Epichostis subrotunda Wang, 2009
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903034957 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/44439A38-E533-FFB9-F7F2-FA54FCBFF910 |
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Felipe |
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Epichostis subrotunda Wang |
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sp. nov. |
Epichostis subrotunda Wang , sp. nov.
( Figures 5F View Figure 5 , 6F View Figure 6 )
Holotype
Male , Jiangkou County (27°41′ N, 108°50′ E), Guizhou Province, 600 m, 28 July 2001, leg. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang, genitalia slide No. YGX07090. GoogleMaps
Paratypes
2 males, same data except dated 27–28 July 2001 .
Description
Adult ( Figure 5F View Figure 5 ). Wing expanse 12.0– 12.5 mm. Head yellow-white, with erect scale tufts laterally. Antenna yellow-brown except scape dark brown and flagellum ringed with dark brown on dorsal surface. Labial palpus with second segment white except basal three-quarters brown on outside; third segment pale yellow, dark brown ventrally. Thorax and tegula grey or yellow-grey. Fore wing ground colour yellow-white, diffused with grey-brown scales; costal margin dark grey at base, yellow distally, with a longitudinal black streak at middle; termen oblique, black; apex protruding; two basal black stripes edged with pale yellow placed below costa and along dorsum; dark brown triangular blotch from dorsum reaching three-quarters across wing, bordered by pale yellow; discocellular stigma black, surrounded by yellow; terminal fascia black, extending from distal part of apex to before tornus, wider anteriorly, obviously narrowing and becoming pale to near tornus, edged with yellow along inside; cilia pale yellow. Hind wing grey-brown; cilia grey. Fore leg white, tibia ochreous-brown on outside, tarsus ochreous-brown on basal one-third, black and white distally; mid- and hind legs with tibia pale yellow tinged with brown on outside, ringed with black and white distally.
Male genitalia
( Figure 6F View Figure 6 ). Uncus slender, gradually thinned to pointed apex. Gnathos U-shaped, thin. Valva irregularly quadrilateral, oblique and truncate terminally; costa slightly concave at base; dorsoproximal process large ring-like. Sacculus sclerotized strongly, wide basally, roundly concave at dorsal one-third, forming a papillate process beyond one-third, which then gradually narrowed to pointed apex. Aedeagus stout, about half length of valva, distal half obliquely truncate, forming a pointed dorsal process; cornutus constituted a group of spines.
Female
Unknown.
Diagnosis
This species is close to E. microdelta Meyrick superficially, but can be distinguished from it by the male sacculus with a papillate process beyond one-third reaching about one-third width of valva. In E. microdelta Meyrick , the sacculus has a trapezoidal process reaching about one-half width of valva.
Etymology
The specific name is derived from the Latin subrotundus (= nearly semicircular), referring to male sacculus roundly concave at dorsal one-third.
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