Two new species, one unrecorded species, and one newly reported male of genus Thiallela Walker, 1863 from China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) Author Yang, Linlin Author Ren, Yingdang text Zootaxa 2018 2018-02-28 4387 3 436 450 journal article 30628 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.2 4e0ac72c-07e7-4624-8701-f09ada76ce1b 1175-5326 1187645 3F9937F6-9480-498B-921D-D1586977DA20 Thiallela Walker, 1863 Thiallela Walker, 1863 : 120 . Type species: Thiallela signifera Walker (synonym of T. ligeralis Walker ), by monotypy. Luconia Ragonot, 1888 : 7 . Type species: Luconia pallidobasella Ragonot , by monotypy. Synonymized by Ragonot & Hampson 1901 : 511 . Phalobathra Meyrick, 1932 : 234. Type species: Phalobathra escigera Meyrick , by monotypy. Synonymized by Roesler & Küppers 1981 : 69. Diagnosis . Thiallela IS DIAGNOSeD bY THe MALe AND FeMALe GeNITAL STRUCTUReS: IN THe MALe THe WeLL-DeVeLOPeD TRANSTILLA HAS A PAIR OF POSTeROLATeRAL PROCeSSeS, THe bROAD VALVA HAS AN ARCHeD, ARM-LIKe CLASPeR AND AN APICALLY DISSOCIATeD SACCULUS, AND THe TRIANGULAR TO bOWL-SHAPeD eIGHTH AbDOMINAL STeRNITe ASSOCIATeD WITH A PAIR OF CULCITA; IN THe FeMALe ANTRUM IS bROAD, THe DUCTUS bURSAe IS SHORT AND bROAD, AND THe WeLL-DeVeLOPeD SIGNUM IS A STRONGLY beNDING HORN WITH A bROAD bASe. Biology . ONe SPeCIeS OF THIS GeNUS WAS RePORTeD AS A NATURAL eNeMY OF THe PeSTS ON SUGARCANe, AND ITS LARVAe FeeD ON Ceratovacuna lanigera (ZeHNTNeR) (HUANG & LI, 2006).