Taxonomic study of the genus Prorophora Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) in China, with description of a new species Author Liu, Jiayu Author Li, Houhun text ZooKeys 2012 180 41 51 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.180.2615 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.180.2615 1313-2970-180-41 Prorophora Ragonot, 1887 Prorophora Ragonot, 1887: 252. Type species: Prorophora curvibasella Ragonot, 1887, by monotypy. Aproceratia Amsel, 1950: 224. Type species: Proceratia rhectogramma Meyrick, 1937 (= Myelois albunculella Staudinger, 1879), by monotypy. Synonymised by Roesler (1973) . Reisserempista Roesler, 1970: 55. subgenus of Prorophora Type species: Prorophora (Reisserempista) mongolica Roesler, 1970, by monotypy. Diagnosis. Prorophora is characterized by the frons with a distinct laterally compressed projection (Fig. 2). It is similar to Gymnancyla Zeller, 1848, but can be distinguished by the following characters: the maxillary palp absent or discernible; the transtilla tiny thorn-shaped if present, the 8th sternum is rarely extended in the male genitalia; and the antrum usually sclerotized strongly in the female genitalia. In Gymnancyla Zeller, the maxillary palp is developed, reaching end of the second segment of the labial palp; the transtilla is usually triangular, the 8th sternum is distinctly extended in the male genitalia; and the antrum is inconspicuous or weakly sclerotized in the female genitalia. Distribution. Mongolia, Russia (Ural), Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Senegal and Sri Lanka. Newly recorded for China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia). Key to species of the genus

Prorophora
Reisserempista
Aproceratia
Figs 69	Prorophora (Reisserempista) binacantha
Figs 710	Prorophora (Reisserempista) mongolica
Prorophora (Aproceratia) halothamni
Prorophora (Aproceratia) albunculella
Prorophora (Aproceratia) eberti
Prorophora (Aproceratia) afghanella
Prorophora (Aproceratia) senganella
Prorophora (Prorophora) dialeuca
Prorophora (Prorophora) grisealella
Figs 5811	Prorophora (Prorophora) albidogilvella
Prorophora (Prorophora) curvibasella
Prorophora (Prorophora) sacculicornella
Prorophora (Prorophora) kazachstaniella