Tenupalpa biformis ( Omelko, 1984 )

Lee, Ga-Eun & Li, Houhun, 2022, Taxonomic study of the genus Tenupalpa Lee et Li, 2021 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Thiotrichinae) from China, with descriptions of fifteen new species, Zootaxa 5087 (1), pp. 75-111 : 97-98

Tenupalpa biformis ( Omelko, 1984)

( Figs 19 , 35 , 55 , 74 , 90 )

Cnaphostola biformis Omelko, 1984: 32 ; Omelko, 1999: 183; Park & Ponomarenko, 2007: 45; Ponomarenko, 2008: 91; Sakamaki, 2013: 298. TL: Russia (Primorsk Territory). TD: ZIRAS.

Thiotricha biformis Sohn et al., 2016: 116 ; Kyaw et al., 2019: 70 .

Tenupalpa biformis Lee et al., 2021: 371 .

Material examined. CHINA: Zhejiang Province: 1 ♂, Lao′an (30.33°N, 119.40°E), 555 m, Mt.Tianmu , 6.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, genitalia slide no. LLJ15140 ; 1 ♀, Sanmuping (30.37°N, 119.43°E), 789 m, Mt. Tianmu , 17.vii.2015, leg. Aihui Yin, Kang Lou and Tao Wang, genitalia slide no. LLJ15251 .

Diagnosis. Adult wingspan 8.5−10.0 mm. Tenupalpa biformis is diagnosed by the glossy white forewing with a broad dark grey area in distal half, an orange distal patch and a black apical spot. The male genitalia are characterized by the apically pointed, large thumb-like anellus lobes and the juxta with a short-forked projection. The female genitalia are similar to T. venustalis as seen in the short apophyses anteriores and the corpus bursae without signum, but T. biformis can be distinguished from the latter by the medially elongate anterior margin of tergum VIII.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang), Japan, Russia. This species is newly recorded from China.

Remarks. The type materials deposited in ZIRAS of Russia were not examined in this study. A detailed re-description of T. biformis was provided in Kyaw et al. (2019).

Figures

FIGURES 15–25. Male sternum VIII of Tenupalpa spp. 15. T. nephodesma, slide no. ZJL05343; 16. T. latifasciata sp. nov., slide no. LGE16112; 17. T. immaculata sp. nov., slide no. LGE18025; 18. T. angulosa sp. nov., slide no. LGE17270; 19. T. biformis, slide no. LLJ15140; 20. T. acutata sp. nov., slide no. LGE17045; 21. T. crassimedia sp. nov., slide no. LGE18015; 22. T. acutimedia sp. nov., slide no. LGE16247; 23. T. breviaedeaga sp. nov., slide no. LGE19014; 24. T. magniguttata sp. nov., slide no. LGE19013; 25. T. perparviloba sp. nov., slide no. LGE18036.

FIGURES 26–45. Tegumen tubercles of Tenupalpa spp. 26. T. angustella, slide no. LGE18719; 27. T. nephodesma, slide no. ZJL05343; 28. T. latifasciata sp. nov., slide no. LGE16112; 29. T. fuscalata sp. nov., slide no. LGE18829; 30. T. immaculata sp. nov., slide no. LGE18025; 31. T. isabellina sp. nov., slide no. LGE17282; 32. T. angulosa sp. nov., slide no. LGE17270; 33. T. falcata sp. nov., slide no. LGE18843; 34. T. flavitermina, slide no. LGE18842; 35. T. biformis, slide no. LLJ15140; 36. T. venustalis, slide no. LGE18493; 37. T. acutata sp. nov., slide no. LGE18030; 38. T. crassimedia sp. nov., slide no. LGE18015; 39. T. acutimedia sp. nov., slide no. LGE16247; 40. T. breviaedeaga sp. nov., slide no. LGE19014; 41. T. magniguttata sp. nov., slide no. LGE19013; 42. T. perparviloba sp. nov., slide no. LGE18036; 43. T. uncativalva sp. nov., slide no. LGE19015; 44. T. zhengi sp. nov., slide no. LGE19001; 45. T. dissimilis sp. nov., slide no. LGE19007.

FIGURES 54–61. Adults of Tenupalpa spp. 54. T. flavitermina, male; 55. T. biformis, male; 56. T. venustalis, female; 57. T. acutata sp. nov., male, holotype; 58. T. crassimedia sp. nov., male, holotype; 59. T. acutimedia sp. nov., male, holotype; 60. T. breviaedeaga sp. nov., male, holotype; 61. T. magniguttata sp. nov., male, holotype (Scale bars = 0.2 mm).

FIGURES 72–77. Male genitalia of Tenupalpa spp. 72. T. falcata sp. nov., holotype, slide no. LGE18843; 73. T. flavitermina, slide no. LGE18842; 74. T. biformis, slide no. LLJ15140; 75. T. venustalis, slide no. LGE18493; 76. T. acutata sp. nov., holotype, slide no. LGE18030; 77. T. crassimedia sp. nov., paratype, slide no. LGE16256 (Scale bars = 0.2 mm).

FIGURES 87–90. Female genitalia of Tenupalpa spp. 87. T. immaculata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. LGE18002; 88. T. isabellina sp. nov., paratype, slide no. LGE17283f; 89. T. flavitermina, slide no. LGE19021; 90. T. biformis, slide no. LLJ15251 (Scale bars = 0.2 mm).