Description of two new species of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from China
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Ivinskis, Povilas
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Rimsaite, Jolanta
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Saldaitis, Aidas
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Yakovlev, Roman
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ZooKeys
2012
192
35
49
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.192.2611
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.192.2611
1313-2970-192-35
Genus
Patoptoformis Yakovlev, 2006
Patoptoformis
Yakovlev, 2006, Tinea, 19 (3): 203.
Type species.
Patoptoformis hanuman
Yakovlev, 2006.
Small dark colored moths with dark hair densely covering the body. Antennae bipectinate. Forewing with a scarcely seen streaky pattern; hindwing dark without pattern; fringe evenly dark on both wings. Sexual dimorphism weakly expressed but female somewhat larger than male with wider wings and non-pectinate antennae.
Male genitalia.
Uncus long, narrowly triangular with pointed apex; gnathos arms long and densely covered with spinules; valva with costal crest, blunt apex and scarcely noticeable transition between sclerotized and membranous parts, sclerotization gradually weakening towards apex; arms of transtilla small, pointed; juxta small; saccus very poorly expressed; aedeagus short, vesica opening occupies a dorso-apical position and comprises half of aedeagus length; vesica without cornuti.
Female genitalia.
Papillae anales elongated with rounded apices; apophyses posteriores thin, twice as long as anteriores; ostium opening immersed, fissure-like, surrounded by cordate rim; ductus bursae membranous, long and narrow; bursa elongate, gradually inflating to apex; ductus seminalis thin, enters bursa near its junction with ductus bursae.
Distribution.
Three species distributed in NE India (Assam), Nepal, SE China (Sichuan).