Thiotricha clinopeda Meyrick, 1918

Lee, Ga-Eun & Li, Houhun, 2024, A taxonomic review of Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Thiotrichinae) from China, with descriptions of 84 new species, Zootaxa 5449 (1), pp. 1-222 : 138-140

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Thiotricha clinopeda Meyrick, 1918 View in CoL

( Figs 20A View FIGURE 20 , 27H View FIGURE 27 , 28F View FIGURE 28 , 43D, L View FIGURE 43 , 60C View FIGURE 60 , 66C, D View FIGURE 66 , 73A View FIGURE 73 )

Thiotricha clinopeda Meyrick, 1918: 124 View in CoL ; 1925: 102; Gaede, 1937: 304; Clarke, 1969: 452; Ivinskis et al., 1984: 38. TL: N. Coorg, India. TD: NHMUK.

Type material ( Figs 66C, D View FIGURE 66 , 73A View FIGURE 73 ). Lectotype ♂, INDIA, N. Coorg, Dibidi , 3,500 feet, i.1912, leg. L. Newcome, genitalia slide no. J. F.G.C. 8356 ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: 1 ♂, Bubang (21.6°N, 101.59°E), 650 m, Mengla County, 22.viii.2005, leg. Yingdang Ren, genitalia slide no. LGE18782 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Yexianggu (22.17°N, 100.87°E), 762 m, Xishuangbanna, 19.vii.2014, leg. Kaijian Teng, Wei Guan, Xiuchun Wang and Shurong Liu, genitalia slide no. LGE18783 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Bubang (21.60°N, 101.59°E), 656 m, Xishuangbanna, 22.vii.2014, leg. Kaijian Teng, Wei Guan, Xiuchun Wang and Shurong Liu, genitalia slide no. LGE18784 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ). Wingspan 8.0− 8.5 mm. Thiotricha clinopeda is readily recognized by the white forewing with two distinct oblique streaks arising from dorsum. The male genitalia ( Fig. 43D, L View FIGURE 43 ) are somewhat similar to those of T. pediformis , but T. clinopeda has the uncus covered with long setae and the more slender valva with ventral margin broadly concave medially. The female genitalia ( Fig. 60C View FIGURE 60 ) can be distinguished from its allies by the broad ductus bursae abruptly expanded after the base.

Distribution. China (Yunnan), India, Sri Lanka.

Remarks. This species is recorded from China for the first time.