Nemophora recurvatifera Sun, Wang & Li, 2022

Liao, Cheng-Qing, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Yagi, Sadahisa, Wang, Min, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, The fauna of the family Adelidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Adeloidea) from China, Zootaxa 5348 (1), pp. 1-152 : 67-68

(82) Nemophora recurvatifera Sun, Wang & Li, 2022

(Plates VIII-4, XIX-2)

Nemophora recurvatifera Sun, Wang & Li, 2022: 321 , figs. 20, 21, 43, 51 (TL: Tibet, Linzhi, Pailong Village; NKU).

Diagnosis. This species is unique in the genus Nemophora by the V- or U-shaped yellow marking in the subapical area of the forewing. This species is very similar to N. ochsenheimerella (Ḩbner, 1813) from Europe and N. wakayamensis ( Matsumura, 1931) from Asia, but can be easily distinguished by the forewing with a silvery gray streak along the anterior margin of the cell curved downward to CuP apically. The male genitalia is distinguished by the an inverted V-shaped uncus; and the phallus of male genitalia has an apical process curved at a right angle ( Sun et al. 2022).

Specimens examined. [ Tibet] 1♁, Pailong Country, Linzhi City , 2021.V.7, H.L. Han, J. Wu & J.J. Fan leg. ; 1♁, 2 km ahead of Sangzhenka Village, Gedang Country , Motuo County, Linzhi City , 2021.V.25–30, J. Wu & J.J. Fan leg. ( HUNAU) .

Distribution. China (Tibet).

Remarks. This species was described by Sun et al. (1931) based on specimens from Pailong Village. We have collected this species from the same type locality and another place, Sangzhenka Village, Gedang Country.