Nemapogon inconditella (Lucas, 1956)

(Figs. 4, 12)

Aristotelia inconditella Lucas, 1956: 255 . Tinea buckwelli Lucas, 1956: 258 .

Nemapogon heydeni Petersen, 1957: 73 . Nemapogon thomasi Cǎpuse, 1975: 66

Adult (Fig. 4). Wing expanse 11.5–14.0 mm.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 3, Altay (47°50΄N, 88°12΄E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 900 m, 23 July 1994, leg. Houhun Li and Hongyan Qin.

Distribution: China (Xinjiang); Russia, Sardinien, Mediterranean, central and southern Europe.

Diagnosis: This species is characterized by the white forewing having five dark brown spots at base, 1/4, 1/2, subapex of costal margin and at 3/4 of anal fold; the juxta M-shaped ventrally and somewhat inverted heart-shaped dorsally, the phallus more than twice the length of valvae and with a process at distal 1/3 (Fig. 12). Petersen (1957, Fig. 8, under the name N. heydeni) described the female and illustrated its genital structures.

Remarks: The species is newly recorded from China.