An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species
Author
Jiang, Nan
Author
Yang, Chao
Author
Xue, Dayong
Author
Han, Hongxiang
text
Zootaxa
2015
3941
1
1
48
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1
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1175-5326
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Parapsestis pseudomaculata
(
Houlbert, 1921
)
Spilobasis pseudomaculata
Houlbert, 1921
: 155
, fig. 4026. Type-locality:
China
, Sichuan, Ta-tsien-lou.
Holotype
♀ (BMNH).
Mimopsestis determinata
Bryk, 1943
: 12
, pl. 2: 21. Type-locality:
Burma
.
Holotype
♀ (NHRS).
Distribution.
China
(Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan),
Myanmar
.
Remarks.
Zhao (2004)
placed this species under the genus
Tethea
and recorded a female from Zhangjiajie in Hunan. Although this species was not included in
Zhao (1992)
, this single female specimen must be part of material from the Institute of Forestry Sciences of Hunan. We did not find this specimen, but nevertheless continue to include this area provisionally. The distribution record of “
India
” in
Zhao (2004)
is not traceable, so we omit this area. A male from Wenhai, Lijiang, Yunnan (
3097 m
,
19.VI.2009
, coll. Han Hongxiang, slide no. Drep-00857) has some differences in male genitalia from the typical
P. pseudomaculata
(
Houlbert, 1921
)
. Its valva is somewhat broader, the aedeagus is stouter and shorter, with a quite differently shaped carinal hook. However, there is little external difference between this male and
P. pseudomaculata
. Its taxonomic position can be fixed only when more material is obtained.