Review of the genus Tinissa Walker, 1864 (Lepidoptera, Tineidae, Scardiinae) from China, with description of five new species
Author
Yang, Linlin
Author
Li, Houhun
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.228.3645
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.228.3645
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Tinissa insularia Robinson, 1976
Figs 1, 8, 14
Tinissa insularia
Robinson, 1976: 285; Robinson, 1981: 371.
Material examined.
CHINA, Yunnan Province: 1 ♂, Baka Village, Menglun Town (
21°56'N
, 101°15E), Mengla County, 620 m, 6.VIII.2010, leg. Yinghui Sun and Lixia Li, genitalia slide No. YLL11138.
Diagnosis.
Adult (Fig. 8) with male wingspan 17.0 mm.
Tinissa insularia
is close to
Tinissa spirella
sp. n., but differs as noted in the description of the new species.
Figures 8−13. Adults of
Tinissa
spp. 8
Tinissa insularia
Robinson, male 9
Tinissa apicimaculata
sp. n., holotype, female 10
Tinissa conchata
sp. n., holotype, male 11
Tinissa connata
sp. n., holotype, male 12
Tinissa leguminella
sp. n., holotype, male 13
Tinissa spirella
sp. n., holotype, male.
Figures 14−18. Male genitalia of
Tinissa
spp. 14
Tinissa insularia
Robinson, slide No. YLL11138 15
Tinissa conchata
sp. n., paratype, slide No. YLL10196 16
Tinissa connata
sp. n., paratype, slide No. YLL11167 17
Tinissa leguminella
sp. n., paratype, slide No. XYL05048 18
Tinissa spirella
sp. n., holotype, slide No. XYL05050.
Distribution.
China (Yunnan), Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Moluccas), Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Balabac, Tawi Tawi), New Guinea (Papua, Karkar I., New Britain), Solomon Is.
Notes.
This species is recorded for the first time in China.