Thliptoceras shafferi BänzIger, 1987

Thliptoceras shafferi Bänziger, 1987: 678 . Type locality: Thailand, Chiengmai.

DIagnosIs. Wing expanse 23–26 mm. Thliptoceras shafferi can be recognized in the male by the modified scales along the posterior margin of the forewing and an only slightly modified antenna with a small scale-tuft at base of flagellum, followed by compressed and extended segments, and by diagnostic tegulae, fleecy and bicolorous yellowish and fuscous. Male genitalia with uncus diagnostic, irregularly subtriangular, without setae on narrowed distal 1/4; valva simple and very narrow, with apex widened and recurved; editum straight and stout, sacculus with projecting basal hump, and aedeagus with a bundle of cornuti near apex.

MaterIal examIned. CHINA, Guangdong: 2♂, Heshan County, 26.VIII., 10.X.2002, coll. Liu Guilin, Jia Fenglong and Chen Haidong; Guangxi: 1 ♂, Nonggang, Longzhou County, alt. 271m, 19.IV.2012, coll. Li Jinwei. DIstrIbutIon. China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Thailand (Chiengmai).