Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species
Author
Kim, Sora
Author
Byun, Bong-Kyu
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
Author
Lee, Seunghwan
text
Journal of Natural History
2010
2010-05-24
44
23 - 24
1377
1399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003679006
journal article
10.1080/00222931003679006
1464-5262
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Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus
sp. nov.
Kim 2009
(
Figures 2A,B
;
4G,H
)
Holotype
Male
,
Mt Nam
,
Chungju
,
CB
,
24–26 August 2000
, Paek, Kim and Kim, gen. prep. no –
CIS 5574
.
Diagnosis
This species is close to
H. distinctus
(Herrich-Schäffer)
in the wing pattern (
Figure 2B,D
), but is easily recognized by its entirely dark brown colour (
Figure 2A
) and “S”-like spine in left valva of male genitalia (
Figure 4G
). It is also similar to
H. kuwayamai
(Matsumura)
, but is distinguished by no dot on 1/
3 in
forewing (
Figure 2H
), and curved spine of left valva, no process of right valva in male genitalia (
Figure 4G,M
).
Description
Adult
(
Figure 2A,B
). Wingspan
16 mm
in male. Ground colour dark brown, tinged with yellowish white; frons brown with a white line between the compound eye; occipital fringes yellowish brown; labial palpus white with pale brown inner margin; antenna white. Thorax and tegula pale yellowish white tinged with pale brown centrally; forewing cleft from 4/7; marking of forewing dark brown; densely scattered from the cleft to the termen; one patch before the cleft, two distinct patches on costal margin from 4/7 of first lobe; dot on vein R5; apex of the white fringes; inner margin of first lobe cleft with brown fringes. Hindwing brown entirely; leg white with brown liner ventrally.
Figure 2.
Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus
sp. nov.
, adult (A) and wing pattern (B);
Hellinsia distinctus
, adult (C) and wing pattern (D);
Hellinsia ishiyamanus
, adult (E) and wing pattern (F);
Hellinsia kuwayamai
, adult (G) and wing pattern (H);
Hellinsia lienigianus
, adult (I) and wing pattern (J).
Male genitalia
(
Figure 4G,H
). Valvae asymmetric, left valva with rounded apex, right valva with rather pointed apex; S-like shaped spine of left valve with sclerotized base; no process and saccular margin simple, concave laterally on the middle in right valva; uncus beak-like; juxta with asymmetric arms; aedeagus simple.
Female genitalia.
Unknown.
Etymology.
The specific name of the new species is derived from the Greek,
cyrto
(= curved) and
acantha
(= spine) referring to the S-like spine on left valve of male genitalia.
Distribution
Korea
.