Subgenus Tatsipolia Benedek, Behounek, Floriani & Saldaitis, 2011

Dasypolia subgenus Tatsipolia, Benedek et al., 2011: 108 (type species: Dasypolia (Tatsipolia) ruficilia Benedek, Behounek, Floriani & Saldaitis, 2011, by original designation).

= Dasypolia subgenus Chalapolia, Benedek et al., 2011: 109 (type species: Dasypolia (Chalapolia) brandstetteri Benedek, Behounek, Floriani & Saldaitis, 2011, by original designation), syn. nov.

= Dasypolia subgenus Kitapolia, Benedek et al., 2011: 110 (type species: Dasypolia (Kitapolia) kita Benedek, Behounek, Floriani & Saldaitis, 2011, by original designation), syn. nov.

Diagnosis.

Species of D. ( Tatsipolia) are relatively small owlet moths externally reminiscent of members of the genus Cteipolia Staudinger, 1896 (see Gordeeva et al. 2023; Volynkin et al. 2024), from which D. ( Tatsipolia) differs clearly in the genitalia morphology of both sexes. The male genital capsule ground plan of D. ( Tatsipolia) is similar to Dasypolia s. str. (e. g., see Ronkay et al. 2001, 2014) and the main differences are found in the phallus and vesica: in D. ( Tatsipolia), the phallus carina is smooth and the vesica bears one or two clusters of spine-like cornuti medially whereas the carina of Dasypolia s. str. bears a dentate plate and the vesica is unarmed. In the female genitalia, D. ( Tatsipolia) has asymmetrical anterior sclerotisations of the ductus bursae (it is evenly sclerotised in the similar genus) and a reduced appendix bursae, which is well-developed and semiglobular or conical in Dasypolia s. str.

Distribution.

Species of the genus are known only from south-western China (Sichuan and southeastern Xizang).