A revision of the genus Morophagoides Petersen (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from Japan
Author
Osada, Yohei
Author
Sakai, Makoto
Author
Hirowatari, Toshiya
text
Zootaxa
2015
3973
2
351
368
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.9
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1175-5326
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Morophagoides meridianus
Osada, Yoshimatsu, Sakai & Hirowatari, 2014
[Japanese name: Minami-shiitake-ohirozukoga]
Figs. 1
D, 2D, 6A–H
Morophagoides moriutii
: Robinson, 1986: 68
, figs. 82.
Morophagoides meridianus
:
Osada
et al.
, 2014
: 378
, 380, figs. 1c, 1d, 2b [
Type
locality: Saiki-shi, Oita Pref.,
Japan
].
Diagnosis.
In the male genitalia, the uncal lobes are round, the apex of the uncus is angularly divergent, the inner surface of the valva is almost covered with membrane and the valva is ventrally angular. In the female genitalia, the lateral margin of the ostium bursae is angular, the concavity of the posterior margin of the ostium bursae is about 1/ 3 as long as the ostium bursae, the antrum is stout and about 1/2 as long as the apophysis anterioris.
Description.
Osada
et al
. (2014)
described this species.
Wing markings (
Fig. 1
D).
Wing shape and venation (
Fig. 2
D).
Male genitalia (
Figs 6
A–F).
Female genitalia (
Figs 6
G–H).
Distribution.
JAPAN
: Kyushu (Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima);
Taiwan
.
Remarks.
This species occupies the southern part of Kyushu; in this region it is well known as a pest of shiitake mushrooms.