Termioptycha eucarta ( Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 )

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 : 172-173

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:643F6A17-Abee-44Cd-B078-A1Cd2B73E55A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6041685
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87E4-FFD7-FFAC-CCF9-19AFFB71EF1B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Termioptycha eucarta ( Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 )
status

Treatment

Termioptycha eucarta ( Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) View in CoL

( Figs 12 View FIGURES 4 – 13 , 22 View FIGURES 20 – 23 , 28 View FIGURES 24 – 28 )

Ethnistis eucarta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875: 28 View in CoL . TL: Indonesia ( Moluccas). Termioptycha cyanopa Meyrick, 1889: 505 View in CoL . TL: New Guinea.

Sialocyttara erasta Turner, 1913: 134 View in CoL . TL: Australia (Queensland). Termioptycha distantia Inoue, 1982: 378 View in CoL . TL: Japan (Iriomote).

Termioptycha eucarta (Felder & Rogenhofer) View in CoL : Solis, 1992: 291.

Material examined. CHINA, Shanxi: 1♂, Aigou, Taikuanhe Nature Reserves, Yuncheng, 1020 m, 7.VIII.2013, coll. Shulian Hao and Yunfei Peng, slide No. RH 16221 ♂ ; Liaoning: 6♂, Kuandian , 20–24.VIII.2007, coll. Shuping Sun, slide Nos. RH 16391 ♂, RH16395 ♂ ; Jilin: 1♂, Jingou, Huangnihe, 16.VIII.1993, slide No. RH 16390 ♂ ; Zhejiang: 1♂, 1♀, Xiguan, Mt. Tianmu , 566 m, 16.VII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, slide Nos. RH 15185 ♂, RH15441 ♀ ; 1♀, Jiufu, Mt. Longtang , 520 m, 25.VII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, slide No. RH 16025 ♀ ; Jiangxi: 1♀, Mt . Sanqing, Yushan, 1120 m, 19.VIII.1985, slide No. RH16396♀; Henan: 20♂, 1♀, Mt . Baiyun, Song County, 1400 m, 15.VIII.2008, coll. Houhun Li et al., slide Nos. RH 16211 ♂, RH16212 ♀ ; Guangdong: 5♂, 1♀, Mt . Dadong, Lianzhou, 650 m, 21–25.VI.2004, coll. Dandan Zhang, slide Nos. RH16357♂, RH16358♀; 1♂, 1♀, Mt. Dadong , Lian County, 4–5.VII.2008, coll. Fengxia He ( SYSBM) ; Guangxi: 1♂, 1♀, Yangmei’ao , Huanjiang County, Hechi , 1180 m, 25–26.VII.2015, Meiqing Yang and Gaeun Lee, slide Nos. RH 16021 ♂, RH16022 ♀ ; Sichuan: 1♀, Wanniansi, Mt. E’mei, 830 m, 14.VII.2014, coll. Kaijian Teng, Wei Guan, Xiuchun Wang and Shurong Liu, slide No. RH 15222 ♀ ; 1♂, Longcanggou, Xingjing County, 1400 m, 29.VIII.2016, coll. Jianyue Qiu and Hao Xu, slide No. RH 16416 ♂ ; Shaanxi: 2♂, 1♀, Haopingsi, Yingtouzhen, 1251 m, 17–18.VII.2012, coll. Jinwei Li, slide Nos. RH 16355 ♂, RH16356 ♀ ; Taiwan: 2♂, Lala Shan , Taoyuan County, 1800 m, 1.VIII.2006, coll. Houhun Li and Xicui Du, slide No. WYP06016 ♂ ( NSYSU) .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 4 – 13 ) wingspan 24.0–31.0 mm. This species is diagnostic in the male genitalia by the gnathos having a setose sub-rounded median process ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 20 – 23 ), in the female genitalia by the paired elongate ovate signa with smaller one no more than 1/2 the length of the larger one ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 24 – 28 ). Termioptycha eucarta is similar to T. longiclavata sp. nov. in both forewing pattern and male genitalia, and the differences between the two species are given under the former species.

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang); Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea.

Notes. This species is newly recorded in China.

Remarks. Ethnistis is the synonym of the genus Bonchis Walker, 1862 , belonging to the subfamily Chrysauginae. Solis (1992) transferred Ethnistis eucarta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 to Termioptycha , which has a characteristic apical spine of the costa as in other species of the genus in the male genitalia.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Pyralidae
Genus	Termioptycha