Taxonomic study of the genus Punctulata Wang (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species Author Tao, Zhulin 0000-0001-8519-6521 College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China & tzl 2550993788 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8519 - 6521 Author Wang, Shuxia 0000-0002-9316-6661 College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China shxwang@nankai.edu.cn text Zootaxa 2021 2021-09-01 5027 3 376 386 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5027.3.4 1175-5326 5449705 F3811601-094B-4F76-803C-29F13AC63520 Punctulata palliptera Wang, 2006 ( Figs 8 , 15 , 17 ) Punctulata palliptera Wang, 2006: 160 . TL: China ( Henan ). TD: NKU. Material examined. Type material. CHINA , Henan : Holotype ♂ , Neixiang County ( 33.02°N , 111.50°E ), 650 m , 12.VII.1998 , leg. HH Li , slide No. W98283. Additional material. CHINA , Zhejiang : 1♀ , Mt. Jiulong , 400 m , 5.VIII.2011 , leg. LL Yang & N Chen , slide No. WYQ15039 ; 1♂ , Neijiujian , Mt. Jiulong , 430 m , 7.VII.2013 , leg. AH Yin & XC Wang , slide No. WYQ13046 ; 1♀ , Huangtanyu , Mt. Jiulong , 467 m , 8.VII.2013 , leg. AH Yin & XC Wang , slide No. WYQ15038 ; 1♂ , Fuze Vil- lage, Chunan County , 144 m , 1.VIII.2018 , leg. S Yu , slide No. TZL19151 ; Guizhou : 1♂ 1♀ , Suoluo , Chishui , 390 m , 27. V .2000 , leg. YL Du , slide Nos. JYY16133 ♂ , JYY16134 ♀ ; 1♂ , 240 m , IX.22.2000, leg. HL Yu , slide No. JYY16135 ♂ ; 1♂ , Fangxiangxiang , Mt. Leigong , 910 m , 4.VIII.2018 , leg. ML Zheng et al., slide No. TZL19139 ; 3♂ , Sanchahe Town , Xishui , 767–804 m , 30. VI –2.VII.2019 , leg. MR Xing , slide No. TZL19126 ; 2♂ , Fangxiangx- iang, Mt. Lei , 915 m , 29.VII.2019 , leg. MR Xing et al., slide Nos. TZL19662, TZL19379 ; Chongqing : 1♂ , Mt. Simian , 1280 m , 12.VIII.2012 , leg. XF Yang & TT Liu , slide No. WYQ14033 . Diagnosis . Punctulata palliptera can be distinguished from its congeners by the saccus widened apically ( Fig. 15 ). It is similar to P. novipalliptera Wang , sp. nov. , and the differences between them are stated under P. novipalliptera . Description. Adult ( Fig. 8 ) with wingspan 12.5–15.0 mm. Body color and forewing pattern in female same as those in male. Female genitalia ( Fig. 17 ). Papillae anales setose, rounded on caudal margin. Apophyses anteriores about 5/8 length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum cup-shaped. Ductus bursae membranous, posterior 2/5 narrow, anterior 3/5 slightly inflated, with a sclerite bearing numerous teeth; ductus seminalis from posterior 2/5. Corpus bursae elliptical, about same length as ductus bursae, spiculate partially; signum near entrance of corpus bursae, with two long spines curved before pointed apex. Distribution. China ( Chongqing , Guizhou , Henan , Zhejiang ). Notes. The female of this species is described for the first time.