Hieromantis phaeodora Meyrick, 1929

Guan, Wei & Li, Houhun, 2015, Review of the genus Hieromantis Meyrick from China, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae), ZooKeys 534, pp. 85-102 : 91-92

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Stathmopodidae

Hieromantis phaeodora Meyrick, 1929 Figs 10, 15, 21

Hieromantis phaeodora Meyrick, 1929: 541. Type locality: Andaman Islands.

Material examined.

CHINA: Fujian Province: 1♀, Hexi Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City, 295 m, 29.v.2011, leg. Jin Zhang; Hainan Province: 2♀, Jianfengling, 940 m, 5.vi.2007, leg. Zhiwei Zhang & Weichun Li; 1♂, 1♀, Tianchi, Jianfengling, 1050 m, 29−30.iv.2013, leg. Yinghui Sun, Wei Guan & Tengteng Liu; 1♂, Jianfengling, 1050 m, 27.iv.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan & Xuemei Hu; 1♂, Jianfengling, 770 m, 14.vii.2014, leg. Peixin Cong, Linjie Liu & Sha Hu; 2♂, 1♀, Mt. Limu, 700 m, 13.iv.2008, leg. Bingbing Hu & Haiyan Bai; 17♂, 17♀, Mt. Limu, 640 m, 1.v.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan & Xuemei Hu; 1♂, Nanxi Protection Station, Mt. Diaoluo, 250 m, 22.iv.2008, leg. Bingbing Hu & Haiyan Bai; 4♂, 2♀, Mt. Diaoluo, 980 m, 23−24.iv.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan & Xuemei Hu; 2♂, Hongxin Village, Yuanmen Town, Baisha County, 430 m, 15−18.iv.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan & Xuemei Hu; 1♂, Shuiman Town, Wuzhishan City, 620 m, 19.iv.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan & Xuemei Hu; 2♂, 6♀, Mt. Wuzhi, 710 m, 21.iv.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan & Xuemei Hu; 1♀, Mt. Wuzhi, 742 m, 20.v.2015, leg. Peixin Cong, Wei Guan & Sha Hu.

Diagnosis.

Adult (Fig. 10) with wingspan 14.0−15.0 mm. This species is characterized by the forewing having two separated dorsal spots that consist of tufts of erect purple gray scales; and the appendix bursae arising from the anterior 1/5 of the corpus bursae in the female genitalia. It is similar to Hieromantis sheni Li & Wang, 2002 by the obliquely upward-oriented triangular cucullus, but Hieromantis phaeodora can be distinguished from the latter by the foliaceous anellus lobes, the aedeagus about 1.8 times length of the valva and the cornutus about 3/5 length of the aedeagus in the male genitalia (Fig. 15); the corpus bursae having two parallel rows of teeth in the female genitalia (Fig. 21). In Hieromantis sheni , the anellus lobes are long clubbed, the aedeagus is almost as long as the valva, and the cornutus is about 1/3 length of the aedeagus; and the corpus bursae lacks two rows of teeth.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Hainan), the Andaman Islands.

Notes.

This species is recorded for the first time in China.