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Teinoptila

Description

Key to species of Teinoptila from China based on male genitalia

1. Socius with one spine at apex, sacculus with U-shaped mesal concavity (Fig. 6) ...................................... T. bolidias

- Socius with two spines at apex, sacculus without U-shaped mesal concavity ........................................................... 2

2. Saccus roundly dilated distally (Fig. 8 a) ................................................................................................. T. antistatica

- Saccus slightly but not roundly dilated distally .......................................................................................................... 3

3. Sacculus triangular, smooth at apex ............................................................................................................................ 4

- Sacculus clavate, with small spines in distal 1/3 (Fig. 10) .............................................................. T. clavata sp. nov.

4. Gnathal arm with a pair of triangular processes (Gershenson & Ulenberg, 1998: 97) ......................... T. brunnescens

- Gnathal arm with a pair of fingerlike processes (Moriuti, 1977: 206) ......................................................... T. guttella

Notes

Published as part of Jin, Qing, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2009, Taxonomic study of the genus Teinoptila Sauber, 1902 from China (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), pp. 44-50 in Zootaxa 2249 on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275222

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Yponomeutidae
Genus
Teinoptila
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Gershenson, Z. S. & Ulenberg, S. A. (1998) The Yponomeutinae (Lepidoptera) of the World exclusive of the Americas. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde Tweede Reeks, 99, i - x, 1 - 202.
  • Moriuti, S. (1977) Fauna Japonica. Yponomeutidae s. lat. (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Keigaku Publishing Co., Tokyo, 327 pp, 95 pls.