Review of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 from China (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae)
Author
Jin, Qing
Author
Wang, Shuxia
Author
Li, Houhun
text
Zootaxa
2013
3705
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1
91
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3705.1.1
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Key to species of
Ypsolopha vittella
-group based on external characters
1. Forewing brown, with purple metallic shine (
Fig. 25
).........................................
Y. purpurata
sp. nov.
- Forewing not brown, without purple metallic shine......................................................... 2
2. Forewing with a broad streak along dorsum............................................................... 3
- Forewing without such broad streak.................................................................... 12
3. Streak along dorsum darker than ground colour of forewing.................................................. 4
- Streak along dorsum paler than ground colour of forewing................................................... 10
4. Streak with upper margin yellowish white................................................................. 5
- Streak without differently colored upper margin............................................................ 6
5. Forewing with several rows of dark brown scales (
Fig. 22
)..................................
Y. mucronulata
sp. nov.
- Forewing without such rows as above (
Fig. 23
).............................................
Y. bicostata
sp. nov.
6. Forewing with apex protruded triangularly (
Fig. 21
)................................................
Y. horridella
- Forewing with apex rounded........................................................................... 7
7. Forewing with several rows of ocherous brown scales on distal 2/3 (
Fig. 20
)................................
Y. yangi
- Forewing without such scales as above................................................................... 8
8. Forewing with R4 and R5 very short stalked (
Fig. 57
), cell with a dark brown strip at end (
Fig. 6
)............
Y. amoenella
- Forewing with R4 and R5 separated, cell without dark brown strip at end......................................... 9
9. Forewing with a longitudinal interrupted median dark brown strip on distal half (
Fig. 4
)......................
Y. vittella
- Forewing without such strip as above (
Fig. 5
)......................................................
Y. japonica
10. Forewing yellowish brown mixed with dark brown on distal 1/3 (
Fig. 9
)......................
Y. flaviterminata
sp. nov.
- Forewing grayish white or grayish brown on distal 1/3...................................................... 11
11. Streak on dorsum of forewing white (
Fig. 8
).....................................................
Y. leuconotella
- Streak on dorsum of forewing grayish white (
Fig. 7
)...............................................
Y. hebeiensis
12. Forewing uniformly pale yellow except having a brown dot at 2/3 of fold (
Fig. 10
)...................
Y. flavida
sp. nov.
- Forewing not uniformly coloured, with fine markings...................................................... 13
13. Forewing with a triangular yellowish brown patch ranging from dorsal 1/4 to 3/4 (
Fig. 11
)..................
Y. asperella
- Forewing without such a patch......................................................................... 14
14. Forewing with two parallel stripes...................................................................... 15
- Forewing without such stripes......................................................................... 16
15. Thorax yellowish brown (
Fig. 12
), forewing with R4 and R5 separated (
Fig. 63
)...........................
Y. parallela
- Thorax yellowish white (
Fig. 13
), forewing with R4 and R5 short stalked (
Fig. 64
)......................
Y. sarmaticella
16. Forewing with several rows of small dots................................................................ 17
- Forewing without such dots........................................................................... 18
17. Forewing with a white strip from end of cell to apex (
Fig. 16
)................................
Y. longisaccata
sp. nov.
- Forewing without white strip (
Fig. 17
).................................................
Y. fascimaculata
sp. nov.
18. Forewing with erect scales............................................................................ 19
- Forewing without erect scales......................................................................... 20
19. Forewing with white and brown strips along veins (
Fig. 18
)...........................................
Y. scabrella
- Forewing without strips as above (
Fig. 19
).........................................................
Y. acerella
20. Wing expanse over 23.0 mm, apex protruded triangularly (
Fig. 24
)..............................
Y. latiuscula
sp. nov.
- Wing expanse equal to or less than 20.0 mm, apex rounded.................................................. 21
21. Forewing with grayish brown or ocherous brown strips along veins (
Fig. 15
).........................
Y. albula
sp. nov.
- Forewing without strips along veins (
Fig. 14
)...................................................
Y. parenthesella