Halolaguna sublaxata Gozmany , 1978

Teng, Kaijian, Liu, Shurong & Wang, Shuxia, 2014, Taxonomic study of the genus Halolaguna Gozmany (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 464, pp. 99-110 : 105-107

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae

Halolaguna sublaxata Gozmany, 1978 Figs 1e, 1f, 3e, 4d

Halolaguna sublaxata Gozmány, 1978: 238. Type locality: China (Jiangsu).

Material examined.

China: Zhejiang Province: 1 ♂, Mt. Jiulong (28°29'N, 119°54'E), 400 m, 5.viii.2011, leg. Linlin Yang and Na Chen; 1 ♂, Houshanmen, Mt. Tianmu (30°15'N, 119°20'E), 500 m, 16.viii.1999, leg. Houhun Li et al.; Shanxi Province: 1 ♂, Mt. Li (35°26'N, 111°58'E), Jincheng, 1520 m, 16.viii.2006, leg. Xu Zhang and Haiyan Bai; Liaoning Province: 1 ♂, Shilizi (40°42'N, 124°42'E), Kuandian County, 10.viii.2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu; Hubei Province: 2 ♂, Mt. Wujia (31°05'N, 115°48'E), Yingshan County, 8.vii.2008, leg. Yunli Xiao, genitalia slide No. TKJ13051; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Mt. Dahong (31°27'N, 113°00'E), Suizhou, 30.ix.2008, 1.x.2008, leg. Yunli Xiao, genitalia slide No. TKJ14088♀.

Diagnosis.

Adult (Fig. 1e, f) with wing expanse 14.0-15.0 mm. Halolaguna sublaxata Gozmány, 1978 can be separated from its congeners by the slender gnathos longer than uncus, and the valva slightly curved ventrad before apex in the male genitalia (Fig. 3e). Halolaguna sublaxata is similar to Halolaguna guizhouensis in the female genitalia by the corpus bursae sharing three signa, but can be separated from it by the position of the signa: in Halolaguna sublaxata , one large sub-triangular signum placed posteriorly, one small triangular signum below it, and the shuttle-shaped signum placed anteriorly (Fig. 4d); in Halolaguna guizhouensis , two small papillate signa placed posteriorly, and the third large rhombic signum is placed at middle of the corpus bursae.

Distribution.

China (Hubei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shanxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang).