Nippoptilia vitis ( Sasaki, 1913 )

Hao, Shulian, Kendrick, Roger C. & Li, Houhun, 2008, Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Pterophoridae, with description of one new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1821, pp. 37-48 : 41-42

Nippoptilia vitis ( Sasaki, 1913)

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Stenoptilia vitis Sasaki, 1913: 3 .

Oxyptilus formosanus Matsumura, 1931: 1054 .

Material examined. CHINA: 1 ɗ, Hong Kong, Sai Kung, Tai Mong Tsai, alt. 140 m, 15.iv.2007 (Houhun Li etc.).

Hostplants. See Gielis (2003).

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Taiwan), Korea, Japan, Thailand, India, Nepal.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 10. Adults of Pterophoridae. 3, Ochyrotica yanoi Arenberger; 4, Asiaephorus sythoffi (Snellen); 5, Diacrotricha fasciola Zeller (photo: Chan W. K.); 6, Exelastis pumilio (Zeller); 7, Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker); 8, Nippoptilia minor Hori; 9, Nippoptilia vitis (Sasaki); 10, Platyptilia calodactyla (Denis & Schifferm ¸ ller).