Pyroderces sarcogypsa ( Meyrick, 1932 )

Zhang, Zhiwei & Li, Houhun, 2009, The genus Pyroderces Herrich-Schäffer new to China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae), Zootaxa 2272, pp. 63-68 : 65

Pyroderces sarcogypsa ( Meyrick, 1932)

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Labdia sarcogypsa Meyrick, 1932: 213 .

Pyroderces sarcogypsa (Meyrick) ; Kuroko, 1982: 271.

Material examined. 1 Ψ, Dehua (25°30΄ N, 118°14΄ E), Fujian Province, 870 m, 13. Sep. 2002, leg. Xinpu Wang; 1 ɗ, 2 ΨΨ, Dehua (25°30΄ N, 118°14΄ E), Fujian, 850 m, 14. Sep. 2002, leg. Xinpu Wang; 1 Ψ, Mt. Zhenzhu, Wuyuan County (29°15΄ N, 117°52΄ E), Jiangxi Province, 23. Jun. 1989, leg. Guangpu Shen; 2 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Leishan County (26°23΄ N, 108°04΄ E), Guizhou Province, 900 m, 13. Sep. 2005, leg. Jialiang Zhang; 1 ɗ, 2 ΨΨ, Rongjiang County (25°56΄ N, 108°31΄ E), Guizhou, 680 m, 15–16. Sep. 2005, leg. Jialiang Zhang.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the forewing ground color ochreous yellow, white along the distal 5/6 of the costal margin, yellowish white from below the fold to the dorsal margin, and with a longitudinal white line along the upper margin of the cell ( Fig. 2 a). It is similar to Pyroderces argyrogrammos , but can be distinguished by the male valvae with setose basal lobes ( Fig. 2 b), and the female signa consisting of paired rows of densely compact spines of similar shape and size ( Fig. 2 c).

Distribution. New to China (Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi); also in Japan and Russia (Far East) ( Kuroko 1982; Sinev 1999).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Pyroderces sarcogypsa (Meyrick). a, adult; b, male genitalia (gen. slide No. ZZW 07339); c, female genitalia (gen. slide No. ZZW 07338)