Ancylis youmiae, Byun & Yan, 2005

Byun, Bong-Kyu & Yan, Shanchun, 2005, Description of a new species, records of five previously unrecorded species, and rediscovery of a lost species in the genus Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China, Zootaxa 1103 (1103), pp. 17-26 : 18-20

Ancylis youmiae , new species

( Figs. 1, 8)

Diagnosis. Ancylis youmiae is similar in appearance to A. badiana (Denis & Schiffermüller) but can be distinguished by the triangular shape of the subapical patch of the forewing and the larger basal patch, which covers nearly half of the forewing.

Description. Adult: Wingspan 19 mm in male. Head pale yellow. Thorax light reddish brown. Forewing with apex pointed, slightly concave below; ground color pale yellow, pattern elements reddish brown, apical spot tiny, triangular, rather dark; basal patch broad, reaching to 2/3 length of dorsum; subapical patch light reddish brown, triangular. Hindwing with apex slightly protruded, light grayish brown; cilia cream white, blackish brown basally.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 8): Uncus slender, bifucate to base of uncus. Socii broad, long, drooping, with numerous long hairs. Valva well sclerotized, slightly curved inward, with dense long hairs along ventral margin; sacculus strongly sclerotized with a sharp protrusion; valva with ventral margin concave between sacculus and cucullus, broadened

medially, then narrowly expanded towards rounded apex. Aedeagus moderately long, apex acute, vesica with a bundle of approximately 40 cornuti.

Female genitalia: Unknown.

Holotype, ♂, Heilongjiang, Laoyeling , 4 July 1998 (SC Yan), Genitalia slide NEFU ENT­0236 . Paratype: ♂, same locality, 4 July 1998 (SC Yan) .

Distribution. China: Heilongjiang (Laoyeling).

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of Dr. You­Mi Lee, head of the Systematic Biology Laboratory, Korea National Arboretum.