wang ) ; 1 male, Shangsi County (22°09´N, 107°58´E), Guangxi Province, 770 m, 3.iv.2002 (Shulian Hao, Huaijun Xue ) .