Termioptycha conjuncta ( Warren, 1896 )

Li, Houhun, 2017, Review of the genus Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4329 (2), pp. 159-174 : 169-171

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Termioptycha conjuncta ( Warren, 1896) View in CoL , comb. rev.

( Figs 1, 2 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 10 View FIGURES 4 – 13 , 20 View FIGURES 20 – 23 , 26 View FIGURES 24 – 28 )

Parasarama conjuncta Warren, 1896: 454 View in CoL . TL: India (Khasias). Termioptycha (Parasarama) conjuncta (Warren) View in CoL : Janse, 1931: 455. Salma conjuncta (Warren) : Solis, 1992: 287.

Material examined. CHINA: Hainan: 3♂, Yinggeling Nature Reserves , 954 m, 4.IX.2013, coll. Xiaohua Chen, slide No. RH 16353 ♂ ; 1♀, Yinggeling , 450 m, 23.X.2013, coll. Zhibo Wang ; 3♂, 1♀, Hongkan, Yinggeling, 540 m, 22.I.2016, coll. Kaijian Teng, Xia Bai and Mengting Chen, slide Nos. RH16017♂, RH16018♀; 1♀, Hongkan, Yinggeling, 540 m, 14.III.2016, coll. Qingyun Wang, Suran Li and Shengnan Zhao; 1♂, Jianfengling Nature Reserves , 143 m, 8.IX.2013, coll. Xiaohua Chen ( SYSBM) ; 1♀, Limushan Forest Park, 607 m, 24.VII.2014, coll. Peixin Cong, Linjie Liu and Sha Hu, slide No. RH 15243 ♀ ; 1♀, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves , 742 m, 21.V.2015, coll. Peixin Cong, Wei Guan and Sha Hu ; 1♂, 1♀, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves , 766 m, 10–12.I.2016, coll. Kaijian Teng, Xia Bai and Mengting Chen, slide No. RH 16415 ♂ ; 1♀, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves , 738 m, 23.VII.2016, coll. Xia Bai, Shuonan Qian and Wanding Qi, slide No. RH 16218 ♀ ; 1♂, 1♀, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves, 738 m, 29.X–3.XI.2016, coll. Xia Bai, Shuonan Qian and Wanding Qi, slide Nos. RH 16351 ♂, RH16352 ♀; Taiwan: 1♀, Chung-Ai Bridge ( Zhong’aiqiao ), Lanyu , Taitung County, 20 m, 19.VIII.2006, coll. Houhun Li and Xicui Du, slide No. WYP06019 ♀ ( NSYSU).

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 4 – 13 ) wingspan 29.0–30.0 mm. This species is diagnostic by the male labial palpus with the second segment upturned and forming a right angle with the first segment, third segment curved forward and forming a right angle with the second segment, the forewing with a large round white spot at middle; in the male genitalia by the sub-square juxta deeply concave in broad U shape posteriorly and having a long clavate process from each side of the lateral margin ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 20 – 23 ); in the female genitalia by having an inverted trapezoidal antrum and a pair of almost equally sized signa ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 24 – 28 ). Termioptycha conjuncta is similar to T. nigrimacularis sp. nov., and the differences between the two species are stated under the proceeding species.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Taiwan); India, Borneo.

Remarks. We herein restored this species to the genus Termioptycha ( Janse 1931) from Salma Walker, 1863 ( Solis 1992) based on the costa having an apical spine, which is unique in Termioptycha . This species is newly recorded in China.