A revision of the genus Tineovertex Moriuti (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with descriptions of five new species Author Huang, Guo-Hua Author Hirowatari, Toshiya Author Wang, Min text Zootaxa 2011 2991 1 12 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.202539 52443115-1944-4c44-be59-1ef6b44926fd 1175-5326 202539 Tineovertex melanochrysa ( Meyrick, 1911 ) ( Figs. 1 A–C, 3A) Tinea melanochrysa Meyrick 1911 : 120 ( type locality: Khasi Hills, NE India ). Tineovertex melanochryseus : Moriuti 1982 : 167 ; Davis 1992 : 63 . Tineovertex melanochrysa : Robinson & Tuck 1996 : 10 ; Wang et al. 2000 : 34 ; Huang et al. 2007 : 39 ; Huang et al. 2008: 261. Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other Tineovertex by the following characters: uncus slender, long; saccus elongate-triangular; and valva elongate-spatulate, slightly curved dorsally. Description. Forewing length 5.5–6.0 mm in male, 6.0– 6.5 mm in female; antenna length 6.0– 6.5 mm in male, 6.5–7.0 mm in female ( Figs. 1 A–C). Male. Head. Vertex and frons black. Thorax. Dorsum and tegula black with posterior portions yellowish white. Forewing with apex and termen black, about 2.5–2.9 × as long as wide including fringe (about 3.3–3.4 × as long as wide excluding fringe); costa with a broad irregular black streak from base to near apex, dilated in middle reaching about 3/7 across wing; apex with one distinct yellowish white costal strigula. Hindwing pale brown, 1.9–2.0 × as long as wide including fringe (3.4–3.7 × as long as wide excluding fringe). Abdomen . Male genitalia ( Fig. 3 A) with uncus lobes widely separated, slender, about 0.5 × length of valva, with apex narrow and pointed, gradually curved ventrally. Saccus elongate triangular, about 0.8 × length of valva. Valva elongate-spatulate, narrow throughout, with apex rounded, slightly curved dorsally. Phallus basally stout with digitate apex, slightly curved ventrally, about 1.1 × length of valva; vesica with cornuti consisting of a mass of minute spines. Female. Very similar to male. Female genitalia (see Moriuti, 1982 : plate 248-6) with corpus bursae bearing a pair of thorn-shaped signa. Type material. Lectotype (in BMNH ), male. ASSAM : Khasi Hills., VI.1906 , leg. E. Meyrick, BM. 1938-290; Paralectotypes (in BMNH ), 7 males , same data to lectotype , with genitalia slide no. 32130 in BMNH . Other material examined (in OPU and NSMT ). [ JAPAN ] Honshu. Osaka Pref.: Minoo: 1 female , 1.VII.1971 , leg. T. Saito; 5 males , 2 females , 2–10.VII.1979 , leg. T. Saito; 2 males , 2 females , 10.VII.1979 , leg. K. Yasuda; 2 males , 3 females , 3.VII.1980 , leg. T. Saito; 1 female , 5.VII.1982 , leg. T. Saito. 1 female , Aokaiyama, Toyono-cho, 25.VI.1998 , leg. T. Saito; Mt Mikusayama: 10 males , 6 females , 15.VII.1993 , leg. T. Hirowatari; 8 males , 6 females , 5.VII.2007 , leg. T. Hirowatari, S. Kobayashi & A. Nobuoka; 20 males , 16 females , 18.VII.2007 , leg. G. H. Huang, T. Hirowatari, S. Kobayashi & A. Nobuoka. Shikoku. Kochi Pref.: 4 males , 3 females , Ashizurimisaki, 14.VI.1964 , leg. S. Moriuti. Ehime Pref.: 1 female , Sugitate, 27.VI.1956 , leg. M. Okada. Kyushu. Fukuoka Pref.: 1 male , Mt Sarakura, Yahata, 19.VII.1961 , leg. T. Kawamura; Mt Hiko-san: 1 male , 23.VII.1956 , leg. H. Kuroko; 1 female , 27.VII.1954 , leg. H. Kuroko. Kagoshima Pref.: 1 female , Ôyamada, Kajiki-cho, 26.VI.1984 , leg. T. Nakahara. Ryukyu. Ishigakijima Is.: Omotodake: 3 males , 2.V.1978 , leg. S. Moriuti; 2 males , 2 females , 2.V.1978 , leg. Y. Arita, NSMT ; 1 female , 4.V.1978 , leg. Y. Arita, NSMT ; 1 male , 4.V.1978 , leg. S. Moriuti; 1 male , 5.V.1978 , leg. S. Moriuti; 1 female , 2.IV.1980 , leg. K. Yasuda; 2 males , 6.IV.2001 , leg. B.W. Lee. 1 female , Banna, 3.V.1978 , leg. S. Moriuti; 1 male , Nagura, 3.V.1978 , leg. S. Moriuti; 1 male , Bannakoen, 7.IV.2001 , light trap, leg. T. Ueda, N. H. Ahn, B. W. Lee, Y. Miyamoto & K. Yamada. Iriomote Is.: 1 male , Nakamagawa, 11.X.1992 , leg. T. Ueda; 1 male , Uehara, Taketomi-cho, larva in portable case collected 4.X.2001 , emerged 9.I.2002 with dead leaf as host, leg. T. Saito; 2 females , Shirahama, 29.XI.1996 , leg. T. Ueda. Yonakuni Is.: 3 males , 1 female , Mt Urabe-dake, 13.V.1963 , leg. Y. Arita, NSMT . Bionomics. Seasonal occurrence: May to December. The female inserts eggs into the living tissue of the fern Blechnum nipponicum (Kunze) Makino (Blechnaceae) , and the larvae feed on dead plant material on the ground after making a portable case (Huang et al. 2008). Distribution. Japan , China ( Taiwan ), India . Remarks. Huang et al. (2008) described the biology, including oviposition behavior and feeding habits of the early stages based on material from Japan .