A review of the genus Ephysteris Meyrick, 1908 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Author
Li, Houhun
Author
Bidzilya, Oleksiy
text
Zootaxa
2008
1733
45
56
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.181377
0640254a-7626-4f18-a610-f19ba00150c8
1175-5326
181377
Key to the species of Chinese
Ephysteris
based on external characters
1 Forewing length
6–8 mm
, pale grey or yellowish grey, termen distinctly mottled grey
...
E. (M.) insulella
- Forewing length
4–6 mm
.............................................................................................................................2
2 Forewing uniformly dark, blackish
...................................................................................
E. (E.) promptella
- Forewing lighter, pale-grey mottled ochreous along veins or uniformly yellowish or pale-brown............3
3 Forewing pale-grey mottled ochreous along veins......................................................................................4
- Forewing pale-yellow without marking or pale brown with distinct dark spots.........................................5
4 Forewing length
5–6 mm
, ground colour pale-grey
...........................................................
E. (M.) subovata
- Forewing length
4–5 mm
, ground colour yellowish-brown
................................. E. (M).
montana
sp. nov.
5 Forewing pale-yellow, mottled grey apically and along costa
...............................................
E. (M.) flavida
- Forewing darker, pale-brown, with three distinct black spots
............................
E. (M.) wenquana
sp. nov.