Published August 15, 2023 | Version v1
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Macrobathra arneutis Meyrick 1914

  • 1. College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2. College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China & College of Life and Geographic Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi 844000, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau, Kashi 844000, China

Description

Macrobathra arneutis Meyrick, 1914

(Figs 4, 21, 35)

Macrobathra arneutis Meyrick, 1914: 218. TL: India (Assam). TD: NHMUK.

Material examined. CHINA, Fujian: 3♀, 8–9.VIII.2020; Guangxi: 7♁ 4♀, 1.VII.2009 – 9.VIII.2022; Guizhou: 3♁ 1♀, 17.VIII.2004 – 16.VII.2019; Hainan: 28♁ 7♀, 7.V.2010 – 27.V.2015; Hunan: 2♁ 2♀, 26.VII.2020; Jiangxi: 3♁ 2♀, 2–7.VII.1978; Yunnan: 12♁ 1♀, 16.V.2014 – 8.VI.2015; Xizang: 38♁ 32♀, 12.VIII.2003 – 5.VIII.2018; Zhejiang: 11♁ 6♀, 15.VIII.1999 – 1.VIII.2011.

Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 4). Wingspan 10.5–12.0 mm. Macrobathra arneutis is diagnosed by the forewing with the outer margin of the subbasal fascia distinctly oblique outward in anterior half; in the male genitalia by the symmetrical socius and valva (Fig. 21); and in the female genitalia by the ductus bursae sclerotized and slightly widened posteriorly, and the globular corpus bursae (Fig. 35). It is similar to M. trigonilamella sp. nov., and the differences between them are stated in the diagnosis of the new species.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Di & Li, Houhun, 2023, Review of the genus Macrobathra Meyrick, 1883 (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) in China, pp. 227-246 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 233, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8249282

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References

  • Meyrick, E. (1914) Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, Marlborough, 32 pp. [pp. 193 - 224]