Five new species of Bradina Lederer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from China, with remarks on the morphology of the genus Author Guo, Jia-Ming College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China Author Du, Xi-Cui https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7796-7303 College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China duxicui@hotmail.com text ZooKeys 2023 2023-04-19 1158 49 67 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1158.99411 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1158.99411 1313-2970-1158-49 A3AD0A1D91784B91BC2C0C1A1AC65312 AC8C82934E2E5910BD3A6B504A96AEDF Bradina translinealis Hampson, 1896 Figs 2G , 5A-F Bradina translinealis Hampson, 1896: 228. Type locality: N. W. Himalayas. Type depository: NHMUK. Material examined. Holotype , ♂ . Moore Coll. 94-106, genitalia slide no. 8734. (NHMUK). Additional material. China , Yunnan Prov. , 5 ♂♂ , 2 ♀♀ , Baihualing Village , Baoshan City , alt. 1520 m , 11-13 August 2007 , Dan-Dan Zhang leg., genitalia slide no.: GJM21165 ♂ , GJM21166 ♂ , GJM21167 ♀ , GJM21182 ♀ . Redescription. Adult (Fig. 2G ). Wingspan 25.0-30.0 mm, forewing length 12.0-13.0 mm. Frons brown, with lateral sides yellowish white above. Vertex yellowish white. Antenna brownish yellow, with brown ring dorsally; ventral cilia c. quarter length of flagellomere diameter of male. Labial palpus with basal two thirds white, black-brown distally. Maxillary palpus black-brown, yellowish white at base. Patagium and tegula pale brown. Thorax pale brown dorsally, white ventrally. Forewing yellowish brown, dark brown along basal half of costa; stigmata and lines black-brown; discoidal stigma reniform; postmedial line at c. two thirds of wing, slightly excurved near costa. Hindwing pale yellowish brown dorsally, yellowish white to pale brown ventrally; paler at base; postmedial line pale brown, inconspicuous, extending beyond basal half of wing. Cilia pale brown on forewing, yellowish white on hindwing, a brown line at base. Legs yellowish white. Front and middle tibiae brown; hind tibia with outer middle spurs c. half-length of inner spurs. Abdomen pale yellowish brown dorsally, yellowish white ventrally. Male genitalia (Fig. 5A-C ). Valva nearly elliptical, bearing dense long setae distally; costa arched near middle and accompanied by a cluster of long setae; sacculus gradually narrowed distally, without long setal cluster. Phallus with one fusiform cornutus medially, composed of short and blunt spines, c. one fifth length of phallus; posterior half slightly inflated, and with two weakly sclerotized lamellar cornuti posteriorly. Figure 5. Genitalia of Bradina species A-F B. translinealis A-C male, slide no. GJM21165 D-F female, slide no. GJM21167 G-K B. ternifolia sp. nov. G, H male, holotype, slide no. GJM21173 I-K female, paratype, slide no. GJM21178 B, C, H partial enlargement of phallus E, J partial enlargement of ductus bursae F, K signum. Scale bars: 0.2 mm ( B, C, F, K ); 0.5 mm ( A, E, G, H, J ); 1.0 mm ( D, I ). Female genitalia (Fig. 5D-F ). Antrum broad and sclerotized, strongly sclerotized laterally, anteriorly adjoined by colliculum. Posterior ductus bursae slender, inflated, widened close to corpus bursae. Corpus bursae nearly oval, truncated terminally; with dense tiny spines inside, transverse signum crescent and densely spinose. Distribution. China (Yunnan), N. W. Himalayas. Remarks. This species is first recorded in China and its genitalia are described for the first time. It can be distinguished by the valva being nearly elliptical, the phallus with one fusiform cornutus medially and two weakly sclerotized lamellar cornuti posteriorly.