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Rhopobota floccosa Zhang, Li & Wang 2005

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Rhopobota floccosa Zhang, Li & Wang, 2005

Fig. 5

Rhopobota floccosa Zhang, Li & Wang, 2005, Entomologica Fennica, 16: 278.

The adult and male genitalia were described and illustrated in Zhang, Li, & Wang (2005). The female genitalia (Fig. 5) are as follows: Papilla anales relatively broad and long, setose; apophyses posteriores as long as apophyses anteriores. Sternite VII broadly sclerotized, helmet-shaped, deeply concave on middle of posterior margin; a Ushaped ridge on sternite VII with a portion of sternite VII posterior to this ridge invaginated under ridge; a long separate sclerite at anterior margin of sternite VII. Ostium round, near lamella antevaginalis; lamella antevaginalis represented by a narrow band, fused with lamella postvaginalis; lamella postvaginalis produced into two triangular projections posteriorly. Ductus bursae broad and short, sclerotized, except membranous near intersection with corpus bursae. Corpus bursae pyriform, with a large inverted V-shaped sclerite extending from entrance of corpus bursae to about 1/3 length along both sides; two signa, curved, spine-like, with rounded base.

Specimens examined. Holotype ♂: CHINA: Hunan Province, Sangzhi County (29.23°N, 110.11°E), 1250 m, 12.viii.2001 (Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang), slide no. ZAH03430. Paratype: 1♂, same data as holotype, except 13.viii.2001.

Additional material: 10♂, 5♀, Zhejiang Province: Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 1500 m, 26.vii.2011, L. Yang & N. Chen, genitalia slide no. ZAH14046.

Distribution. This species is known from Zhejiang and Hunan, China.

Note. The female genitalia of R. floccosa are reported for the first time.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Aihuan, 2017, Further study on Rhopobota Lederer (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from China, pp. 297-300 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on pages 299-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/835906

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Biodiversity

Event date
2001-08-12 , 2011-07-26
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Rhopobota
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zhang, Li & Wang
Species
floccosa
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2001-08-12/13 , 2011-07-26
Taxonomic concept label
Rhopobota floccosa Zhang, 2005 sec. Zhang, 2017

References

  • Zhang, A. - H., Li, H. - H. & Wang, S. - X. (2005) Study on the genus Rhopobota Lederer from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Entomologica Fennica, 16, 273 - 286.