Taxonomic study of the genus Teinoptila Sauber, 1902 from China (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)
Author
Jin, Qing
Author
Wang, Shuxia
Author
Li, Houhun
text
Zootaxa
2009
2249
44
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275222
9dc961c9-8cde-4acc-b83c-02b8dab267d0
1175-5326
275222
Teinoptila brunnescens
(
Moore, 1888
)
(
Figs. 4
,
9
)
Hyponomeuta brunnescens
Moore, 1888
: 282
Teinoptila brunnescens
:
Moriuti, 1977
: 205
.
Yponomeuta brunnescens
:
Robinson
et al
., 1995
: 179
Type
locality:
India
.
Adult
(
Fig. 4
): Wingspan 22.0–23.5 mm.
FIGURES 8–10.
Teinoptila
spp. 8.
T. antistatica
: 8a. male genitalia (slide no. JQ08336), 8b. sclerite of eighth abdominal segment (slide no. JQ08336); 9.
T. brunnescens
, female genitalia (slide no. JQ08299); 10.
T. clavata
sp. nov.
, male genitalia (holotype, slide no. JQ08337).
Material examined.
Yunnan Province: Menghai County,
ix.1977
(1 Ƥ); Mengla County,
570 m
,
13.viii.2005
, Coll. Yingdang Ren (1 Ƥ).
Distribution.
China
(Yunnan),
India
,
Nepal
.
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
T. guttella
in the female genitalia, but can be distinguished by the lamella postvaginalis with a pair of sclerotized strips stretching outwardly (
Fig. 9
), which is composed of a pair of wide sclerotized pads in
T. guttella
. This species is also similar to
T. antistatica
superficially, and the differences between them are stated under
T. antistatica
.
This species is recorded for the first time from
China
.