Taxonomic study of the genus Assara Walker (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) in NE China, with description of a new species Author Qi, Mu-Jie Author Han, Hui-Lin Author Park, Bo-Sun Author Bae, Yang-Seop text Zootaxa 2014 3814 2 283 291 journal article 45548 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.2.8 ec48aff1-752f-4120-87b2-d8163d843e71 1175-5326 226213 AF2438A3-10E8-40E8-90E0-9927B365F867 Assara hoeneella Roesler, 1965 ( Figs. 3 , 10 , 14 ) Assara hoeneella Roesler, 1965 , Inaugural -Dissertation Saarbrücken , (1964): 43; Roesler, 1973 , 4: 148; Du, Li & Wang, 2002 , 27(1): 18; Li & Ren et al. , 2009 , 128. TL: China . Diagnosis ( Figs. 3 , 10 , 14 ). This species is similar to A . funerella ( Ragonot, 1901 ) , both of them with wingspan 11–15mm ; ground color of forewing grayish brown; antemedial and postmedial lines grayish white, median area with grayish white along costa, but it can be distinguished with A . funerella by the following characters: frons fuscous; labial palpus with 2nd segment fuscous, inner side with grayish white scales; in male genitalia, gnathos rodshaped; costa convex at middle; vinculum U-shaped; in female genitalia, papillae anales subtriangular, with length 2 times as long as width; ductus bursae same length as corpus bursae. As for A . funerella , frons grayish white; labial palpus with 2nd segment grayish white at base, fuscous at tip; gnathos slim, pointed and hooked at tip; costa straight, same length as valva; vinculum V-shaped; papillae anales subtriangular, with length same as width; ductus bursae about 1.5 times as long as corpus bursae. Materials examined. 1 female , China , Prov. Liaoning, Jianchang, Mt. Bailangshan, ( N 40°48′ 28″, E 119°54′ 16″), 7-VII-2012 (Qi M.J. & Liu S.Z.), Slide No. UIK-2879. Host plant. Pinus massoniana Lamb ( Li & Ren et al . 2009 ) . Distribution. China (Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Tianjin , Shanxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan), Japan .