Locheutis Meyrick, 1883

Wang, Shuxia & Tao, Zhulin, 2021, The genus Locheutis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 561-570 : 562

Locheutis Meyrick, 1883

Locheutis Meyrick, 1883: 341 .

Type species: Locheutis philochora Meyrick, 1883

Diagnosis. Locheutis is characterized by the head with spreading side tufts and the antennae without pecten; the forewing with distinct discal, discocellular, and plical spots, an ill-defined subterminal fascia and distinct terminal dots, R 4 and R 5 stalked, and R 5 reaching apex; the hindwing with Rs, M 1 and M 2 subparallel, M 3 and CuA 1 connate; in the male genitalia by the lack of uncus, the gnathos being a widely or narrowly banded plate, and the valva deeply divided into a costal and a saccular part; in the female genitalia by having a funnel-shaped antrum and a corpus bursae with paired signa (as in L. tianmushana Wang, 2002 ).

Biology. Little is known about the biology of Locheutis species. Adults were collected in mountainous regions in April, July, August, and October.