The genus Pedioxestis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China, with descriptions of three new species
Author
Wang, Shuxia
text
Zootaxa
2006
1330
51
58
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.174210
b114a436-84f1-44ea-8359-65f0a15bf48a
1175-5326
174210
Pedioxestis wuyiensis
,
sp. n.
(
Figs. 4
,
12
)
Type
material.
Holotype
: Ψ,
China
: Mt. Wuyi (
26°54'N
,
116°42'E
), Fujian Province,
1000 m
,
26.v.2004
, coll. Haili Yu, genitalia slide No. W05105.
Paratypes
2 Ψ, same data as
holotype
.
Diagnosis. This species can be separated from other species of the genus by the grayish yellow forewing and the trapezoidal lamella postvaginalis.
Description. Adult (
Fig. 4
): Wing expanse 16.5–18.0 mm. Head shining white, with appressed scales. Labial palpus dark brown, covered with white scales; white scales dorsally forming a longitudinal line. Antenna with scape white, flagellum brown and white alternately. Thorax, tegula, and forewing uniformly grayish yellow; cilia concolorous to forewing. Hindwing and cilia deep gray. Legs white, with dark speckles.
Female genitalia (
Fig. 12
): Papillae anales sparsely setose, rounded caudally. Apophyses anteriores about 2/3 length of apophyses posteriores. Lamella postvaginalis large, trapezoidal, with strong setae; ostium bursae rounded, with dense spines; antrum short, widened posteriorly. Ductus bursae thin, longer than corpus bursae. Corpus bursae rounded, partially granuled; signum rhomboidal, with dense teeth.
Male: Unknown.
Etymology. The specific name is from the
type
locality, Mt. Wuyi, Fujian Province.