Punctulata palliptera Wang, 2006

Tao, Zhulin & Wang, Shuxia, 2021, Taxonomic study of the genus Punctulata Wang (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 5027 (3), pp. 376-386 : 384

Punctulata palliptera Wang, 2006

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Punctulata palliptera Wang, 2006: 160 . TL: China (Henan). TD: NKU.

Material examined. Type material. CHINA, Henan: Holotype ♂, Neixiang County (33.02°N, 111.50°E), 650 m, 12.VII.1998, leg. HH Li, slide No. W98283.

Additional material. CHINA, Zhejiang: 1♀, Mt. Jiulong , 400 m, 5.VIII.2011, leg. LL Yang & N Chen, slide No. WYQ15039 ; 1♂, Neijiujian, Mt. Jiulong , 430 m, 7.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin & XC Wang, slide No. WYQ13046 ; 1♀, Huangtanyu, Mt. Jiulong , 467 m, 8.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin & XC Wang, slide No. WYQ15038 ; 1♂, Fuze Vil- lage, Chunan County, 144 m, 1.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu, slide No. TZL19151 ; Guizhou: 1♂ 1♀, Suoluo, Chishui , 390 m, 27. V.2000, leg. YL Du, slide Nos. JYY16133 ♂, JYY16134 ♀; 1♂, 240 m, IX.22.2000, leg. HL Yu, slide No. JYY16135 ♂; 1♂, Fangxiangxiang, Mt. Leigong , 910 m, 4.VIII.2018, leg. ML Zheng et al., slide No. TZL19139 ; 3♂, Sanchahe Town, Xishui , 767–804 m, 30. VI –2.VII.2019, leg. MR Xing, slide No. TZL19126 ; 2♂, Fangxiangx- iang, Mt. Lei , 915 m, 29.VII.2019, leg. MR Xing et al., slide Nos. TZL19662, TZL19379 ; Chongqing: 1♂, Mt. Simian , 1280 m, 12.VIII.2012, leg. XF Yang & TT Liu, slide No. WYQ14033 .

Diagnosis. Punctulata palliptera can be distinguished from its congeners by the saccus widened apically ( Fig. 15 ). It is similar to P. novipalliptera Wang , sp. nov., and the differences between them are stated under P. novipalliptera .

Description. Adult ( Fig. 8 ) with wingspan 12.5–15.0 mm. Body color and forewing pattern in female same as those in male.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 17 ). Papillae anales setose, rounded on caudal margin. Apophyses anteriores about 5/8 length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum cup-shaped. Ductus bursae membranous, posterior 2/5 narrow, anterior 3/5 slightly inflated, with a sclerite bearing numerous teeth; ductus seminalis from posterior 2/5. Corpus bursae elliptical, about same length as ductus bursae, spiculate partially; signum near entrance of corpus bursae, with two long spines curved before pointed apex.

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Guizhou, Henan, Zhejiang).

Notes. The female of this species is described for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 4–9. Male adults of Punctulata spp. 4, P. guangxiensis sp. nov., holotype; 5, P. novipalliptera sp. nov., holotype; 6, P. fusciptera; 7, P. ningshanensis; 8, P. palliptera; 9, P. trunciformis. Scales = 2 mm.

FIGURES 10–15. Male genitalia of Punctulata spp. 10, P. guangxiensis sp. nov., holotype, slide No. TZL19915; 11, P. novipalliptera sp. nov., paratype, slide No. TZL19711; 12, P. ningshanensis, slide No. 89255; 13, P. trunciformis, slide No. W04039; 14, P. fusciptera, slide No. W03186; 15, P. palliptera, slide No. W98283; 10a–15a, enlarged cornuti. Scales: 10–15 = 0.2 mm; 10a–15a = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 16–18. Female genitalia of Punctulata spp. 16, P. fusciptera, slide No. W04024; 17, P. palliptera, slide No. WYQ15038; 18, P. trunciformis, slide No. TZL19666. Scales = 0.2 mm.