Nemophora ganziensis, Liao & Hirowatari & Yagi & Wang & Wang & Huang, 2023

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 : 70

(87) Nemophora syfaniella ( Caradja, 1927)

(Plates VIII-7, IX-7-9, XIX-5, XXVIII-2)

Adela syfaniella Caradja, 1927: 63 . (Type locality: Szetschwan, Tatsienlu [= Kangding, Sichuan, China]; MINGA); Hua 2005: 2 (list of China).

Nemophora syfaniella: Kozlov 1997b: 43 ; Sun et al. 2022: 327 (review).

Diagnosis. This species differs from other species by the following characters on forewing pattern: the four black longitudinal striae are present at the base; both sides of the central fascia have bronze bands approximately equal in width; and the subapical area has ten black radial striae connecting with the central fascia and outer margin.

Specimens examined. [Sichuan] 1♁, Lectotype deposited in MINGA with labels as follows: “ LECTOTYPE / Adela / syfaniella / ♁ Car. / Romänia DES. Dr. A. POPESCU - GORJ ”, “ Adela / syfaniella / Typen Car.”, and “Szetschwan / Tatsienlu / Exp. Stötzner” ( MINGA); 1♁, “ PARALECTOTYPE / Adela / syfaniella / ♁ Car. / Romänia DES. Dr. A. POPESCU - GORj”, “Szetschwan, Sunpanting, exp. Stötzner”, and “3” ( MINGA); 1♁, “ PARALECTOTYPE / Adela / syfaniella / ♁ Car. / Romänia DES. Dr. A. POPESCU - GORj”, “Szetschwan, Sunpanting, exp. Stötzner”, and “11” ( MINGA); 1♁ 2♀, Moxi Town, Luding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , 2009.VII.18–20, G.H. Huang leg.; 1♁ 2♀, Jiajinshan (2,600 m), Baoxing County , Ya’an City, 2019. VIII.13–15, J.Y.Qiu & H. Xu leg.; 2♀, Xingou Village , Labahe Town , Tianquan County ,Ya’an City, 2004.VII.15, L.S. Chen leg.; [Hunan] 1♁, Mt. Tianpingshan , Badagongshan National Nature Reserve , Sangzhi County , Zhangjiajie City, 2018.IV.26, C.Q. Liao leg.; [Shaanxi] 1♀, Jialingjiang source, Baoji City, 2010.VI.18, G.H. Huang leg.; 6♁, Jialingjiang source (1,400–2,100 m), Baoji City, 2010.VI.18–19, G.H. Huang leg.; [Gansu] 1♁, Baihua Forest Farm, Xiaolongshan National Forest Park, Tianshui City, 2010.VI.18, G.H. Huang leg.; [Yunnan] 1♁, Zhoudian, 2004.VI.28, M. Wang leg.; 1♁, Weixi Lisu Autonomous County , Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 2016. VII.19, H.S. Wang leg. ( HUNAU).

Distribution. China (Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu).

Remarks. Caradja (1927) arranged specimens of N. basiradiella collected by Raddé (M. Korb) and described it as a new species, namely Adela syfaniella , and then there are no related reports and redescriptions about it.

Three DNA barcodes of N. syfaniella are generated with intraspecific pairwise distances of 0.002 –0.014. This species is closest to N. ganziensis sp. nov. (pairwise distances: 0.034 –0.038), N. bellela (pairwise distances: 0.034 – 0.040), and N. amatella (pairwise distances: 0.035 –0.040).