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leucosphena Meyrick, 1931
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Figs 1116
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<taxonomicName id="7F604CB085FB14E601B9784EA72419A9" class="Insecta" family="Lecithoceridae" genus="Thubana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Thubana leucosphena" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="38" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leucosphena">Thubana leucosphena</taxonomicName>
Meyrick, 1931: 69; Clarke, 1965: 231;
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, 1978: 235; Wu, 1997: 84; Park, 2003: 143.
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<taxonomicName id="CD24F3ADBCEAAB1A3D4F3F892816D129" class="Insecta" family="Lecithoceridae" genus="Thubana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Thubana microcera" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="38" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="microcera">Thubana microcera</taxonomicName>
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, 1978: 236, syn. n.
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<paragraph id="B1F0FE12583F280618381818D18FC866" pageId="5" pageNumber="38">Material examined.</paragraph>
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China, Zhejiang Province: 13 ♂, Wuyanling, Taishun (27°33'N; 119°42'E),790 m, 2-3.VIII.2007, coll. Qing Jin; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, same locality, 680 m, 930 m, 28-31.VII.2005, Yunli Xiao; 4 ♂, 2 ♀, Tianmushan (30°26'N; 119°34'E),
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, 350 m, 7-8.VIII.2007, coll. Qin Jin, 10 ♂, 800 m, 19.VIII.1999, coll. Houhun Li et al., 5 ♂, 2 ♀, 500 m, 16.VIII.1999, coll. Houhun Li et al.; 1 ♂, Qingliangfeng (30°07'N; 118°51'E),
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, 900 m, 12.VIII.2005, coll. Yunli Xiao. Anhui Province: 4 ♂, Mozitan, Huoshuan (31°24'N; 116°19'E), 12.VIII.2004, coll. Jiasheng Xu &amp; Jialiang Zhang; 5 ♂, Huangshan (29°43'N; 118°18'E), 6-7.VIII.2004, coll. Jiasheng Xu and Jialiang Zhang; 6 ♂, Jiuhuashan (30°23'N; 117°48'E), 8-9.VIII.2004, coll. Jiasheng Xu &amp; Jialiang Zhang. Fujian Province: 2 ♂, Wuyishan (26°54'N; 116°42'E), 740 m, 19-24.V.2004, coll. Haili Yu; 1 ♂, Qingyunshan, Yongtai (25°52'N; 118°57'E), 550 m, 18.IX.2002, coll. Xinpu Wang. Jiangxi Province: 4 ♂, Xiaoxidong, (26°57'N; 114°17'E), 1,3-4.VII.1978; 2 ♂, Tonggu (28°32'N; 114°22'E), 28.VII.1982, 10.V.1983; 3 ♀, Ciping (26°34'N; 114°10'E), 13.VII.1978; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Xiashan, Yichun (27°47'N; 114°23'E), 7,30.VII.1980; Jinpenshan (29°20'N; 117°00'E), 2 ♂, 18-19.VIII.2006, coll. Jiasheng Xu &amp; Weichun Li. Henan Province: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Xiaguan, Neixiang (33°02'N; 111°50'E), 650 m, 10,12.VII.1998, coll. Houhun Li; 1 ♀,
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(33°40'N; 111°37'E), Xixia, 890 m, 19.VII.1998, coll. Houhun Li. Hunan Province: 1 ♂, Zhangjiajie (29°49'N; 110°26'E), 650 m, 7.VIII.2001, coll. Houhun Li &amp; Xinpu Wang. Hubei Province: 3 ♂, 2 ♀, Maoba (30°02'N; 109°02'E), Lichuan, 700 m, 28-29.VII.2007, coll. Houhun Li et al. Guizhou Province: 1 ♂, Jiangkou (27°41'N; 108°50'E), 600 m, 27.VII.2001, coll. Houhun Li &amp; Xinpu Wang.
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Figures 11-14 Adults of
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Meyrick, showing variation of costal patch (11-12&gt;, 13-14 +).
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Figures 15-16
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Meyrick. 15 male genitalia 15a aedeagus, showing spicules 15
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variation of juxta (pl = posterolateral lobes, tp = thornlike processes; slide Nos. b: ZYM06315, c: ZYM06321, d: ZYM06179) 16 female genitalia 16a ductus bursae, showing spicules on inner surface, slide No. ZYM06193.
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<paragraph id="B8F6EB4440B6BF596B6BB7EA7D45FC9D" pageId="5" pageNumber="38">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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This species is characterized by the following characters: male genitalia (Fig. 15) with juxta having a lobulate projection at middle near anterior margin and two large thornlike processes on caudal margin, the posterolateral lobes inconspicuous (Fig. 15b-d), the aedeagus shorter than valva, the cornuti consisting of a long slender band, a bundle of brushlike spines, a dentate plate, and sometimes with a few dispersed deciduous spicules (Fig. 15a); female genitalia (Fig. 16) with apophysis anterioris about 1/2 length of apophysis posterioris, the caudal margin of 8th sternite slightly emarginate at middle, the ductus bursae long, twisted, with spicules on inner surface (Fig. 16a), and the signum spinulose, semiovate, slightly emarginate at upper margin.
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is very close to
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, but differs as noted in the description of the latter.
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<paragraph id="C8C20858BC5D0232F325E950AD1B46CB" pageId="5" pageNumber="38">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="25B02D50FFDFF14F3FEC1E02325FAABB" pageId="5" pageNumber="38">China (Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Zhejiang).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="01ADDBE1635BEE8B45FED88012C112E8" pageId="5" pageNumber="38">Discussion.</paragraph>
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This species was described by
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based on three specimens collected from Guanxian of Sichuan Province in China: &quot;two males&quot; and &quot;a third example&quot;.
<bibRefCitation id="7FB01B39D62CE4C41C95986B61D22AE1" author="Clarke, JFG" journalOrPublisher="Trustees of the British Museum, London" pageId="6" pageNumber="39" pagination="228 - 233" title="Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick" year="1965">Clarke (1965)</bibRefCitation>
rectified the &quot;two males&quot; as
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and chose the &quot;third example&quot;, a female, as the lectotype of
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.
<bibRefCitation id="5DA6B6CE828276BF0D78E3396F61C7A7" author="Meyrick, E" journalOrPublisher="E. W. Classey, Hampton" pageId="6" pageNumber="39" pagination="545 - 576" title="Exotic Microlepidoptera" year="1935">Meyrick (1935)</bibRefCitation>
mentioned the occurrence of this species in Tianmushan of Zhejiang Province.
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(1978)
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described
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on the basis of a male specimen collected from Tianmushan and noticed that itcould be distinguished from
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by the shape of the costal patch. In this study, however, we noticed that the costal patch varies from triangular to trapezoidal both within male specimens of
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(Figs 11-12) and female specimens of
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(Figs 13-14). We also found that males collected from Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei and Henan provinces match with those of
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described by
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, females match with those of
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. Besides, we observed the deciduous spicules from the male aedeagus in the ductus bursae of
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. What is more, no other species of
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were collected in these localities so far. Hence, we treat
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as a junior synonymof
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, and regard the variation of the shape of costal patch from triangular to trapezoidal as intraspecific variation.
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.
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The previous description did not mention the median projection on posterior margin of the juxta. Though this projection (Fig. 15b) is not present in most individuals, we found it present in some males, either inconspicuous (Fig. 15c) or small but visible (Fig. 15d). We consider this variation as intraspecific because other characters fit well with
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.
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