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Teinoptila bolidias Meyrick 1913

Description

Teinoptila bolidias (Meyrick, 1913)

(Figs. 2, 6–7)

Hyponomeuta bolidias Meyrick, 1913: 137. Yponomeuta bolidias: Friese, 1962: 309. Choutinea shaanxiensis Huang, 1982: 269. Type locality: Thailand.

Adult (Fig. 2): Wingspan 21.0–27.0 mm.

Material examined. Gansu Province: Kang County, 1100 m, 1.vi.1995, coll. Aisihaer (1 3); Wen County, 860 m, 11–14.vii.2005, coll. Haili Yu (5 3, 12 Ƥ); Tianshui, 1331 m, 30.vii.2006, coll. Xinpu Wang and Xiangfeng Chi (1 Ƥ); Hubei Province: Shennongjia, 1200–1400 m, 17–18.vii.2003, coll. Shulian Hao (5 3, 2 Ƥ); Shaanxi Province: Yangling, 450 m, 17–28.vi.1985 (3 3, 4 Ƥ), 31.v–26.vi.1986 (2 Ƥ); Ningshan County, 880 m, 17.vi.1987, coll. Houhun Li (2 3, 1 Ƥ); Baihe County, 200 m, 16–17.v.1994 (1 3, 2 Ƥ); Danfeng County, 680 m, 29.v.1994, coll. Jin Zhou (1 Ƥ).

Distribution. China (Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Thailand.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by dark gray cilia on upper half of termen in the forewing, the ventral margin of sacculus with a U-shaped mesal concavity in the male genitalia (Fig. 6), and the short ductus bursae without twisted portion in the female genitalia (Fig. 7). It is quite similar to Yponomeuta solitariellus Moriuti, 1977 in appearance, but can be distinguished by the absence of the white subapical spot on costa.

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 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275222

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Yponomeutidae
Genus
Teinoptila
Species
bolidias
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Teinoptila bolidias Meyrick, 1913 sec. Jin, Wang & Li, 2009

References

  • Friese, G. (1962) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der ostpalaarktischen Yponomeutidae (Lepidoptera). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 12 (3 - 4), 299 - 331.
  • Huang, J. (1982) A new Genus and species of Yponomeutinae from China. Entomotaxonomia, 6 (4), 269 - 272.
  • Moriuti, S. (1977) Fauna Japonica. Yponomeutidae s. lat. (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Keigaku Publishing Co., Tokyo, 327 pp, 95 pls.