Taxonomic revision of the genus Eudonia Billberg, 1820 from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) Author Li, Weichun Author Li, Houhun Author Nuss, Matthias text Zootaxa 2012 3273 1 27 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.212626 867c6c65-ab1e-496a-944d-1579489d3a3e 1175-5326 212626 15. Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991 Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991 : 104 , figs. 14, 15, 23, 28; Seino & Mano, 2002 : 338 , fig. 13. Type locality: Madarasawa, Kurikoma, Miyagi pref., Honshu, Japan . Material examined. China : 1 3, 1 Ƥ, Xinjiashan Forestry Centre (33°55ʹN, 106°31ʹE), Fengxian, Shaanxi Province, 1600 m , 9.vii.1988 , leg. Houhun Li (genitalia slide Nos. LWC06131, LWC08075); 2 3, Hualongshan (32°41ʹN, 109°01ʹE), Zhengheya, Ankang, Shaanxi Province, 2150 m , 27.vi.2003 , leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide No. LWC08038); 2 3, 1 Ƥ, Xunyangba (33°19ʹN, 108°20ʹE), Ningshan, Shaanxi Province, 1360 m , 26.vi–3.vii.2007 , leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide Nos. LWC08059, LWC08144); 1 3, Yongfu (24°59ʹN, 109°59ʹE), Guilin, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, vi.2006 , leg. Zhongfang Zhao (genitalia slide No. LWC06274); 10 3, 8 ƤƤ, Qinmu Village, Yongfu, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, 160 m , 1–6.v.2008 , leg. Li Zhang and Hui Zhen (genitalia slide Nos. LWC08165, LWC08234); 1 3, Jinxiu, Yongfu, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, 24.iv.2008 , leg. Li Zhang and Hui Zhen; 4 3, 4 ƤƤ, Maoershan (45°19ʹN, 127°30ʹE), Heilongjiang Province, 17–19.vii.2009 , leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu; 60 3, 97 ƤƤ, Liangshui National Nature Reserves (47°60ʹN, 128°32ʹE), Heilongjiang Province, 21–22.vii.2009 , leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu; 22 3, 8 ƤƤ, Meifeng, Nantou (23°54ʹN, 120°40ʹE), Taiwan , ca. 2150 m , 27–30.iv. 1999 , leg. Mey and Ebert (genitalia slide Nos. LWC09068, LWC09069). Diagnosis. Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991 is similar to E. microdontalis ( Hampson, 1907 ) and E. owadai Sasaki, 1998 . The differences between them are stated under E. microdontalis and E. owadai . Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Taiwan ), Japan , Russia . Remarks. Eudonia persimilis is recorded for the first time in China .