Macrobathra flavidus Qian et Liu, 1997

Zhang, Di & Li, Houhun, 2023, Review of the genus Macrobathra Meyrick, 1883 (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) in China, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 227-246 : 240-241

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.3
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scientific name	Macrobathra flavidus Qian et Liu, 1997
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Macrobathra flavidus Qian et Liu, 1997 View in CoL

( Figs 12 View FIGURES 12‒17 , 29 View FIGURES 24‒29 , 40 View FIGURES 40‒44 )

Macrobathra flavidus Qian et Liu, 1997: 66 View in CoL . TL: China (Fujian). TD: IZCAS, NFU.

Material examined. CHINA, Chongqing: 77♁ 155♀, 16.VII.2010 – 12.VIII.2012 ; Fujian: 25♁ 29♀, 30.VII.1980 – 13.VIII.2020 ; Gansu: 3♁ 2♀, 9–14.VII.2005 ; Guangdong: 1♁ 1♀, 22.VI.2004 ; Guangxi: 102♁ 262♀, 1.IV.2002 – 30.VII.2022 ; Guizhou: 56♁ 42♀, 23.V.1998 – 28.VII.2019 ; Henan: 27♁ 24♀, 16.V.1995 – 24.V.2000 ; Hubei: 75♁ 63♀, 8.VII.1999 – 19.VII.2017 ; Hunan: 3♁ 11♀, 7.VIII.2001 – 11.VIII.2020 ; Jiangxi: 2♀, 18–20.VII.2006 ; Sichuan:21♁ 7♀, 21.VII.2004 – 19.VII.2010 ; Yunnan: 2♁ 1♀, 26–29.VII.2016 ; Zhejiang: 320♁ 210♀, 28.VII.2005 – 8.VIII.2018 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 12‒17 ). Wingspan 12.0‒14.0 mm. Macrobathra flavidus can be distinguished by the brown forewing with a broad inverted trapezoidal yellow fascia edged with creamy white scales laterally; in the male genitalia by the left valva slightly widened before middle and then slightly narrowed to rounded apex, the right valva with basal half uniformly slender and distal half distinctly inflated ovally, and the anellus without a posterior process ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 24‒29 ); in the female genitalia by the posterior margin of the seventh sternite concave subquadrately at middle, the ductus bursae with a sclerotized longitudinal band in posterior 2/5, and the rounded spermatheca with two plates different in size ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 40‒44 ).

Host plant. Taxodiaceae : Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook ( Qian & Liu 1997) .

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang).