Ypsolopha vittella

Jin, Qing, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2013, Review of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 from China (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae), Zootaxa 3705 (1), pp. 1-91 : 10-11

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3705.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6152365

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D336942-615B-FFE7-24FF-B08EFA13FB1C

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scientific name

Ypsolopha vittella
status

 

Key to species of Ypsolopha vittella -group based on external characters

1. Forewing brown, with purple metallic shine ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 19 – 25 )......................................... Y. purpurata sp. nov.

- Forewing not brown, without purple metallic shine......................................................... 2

2. Forewing with a broad streak along dorsum............................................................... 3

- Forewing without such broad streak.................................................................... 12

3. Streak along dorsum darker than ground colour of forewing.................................................. 4

- Streak along dorsum paler than ground colour of forewing................................................... 10

4. Streak with upper margin yellowish white................................................................. 5

- Streak without differently colored upper margin............................................................ 6

5. Forewing with several rows of dark brown scales ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 19 – 25 ).................................. Y. mucronulata sp. nov.

- Forewing without such rows as above ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 19 – 25 )............................................. Y. bicostata sp. nov.

6. Forewing with apex protruded triangularly ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 19 – 25 )................................................ Y. horridella

- Forewing with apex rounded........................................................................... 7

7. Forewing with several rows of ocherous brown scales on distal 2/3 ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 19 – 25 )................................ Y. yangi

- Forewing without such scales as above................................................................... 8

8. Forewing with R4 and R5 very short stalked ( Fig. 57 View FIGURES 55 – 60 ), cell with a dark brown strip at end ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 4 – 11 )............ Y. amoenella

- Forewing with R4 and R5 separated, cell without dark brown strip at end......................................... 9

9. Forewing with a longitudinal interrupted median dark brown strip on distal half ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4 – 11 )...................... Y. vittella

- Forewing without such strip as above ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 4 – 11 )...................................................... Y. japonica

10. Forewing yellowish brown mixed with dark brown on distal 1/3 ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 4 – 11 )...................... Y. flaviterminata sp. nov.

- Forewing grayish white or grayish brown on distal 1/3...................................................... 11

11. Streak on dorsum of forewing white ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 4 – 11 )..................................................... Y. leuconotella

- Streak on dorsum of forewing grayish white ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 4 – 11 )............................................... Y. hebeiensis

12. Forewing uniformly pale yellow except having a brown dot at 2/3 of fold ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 4 – 11 )................... Y. flavida sp. nov.

- Forewing not uniformly coloured, with fine markings...................................................... 13

13. Forewing with a triangular yellowish brown patch ranging from dorsal 1/4 to 3/4 ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 4 – 11 ).................. Y. asperella

- Forewing without such a patch......................................................................... 14

14. Forewing with two parallel stripes...................................................................... 15

- Forewing without such stripes......................................................................... 16

15. Thorax yellowish brown ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 12 – 18 ), forewing with R4 and R5 separated ( Fig. 63 View FIGURES 61 – 65 a )........................... Y. parallela

- Thorax yellowish white ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 12 – 18 ), forewing with R4 and R5 short stalked ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 61 – 65 a )...................... Y. sarmaticella

16. Forewing with several rows of small dots................................................................ 17

- Forewing without such dots........................................................................... 18

17. Forewing with a white strip from end of cell to apex ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 12 – 18 )................................ Y. longisaccata sp. nov.

- Forewing without white strip ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 12 – 18 )................................................. Y. fascimaculata sp. nov.

18. Forewing with erect scales............................................................................ 19

- Forewing without erect scales......................................................................... 20

19. Forewing with white and brown strips along veins ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 12 – 18 )........................................... Y. scabrella

- Forewing without strips as above ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 19 – 25 )......................................................... Y. acerella

20. Wing expanse over 23.0 mm, apex protruded triangularly ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 19 – 25 ).............................. Y. latiuscula sp. nov.

- Wing expanse equal to or less than 20.0 mm, apex rounded.................................................. 21

21. Forewing with grayish brown or ocherous brown strips along veins ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 12 – 18 )......................... Y. albula sp. nov.

- Forewing without strips along veins ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 12 – 18 )................................................... Y. parenthesella

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Plutellidae

Genus

Ypsolopha

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