Thecobathra casta ( Meyrick, 1907 )

Liu, Haoyu & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, Taxonomic study of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in China, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 5325 (4), pp. 483-508 : 487

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8FD2B222-ACC1-4C8B-B18C-799B1A2F9F1D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8247633

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/223987C0-0F14-FFDD-FF4C-688EFD1CF8F4

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scientific name

Thecobathra casta ( Meyrick, 1907 )
status

 

Thecobathra casta ( Meyrick, 1907) View in CoL

Pyrozela casta Meyrick, 1907: 747 . TL: Bhutan. TD: NHMUK.

Niphonympha casta (Meyrick) : Meyrick, 1914, in Wagner: 45.

Thecobathra casta (Meyrick) View in CoL : Moriuti, 1971: 237.

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: 1♀, Mt. Ailao Ecological Station (24.54°N, 101.02°E), Jingdong County, 2476 m, 3.VII.2013, leg. SR Liu, slide No. LHY21512; GoogleMaps 2♁, Mt. Dawei , (22.91°N, 103.70°E), 2067 m, 8‒9.VIII.2019, leg. KJ Teng et al., slide Nos. LHY21561, LHY21562 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Thecobathra casta can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the stout socius, the sacculus with a long, slender dorsoapical thorn, and the aedeagus with 6‒7 large teeth running from basal 1/4 to 3/4 ( Moriuti 1971: 233, fig. 2).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Bhutan, India.

Note. This species is newly recorded for China.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Yponomeutidae

Genus

Thecobathra

Loc

Thecobathra casta ( Meyrick, 1907 )

Liu, Haoyu & Wang, Shuxia 2023
2023
Loc

Thecobathra casta (Meyrick)

Moriuti, S. 1971: 237
1971
Loc

Pyrozela casta

Meyrick, E. 1907: 747
1907
Loc

Niphonympha casta (Meyrick)

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