Blastobasis inouei Moriuti, 1987

Teng, Kaijian & Wang, Shuxia, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Blastobasis Zeller, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Blastobasidae) from China, with descriptions of six new species, Zootaxa 4679 (1), pp. 25-46 : 36

Blastobasis inouei Moriuti, 1987

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Blastobasis inouei Moriuti, 1987: 172 . Type locality: Japan. Type deposited: UOP.

Material examined. CHINA: Jilin Province: 3♂, Gaoshan Garden, Weidong 14 Watchtower , Mt. Changbai , 20.VII.2016, coll. Mujie Qi, Juan Li and Yanyan Jia.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 8) forewing length 4.5–5.0 mm. The male genitalia of B. inouei can be distinguished by the proximal flange with a small cluster of hairlike setae at the base on the ventral margin, with a row of elongate spine-like setae on the outer margin, and the membrane above the proximal flange with sparse microtrichiae; and the ventral part of the valva with the distal process narrowly rounded apically ( Fig. 18). This species is similar to B. spinisetosa in the male genitalia, and the differences between them are given in the diagnosis of B. spinisetosa .

Distribution. China (Jilin), Japan (Hokkaido), Russian Far East.

Note. This species is recorded for the first time in China.