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Glyphipterix regula Diakonoff et Arita 1976

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Glyphipterix regula Diakonoff et Arita, 1976

(Figs. 10, 28)

Glyphipterix regula Diakonoff et Arita, 1976: 202, Figs. 17, 23−24. TL: Southern Kunashir Islands; Heppner, 1982: 52; Diakonoff, 1986: 339, Pl. 17, Fig. 143.

Description. Adult (Fig. 10) with wingspan 13.0 mm.

Diagnosis. This species belongs to the japonicella -group. The termen of the forewing in this species is obliquely straight, without a notch below the apex, which can separate it from most species in this genus. Glyphipterix regula is closest to G. japonicella Zeller, 1877, but can be easily separated by the forewing having pure white costal streaks, which are pale ochreous-yellowish in G. japonicella.

Material examined. CHINA, Shaanxi Province: 1 ♀, Huoditang forest farm (33°25′N 108°27′E), Ningshan County, 1620 m, 15.vi.1987, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide No. LTT12180.

Distribution. China (Shaanxi), Japan, Russia.

Remarks. The ductus bursae of this species in our collection is rather short (Fig. 28), which is consistent with that from Japan (Arita 1987), but is much shorter than that in the allotype. This species is newly recorded for China.

Notes

Published as part of Liu, Tengteng & Li, Houhun, 2014, Taxonomic study of the genus Glyphipterix Hübner (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae: Glyphipteriginae) from Mainland China, pp. 1-25 in Zootaxa 3821 (1) on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286357

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Diakonoff et Arita
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Glyphipterigidae
Genus
Glyphipterix
Species
regula
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Glyphipterix regula et, 1976 sec. Liu & Li, 2014

References

  • Diakonoff, A. & Arita, Y. (1976) New and old species of Glyphipterigidae and a new species of Acrolepiidae from Japan and the Far East (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen, 50, 179 - 219.
  • Heppner, J. B. (1982) Synopsis of the Glyphipterigidae (Lepidoptera: Copromorphoidea) of the world. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 84, 1 - 38.
  • Diakonoff, A. (1986) Glyphipterigidae auctorum sensu lato. In: Amsel, E. G. (Ed.), Microlepidoptera Palaearctica. Vol. 7. Braun, Karlsruhe, pp. 1 - 466, 175 pls.
  • Arita, Y. (1987) Taxonomic studies of the Glyphipterigidae and Choreutidae (Lepidoptera) of Japan. Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 18, 1 - 244.