Pseudohampsonella marvelosa, (Yoshimoto, 1994)

Pan, Zhaohui & Wu, Chunsheng, 2015, New and little known Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) from Xizang, China, Zootaxa 3999 (3), pp. 393-400 : 396

Pseudocaissa marvelosa ( Yoshimoto, 1994)

( Figs. 2 , 8 , 11)

New record for China

Hampsoniella [sic!] marvelosa Yoshimoto, 1994 , Tinea , 14(suppl. 1): 88. Type locality: Jiri, Nepal. Pseudocaissa marvelosa (Yoshimoto) : Solovyev & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna, Supl.16: 87.

The species differs from P. apiata Solovyev & Witt externally by the black costal margin in the basic half of forewing and the location of the spot of the postmedial fascia near costa, which is closer to the apical spot. In male genitalia ( Figure 8 ), the elongate valva with a large saccular process is diagnostic ( Yoshimoto, 1994; Solovyev & Witt, 2009).

Specimens examined. Hanmi (2123m), Medog County, Xizang, 2♂♂, 2013. VII.21-23, leg. Pan Zhaohui, gen. slide no. L007, L012.

Distribution. Xizang; Nepal.

Remarks. This species is reported for the first time in China.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Adults. 1. Pseudohampsonella bayizhena Wu & Pan, sp. nov., male, holotype; 2. Pseudocaissa marvelosa (Yoshimoto), male; 3. Squamosa monosa Wu & Pan, sp. nov., male, holotype; 4. Scopelodes kwangtungensis Hering, male; 5. Miresa urga Hering, male

FIGURES 6 – 10. Genitalia. 6 - 7. Pseudohampsonella bayizhena Wu & Pan, sp. nov. (6. male, holotype, gen. slide no. WU 0331; 7. female, paratype, gen. slide no. WU 0330); 8. Pseudocaissa marvelosa (Yoshimoto), gen. slide no. L 007; 9 – 10. Squamosa monosa Wu & Pan, sp. nov. (9. male, holotype, gen. slide no. WU 0332; 10. female, paratype, gen. slide no. WU 0333)