Macrobathra quercea Moriuti, 1973

Zhang, Di & Li, Houhun, 2023, Review of the genus Macrobathra Meyrick, 1883 (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) in China, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 227-246 : 241-242

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scientific name	Macrobathra quercea Moriuti, 1973
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Macrobathra quercea Moriuti, 1973 View in CoL

( Figs 14 View FIGURES 12‒17 , 31 View FIGURES 30‒33 , 42 View FIGURES 40‒44 )

Macrobathra quercea Moriuti, 1973: 35 View in CoL . TL: Japan (Honshu). TD: OPU.

Material examined. CHINA, Guangxi: 1♀, Yinshan Park, Dayaoshan , Jinxiu County (24.15°N, 110.21°E), 1364 m, 19.VII.2015, leg. MJ Qi & SN Zhao GoogleMaps ; Hubei: 1♀, Maoba , Lichuan County, 700 m, 29.VII.1999, leg. HH Li et al., slide No. W03124 ♀; 4♁ 3♀, Taohuachong , Yingshan County (30.98°N, 116.25°E), 635 m, 23–25.VI.2014, leg. W Guan & MQ Yang GoogleMaps , slide No. ZD21147 ♁; Shaanxi: 1♀, Ningshan County, 880 m, 11.VIII.1987, leg. HH Li et al., slide No. W95093; Yunnan: 1♀, Taiyanghe , 1450 m, 11.VI.2014, leg. ZG Zhang ; Zhejiang: 1♀, Mt Tianmu , 500 m, 16.VIII.1999, leg. HH Li et al., slide No. W 00053; 1♁, Kaishanlaodian, Mt. Tianmu , 1140 m, 17.VIII.1999, leg. HH Li et al., slide No. W 00052; 2♁, Wuyanling, Taishun , 790 m, 3.VIII.2007, leg. Q Jin et al., slide Nos. ZZW07264, ZZW07329; 1 ♁ 1♀, Laoan, Mt. Tianmu (30.33°N, 119.40°E), 555 m, 3–5.VII.2014, leg. AH Yin GoogleMaps et al., slide No. ZD21309♁; 2♀, Laoan, Mt. Tianmu (30.33°N, 119.40°E), 555 m, 13–15.VII.2015, leg. AH Yin GoogleMaps et al.; 2♁ 2♀, Laoan, Mt. Tianmu (30.33°N, 119.49°E), 866 m, 7–9.VII.2014, leg. AH Yin GoogleMaps et al., slide No. ZD21313 ♀; 2♁, Qianyuan, Mt. Tianmu (30.33°N, 119.40°E), 866 m, 12–13.VIII.2014, leg. AH Yin GoogleMaps et al.; 2♁ 4♀, Xiguan, Mt. Tianmu (30.36°N, 119.48°E), 566 m, 17–19.VII.2014, leg. AH Yin GoogleMaps et al., slide No. ZD21310 ♀; 2♁, Pinggang, Mt. Longxu (30.42°N, 119.55°E), 754 m, 21.VII.2014, leg. AH Yin GoogleMaps et al., slide No. ZD21314; 3♁, Qianqingtang, Qingliangfeng (30.30°N, 119.12°E), 1059 m, 28–29.VII.2014, leg. AH Yin GoogleMaps et al., slide No. ZD21320; 4♁, Zhushan Park, Zhoushan City (30.01°N, 122.08°E), 109 m, 28.VI.2017, leg. ZG Zhang GoogleMaps et al., slide No. ZD 21307; 1♁, Mt. Siming (29.73°N, 121.08°E), 843 m, 30.VI.2017, leg. ZG Zhang GoogleMaps et al., slide No. ZD21318.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 12‒17 ). Wingspan 15.0‒ 16.5 mm. Macrobathra quercea can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the left valvella with distal 1/3 widened elliptically, the right valva widened towards setose apex, and the tegumen with a long process near the right anterolateral corner ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 30‒33 ); and in the female genitalia by the corpus bursae with two large circular disc full of reticular striae and a spine-shaped signum situated in the centre of each disc ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 40‒44 ).

Host plants. Fagaceae : Quercus serrata Thunberg , Q. glauca Thunberg ( Moriuti 1973) .

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Korea.