Termioptycha albifurcalis ( Hampson, 1916 )

Li, Houhun, 2017, Review of the genus Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4329 (2), pp. 159-174 : 168-169

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Termioptycha albifurcalis ( Hampson, 1916) View in CoL

( Figs 8 View FIGURES 4 – 13 , 18 View FIGURES 14 – 19 , 25 View FIGURES 24 – 28 )

Macalla albifurcalis Hampson, 1916: 144 View in CoL . TL: India (Travancore). Salma albifurcalis (Hampson) : Solis, 1992: 287.

Termioptycha albifurcalis (Hampson) View in CoL : Heppner & Inoue, 1992: 91.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 1♂, 2♀, Hongkan, Yinggeling, 540 m, 14–17.III.2016, coll. Qingyun Wang, Suran Li and Shengnan Zhao, slide Nos. RH 16075 ♂, RH16076 ♀ ; 2♀, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves , 742 m, 4–7.VII.2014, coll. Peixin Cong, Linjie Liu and Sha Hu, slide No. RH 15186 ♀ ; 1♀, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves , 738 m, 4.VII.2015, Qingyun Wang, Suran Li and Mengting Chen, slide No. RH 15352 ♀ ; 1♀, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves , 738 m, 29.VII.2016, coll. Xia Bai, Shuonan Qian and Wanding Qi ; 1♀, Bawangling Nature Reserves , 161 m, 19.I.2016, coll. Kaijian Teng, Xia Bai and Mengting Chen ; 2♀, Hongkan, Yinggeling, 540 m, 20– 22.I.2016, coll. Kaijian Teng, Xia Bai and Mengting Chen; Yunnan: 1♀, Lvshilin, Menglun Botanical Garden, Jinghong, 580 m, 7.VIII.2016, coll. Kaijian Teng, Geaun Lee and Tao Wang, slide No. RH 16217 ♀ .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 4 – 13 ) wingspan 27.0–29.0 mm. This species is characterized by the forewing with a rounded white patch at middle of the termen. It is similar to T. margarita in the forewing pattern by having a white median area. Termioptycha albifurcalis can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the gnathos without setae, and the valva with a triangular process at basal 1/3 below costa ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 14 – 19 ); and in the female genitalia by the long uniformly narrow antrum ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 24 – 28 ). In T. margarita , the gnathos bears dense setae on lateral arms, and the valva has no triangular process at basal 1/3 below costa ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 20 – 23 ); and the antrum is broad U-shaped in posterior half and inverted triangular in anterior half ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 24 – 28 ).

Distribution. China (Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan); India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia.

References

Hampson, G. F. (1916) Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the sub-families Epipaschianae, Chrysauginae, Endotrichinae and Pyralinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 18 (8), 126 - 160.

Heppner, J. B. & Inoue, H. (1992) Lepidoptera of Taiwan. Fol. 1. Part 2. Checklist. Scientific Publishers Inc., Gainesville, Florida, 276 pp.

Solis, M. A. (1992) Check list of the Old World Epipaschiinae and the related New World genera Macalla and Epipascia (Pyralidae), Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 46 (4), 280 - 297.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 13. Adults of Termioptycha spp. 4, T. nigrimacularis sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 5, T. longiclavata sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 6, T. cornutitrifurca sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 7, T. longispina sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 8, T. albifurcalis, ♀; 9, T. bilineata, ♂; 10, T. conjuncta, ♂; 11, T. margarita, ♀; 12, T. eucarta, ♂; 13, T. inimica, ♂. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 14 – 19. Male genitalia of Termioptycha spp. 14, T. nigrimacularis sp. nov., paratype, slide No. RH 15532; 15, T. longiclavata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. RH 15175; 16, T. cornutitrifurca sp. nov., holotype, slide No. WYP 06024; 17, T. longispina sp. nov., holotype, slide No. WYP 06018; 18, T. albifurcalis, slide No. RH 16075; 19, T. bilineata, slide No. RH 16053. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 24 – 28. Female genitalia of Termioptycha spp. 24, T. longiclavata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. RH 15176; 25, T. albifurcalis, slide No. RH 16076; 26, T. conjuncta, slide No. RH 16018; 27, T. margarita, slide No. RH 15346; 28, T. eucarta, slide No. RH 16022. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 20 – 23. Male genitalia of Termioptycha spp. 20, T. conjuncta, slide No. RH 16017; 21, T. margarita, slide No. RH 16411; 22, T. eucarta, slide No. RH 15185; 23, T. inimica, slide No. WYP 05205. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.