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 antistatica
(Meyrick, 1931)
(
Figs. 3
,
8
)
Hyponomeuta antistatica
Meyrick, 1931: 87
.
Teinoptila antistatica
:
Moriuti, 1977
: 205
.
Type
locality: Java.
Adult
(
Fig. 3
): Wingspan 22.0–26.0 mm.
Material examined.
Guizhou Province: Chishui,
240 m
,
22.ix.2000
, coll. Haili Yu (2 3); Chishui,
390 m
,
27–29.ix.2000
, coll. Yanli Du (3 3).
Distribution.
China
(Guizhou), Java.
Host plants.
Celastraceae
:
Euonymus japonicus
Thunb.
,
Maytenus hookeri
Loesener
(
Guo 1981
,
Gershenson & Ulenberg 1998
).
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
T. brunnescens
(Moore)
in appearance, but can be distinguished from it by having 11–13 radial black dots in the forewing, whereas there are only 6–7 radial black dots in
T. brunnescens
. It is also close to
T. guttella
in the male genitalia, but can be separated by the triangular process in the ventral aspect of gnathal arm (
Fig. 8
), which is fingerlike in
T. guttella
.