Woonpaikia similangoonae Yu & Wang, 2024

Yu, Shuai & Wang, Shuxia, 2024, First report of the genus Woonpaikia Park, 2010 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from China, with the description of two new species, ZooKeys 1192, pp. 1-7 : 1

Woonpaikia similangoonae Yu & Wang sp. nov.

Figs 1G-I , 2B , 3C

Type materials.

Holotype: China • ♂; Yunnan, Mang City, Mt Banggunjian; 24.39°N, 97.84°E; 1758 m elev.; 14 Aug. 2022; S Yu & KJ Teng leg.; slide no. YUS062, LCU. Paratype: 1♂; same data as holotype; slide no. YUS075, LCU.

Diagnosis.

The new species is similar to W. angoonae , but it can be distinguished by the capitate cucullus and the aedeagus with a needle-like apical extension. In W. angoonae , the cucullus is acuminate and the aedeagus lacks an extension on the apex.

Description.

Wingspan 14.0-15.0 mm (Figs 1G , 2B ). Head yellowish brown. Antenna yellow; scape ventrodistally with a small imperceptible pectin-like scale tuft. Labial palpus with dense, long, hair-like scales dorsally; third palpomere shorter than second palpomere. Forewing slightly widened distally, with costal margin almost straight, apex produced, termen gently concave; ground color yellowish brown; orange-yellow along costal margin from about basal 2/5 to apex; discal stigma black, rounded; plical stigma black, nearly same size as discal stigma; discocellular stigma black, elliptical; fringe greyish brown, with an orange-white basal line; R3, R4, and R5 stalked, R5 to termen, CuA1 and CuA2 with short stalk. Hindwing and fringe yellow, dark brown scales along vein M2; M3 and CuA1 shortly stalked.

Male genitalia (Fig. 3C ). Uncus nearly inverted trapezoidal; caudal lobes semi-ovate. Gnathos with basal plate roundly produced on posterior margin; median process narrowed slightly from base to basal 2/3, thereafter sharply narrowed to a pointed apex, curved ventrad at basal 2/3 by a right angle. Costal bar narrow, arched taenioid. Valva with basal part trapezoidal; cucullus capitate, arising from upper corner of basal part of valva, sinuate, narrow basally, widened to about basal 2/3, thereafter narrowed slightly to rounded apex, costal margin arched in basal 1/2 and straight in distal 1/2; sacculus wide, straight on its ventral margin, with a long, apical process extending posteriorly as far as apex of cucullus. Juxta elliptical, wider than long, with a thumbed process at middle on anterior margin. Vinculum subrounded on anterior margin. Aedeagus slightly shorter than valva, wide at base, narrowed to apex, with a needle-like apical extension; cornuti consisting of two needle-like spines of different sizes and a flake-like plate bearing three spinules.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is derived from the Latin simile (likeness) and Woonpaikia angoonae , referring to the similarity between this new species and W. angoonae .

Figures

Figure 1. External features of Woonpaikia spp. A-C W. angoonae Park, 2010, male, YUS 063 B lateral view of head C close-up of scape D-F W. imperspicua sp. nov., holotype, male, YUS 064 E lateral view of head F close-up of scape G-I W. similangoonae sp. nov., male, YUS 062 H lateral view of head I close-up of scape. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

Figure 2. Wing venation of Woonpaikia spp. A W. imperspicua sp. nov., paratype, slide no. YUS 060 B W. similangoonae sp. nov. paratype, slide no. YUS 075. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

Figure 3. Male genitalia of Woonpaikia spp. A W. angoonae Park, 2010, slide no. YUS 063 B W. imperspicua sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YUS 064 C W. similangoonae sp. nov., slide no. YUS 062. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.