Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914 )

Liao, Cheng-Qing, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Yagi, Sadahisa, Wang, Min, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, The fauna of the family Adelidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Adeloidea) from China, Zootaxa 5348 (1), pp. 1-152 : 27

(22) Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914)

Nemotois limenites Meyrick, 1914: 61 (TL: Formosa, Kankau [ Taiwan, Pingdong]; BMNH); Hua 2005: 2 (list of China). Nemophora limenites: Shao et al. 2008: 550 (Checklist of Taiwan); Heppner 1992: 63 (Checklist of Taiwan).

Nemotois limenitis [sic!]: Matsumura 1931: 1112, fig. 2336 (Taiwan); Matsumura 1932: 122, pl. 4, fig. 7 ( China, Taiwan).

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to N. aurifera but can be distinguished by the following features: body size small, wing expanse about 14 mm; palpus short and whitish; antenna white, towards base shining dark purplefuscous; forewing central fascia whitish, very narrow straight, widely interrupted in middle.

Specimens examined. Not available in this study.

Distribution. China (Taiwan).

Remarks. This species is endemic to Taiwan, including Pingtung, Tainan, and Nantou, and mainly occurs from April to May ( Meyrick 1914; Matsumura 1931, 1932).