The genus Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species Author Liu, Shurong Author Wang, Shuxia text Zootaxa 2014 3760 1 79 88 journal article 36907 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.5 5ab1e40b-0d61-48a8-ac4e-c7dba20aef83 1175-5326 285504 38120873-65A5-454B-8A75-617D51141185 Homaloxestis australis Park, 2004 ( Figs. 1 b, 2b, 4b) Homaloxestis australis Park, 2004 : 35 . Type Locality: Chiang Mai, Chanthaburi, Thailand . Material examined. CHINA : 1 ♂ , Bubang, Mengla County ( 21º30′N , 101º29′E ), Yunnan Province, 650 m , 25.viii.2005 , coll. Yingdang Ren. Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 1 b) with wingspan 15.0–16.0 mm. Seventh sternite ( Fig. 4 b) with lateral ribs slightly sclerotized, antero-median rod broad, rounded apically. This species is similar to H. xylotripta Meyrick, 1918 in the male genitalia ( Fig. 2 b). It can be distinguished by the valva with the apex protruded triangularly, the costa roundly convex on the distal 2/3, the ventral margin with a fingerlike process at distal 1/3, and the aedeagus with many thorns and spinules of unequal size. In H. xylotripta , the valva is broadly rounded apically, the costa is slightly arched on the distal 2/3, the ventral margin has an angled, apically pointed process, and the aedeagus has 5-6 Yshaped thorns and numerous small triangularly shaped spines. Distribution. China (Yunnan), Philippines , Thailand , Vietnam (north). Notes. Homaloxestis australis Park is newly recorded in China . The female of this species remains unknown.