New species and new records of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from China Author Li, Houhun Author Bidzilya, Oleksiy text ZooKeys 2019 840 101 131 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.840.30434 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.840.30434 1313-2970-840-101 CAA617DDB1C34246B79A201920592335 CAA617DDB1C34246B79A201920592335 Scrobipalpa liui sp. n. Figs 14, 24 Type material. CHINA: Holotype ♂, Manghe Macaques National Nature Reserve, Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province, 3.viii.2013, coll. Shulian Hao and Yanjun Fan (gen. slide no. L14058) (NKU). Diagnosis. The new species resembles externally S. zhengi and S. cinerea , but the black spots are more distinct. The male genitalia remotely resemble those of S. spumata , but the sacculus and the saccus are narrower and the vincular process is longer. Description. Adult (Fig. 14). Wingspan 12.0 mm. Head, thorax and tegulae grey mixed with brown, frons white, labial palpus grey mottled with brown, upper surface of segment 2 white, scape brown, other antennal segments brown with narrow light grey basal rings; forewing covered with grey brown-tipped scales, black spots at base and on 1/3 of costal margin, another black spot in mid width, fold mottled with yellow, three black diffuse spots surrounded by light brown scales in cell, indistinct subapical white fascia on 3/4, subapical area mottled with black and light brown, cilia greyish brown tipped; hindwing and cilia grey. Male genitalia (Fig. 24). Uncus elongated, gradually narrowing in distal portion; gnathos short, slender, weakly curved; tegumen narrow, anteromedial emargination deep, broadly rounded; valva moderately narrow, weakly curved, apex rounded, extending to the top of uncus; sacculus narrow, 1/3 length of valva, straight, outer margin rounded, apex with pointed inwardly curved tip, gap to vincular process subtriangular; vincular process as long as sacculus, very broad, inner margin strongly sclerotized, gradually curved, apex with outwardly curved tip; posterior margin of vinculum with deep v-shaped medial emargination; saccus narrow, tapered, not extending beyond the top of pedunculus; phallus long, straight, apical arm short, strongly curved, apex pointed, caecum weakly inflated, 1/3 length of phallus. Female. Unknown. Biology. Host plant unknown. The adult was collected in early August. Distribution. China (Shanxi). Etymology. This new species is named in honour of the late Professor Youqiao Liu (Beijing, China), who was a famous expert of Lepidoptera in China. Figures 29-31. Female genitalia of Scrobipalpa species. 29 S. ningxica sp. n., PT (gen. slide no. L13092) 30 S. flavinerva (gen. slide no. L13070) 31 S. zhengi sp. n., PT (gen. slide no. 34/14, O Bidzilya). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.