First report of the genus Woonpaikia Park, 2010 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from China, with the description of two new species
Author
Yu, Shuai
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3670-2701
College of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China & College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Author
Wang, Shuxia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9316-6661
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
shxwang@nankai.edu.cn
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ZooKeys
2024
2024-02-19
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1192.115033
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1192.115033
1313-2970-1192-1
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Woonpaikia similangoonae Yu & Wang
sp. nov.
Figs 1G-I
, 2B
, 3C
Type materials.
Holotype
: China • ♂; Yunnan, Mang City, Mt Banggunjian;
24.39°N
,
97.84°E
; 1758 m elev.; 14 Aug. 2022; S Yu & KJ Teng leg.; slide no. YUS062, LCU.
Paratype
: 1♂; same data as holotype; slide no. YUS075, LCU.
Diagnosis.
The new species is similar to
W. angoonae
, but it can be distinguished by the capitate cucullus and the aedeagus with a needle-like apical extension. In
W. angoonae
, the cucullus is acuminate and the aedeagus lacks an extension on the apex.
Description.
Wingspan 14.0-15.0 mm (Figs
1G
,
2B
). Head yellowish brown. Antenna yellow; scape ventrodistally with a small imperceptible pectin-like scale tuft. Labial palpus with dense, long, hair-like scales dorsally; third palpomere shorter than second palpomere. Forewing slightly widened distally, with costal margin almost straight, apex produced, termen gently concave; ground color yellowish brown; orange-yellow along costal margin from about basal 2/5 to apex; discal stigma black, rounded; plical stigma black, nearly same size as discal stigma; discocellular stigma black, elliptical; fringe greyish brown, with an orange-white basal line; R3, R4, and R5 stalked, R5 to termen, CuA1 and CuA2 with short stalk. Hindwing and fringe yellow, dark brown scales along vein M2; M3 and CuA1 shortly stalked.
Male genitalia
(Fig.
3C
). Uncus nearly inverted trapezoidal; caudal lobes semi-ovate. Gnathos with basal plate roundly produced on posterior margin; median process narrowed slightly from base to basal 2/3, thereafter sharply narrowed to a pointed apex, curved ventrad at basal 2/3 by a right angle. Costal bar narrow, arched taenioid. Valva with basal part trapezoidal; cucullus capitate, arising from upper corner of basal part of valva, sinuate, narrow basally, widened to about basal 2/3, thereafter narrowed slightly to rounded apex, costal margin arched in basal 1/2 and straight in distal 1/2; sacculus wide, straight on its ventral margin, with a long, apical process extending posteriorly as far as apex of cucullus. Juxta elliptical, wider than long, with a thumbed process at middle on anterior margin. Vinculum subrounded on anterior margin. Aedeagus slightly shorter than valva, wide at base, narrowed to apex, with a needle-like apical extension; cornuti consisting of two needle-like spines of different sizes and a flake-like plate bearing three spinules.
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
China (Yunnan).
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin
simile
(likeness) and
Woonpaikia angoonae
, referring to the similarity between this new species and
W. angoonae
.