Endotricha luteogrisalis Hampson, 1896

Sun, Yongling & Li, Houhun, 2012, Five new species and three new females of the genus Endotricha Zeller from China (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Pyralinae), ZooKeys 214, pp. 29-42 : 39

Endotricha luteogrisalis Hampson, 1896 Figs 719

Endotricha luteogrisalis Hampson 1896: 136; Whalley, 1963: 414. Holotype ♂, Bhutan, deposited in Natural History Museum London.

Material examined.

4 ♂, 11 ♀, China, Fujian Province: Sangang, Mt. Wuyi, 740 m, 25−27.VII.2008, coll. Weichun Li, Yongling Sun and Haiyan Bai; 1 ♀, China, Hainan Province: 70 m, 28.V.2007, coll. Zhiwei Zhang and Weichun Li; 1 ♂, Dong’er Work Station, Bawangling, 100 m, 9.IV.2008, coll. Bingbing Hu and Haiyan Bai.

Description.

Female adult (Fig. 7) with wing expanse 16.5−20.0 mm.

Female genitalia (Fig. 19). Ovipositor nearly triangular, narrowly rounded caudally. Apophysis posterioris more than twice length of apophysis anterioris. Antrum weakly sclerotized, elongate funnel-shaped, about 3/4 length of apophysis anterioris; bursal ring conspicuous, slightly longer than antrum; ductus bursae membranous, very short. Corpus burase elongate rectangular, length four times of width, about 3.5 times as long as apophysis anterioris, posterior 1/5 spinous and granulous; signum rounded, placed at posterior 1/3.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Hainan, Jiangxi, Yunnan).

Remarks.

The female of Endotricha luteogrisalis Hampson, 1896 is described here for the first time.