Nemophora bifasciatella Issiki, 1930

Kozlov, Mikhail V., 2024, Fairy moths of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 1798 (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, Zootaxa 5423 (1), pp. 1-66 : 10

Nemophora bifasciatella Issiki, 1930

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Nemophora bifasciatella : Issiki 1930: 461. Type material and revision: Hirowatari 1995: 96–99, 104. Additional information: Hirowatari 2013: 107, 3-08-18, 3-08-19, 3-08-20 (colour photographs of moths); Liao et al. 2023: 54–55, 104 pl. 7 fig. 1 (colour photographs of moths), 124 pl. 17 fig. 5 (photographs of male genitalia), 142 pl. 26 fig. 3 (photograph of female genitalia).

Other material. Thailand. 1 ♀, Chieng Mai Province, Doi Inthanon National Park , 1700 m, 25.–27.viii.1987 (Allen) ( NHM) ; 1 ♀, ibid., 1600 m, 22.–24.x.1984 (Karsholt, Lombolt & Nielsen) ( ZMUC) . Japan. Honshu . 3 ♂ 1 ♀, Ise, Mt. Gozaisyo , 25.vii.1957 (Yasuda) ; 5 ♂ 2 ♀, Nagano, Mt. Ontake , 5.viii.1953 (Mutuura) ; 3 ♂, Nagano, Nakabusa , 24.vii.1951 (Inoue) ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Kaga, Hakusan , 29.vii.1961 (Yasuda) ; 1 ♂, Koozuke, Kusatu , 28.vii.1959 (Issiki & Yasuda) ; 1 ♂, Tyubu, Hida, Takayama , 25.vii.1954 (Issiki) (all in USNM) .

Distribution. Continental China (Liao et al. 2003), Thailand (this study), Japan ( Issiki 1930).

Comments. Two specimens from Thailand slightly differ from each other and also from both Japanese and Chinese specimens and may actually represent distinct species. However, the absence of males precludes reliable identification of these specimens .

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Adults of Nemophora spp. 1, N. bifasciatella Issiki, 1930, female, from Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand; 2, N. nieukerkeni Kozlov, sp. nov., male, holotype, from Phan Xi Pang, Vietnam; 3, N. karsholti Kozlov, sp. nov., male, paratype, from Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand; 4, ditto, female, paratype, from the same locality; 5, N. szabokyi Kozlov, sp. nov., male, holotype, from Changwat Nan, Thailand; 6, N. augantha (Meyrick, 1907), male, lectotype, from Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India; 7, N. fluorites (Meyrick, 1907), male, from Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India; 8, N. tanakai Hirowatari, 2007, male, paratype, from Tam Dao, Vietnam. Scale: 2 mm.