Thliptoceras formosanum Munroe & Mutuura, 1968

Zhang, Dandan, Xu, Jiawen & Li, Jinwei, 2014, Review of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Oriental region of China, Zootaxa 3796 (2), pp. 265-286 : 268-269

Thliptoceras formosanum Munroe & Mutuura, 1968

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Thliptoceras formosanum Munroe & Mutuura, 1968: 861 . Type locality: China, Taiwan, Urai.

DIagnosIs. Wing expanse 18–24 mm. Thliptoceras formosanum has the narrow, modified wings of the artatalis group in the male, of dark, greyish fuscous colour, and somewhat paler, more yellowish in the female. It is characterized by a strongly modified male antenna: scape enlarged, base of flagellum enlarged and complex, with large, dorsal fan-shaped scale tuft arranged in a semicircle dorsally of a small depression bordered by two triangular teeth and filled with very small setae, next few segments strongly widened and compressed, curved to form a large shallow sinus. In the male genitalia, this species can be recognized by the claw-shaped sacculus process and the gently concave costa without excavation or spine. In the female genitalia, the weakly sclerotized posterior part of the ductus bursae with an ovate expansion at its base is diagnostic.

MaterIal examIned. CHINA, Fujian: 1 ♂, Maodi, Nanping County, alt. 850 m, 22.IX.2002, coll. Wang Xinpu (NKUM); 1 ♂, Xiaobeimen, Fuzhou, 15–16.V.1933; 1 ♂, Daiyuncun, Mt. Daiyunshan, alt. 902 m, 23.V.2012, coll. Li Jinwei; Jiangxi: 1 ♂, Xiagongtang, Mt. Jiulianshan, alt. 630 m, 28.VIII.2007, coll. Zhang Dandan; 1 ♂, Daqiutian, Mt. Jiulianshan, alt. 500 m, 31.VIII.2007, coll. Zhang Dandan; Guangdong: 1 ♂, Heshan County, 10.X.2002, coll. Liu Guilin; 1 ♂, Kau-lin San. Lien-Ping Distr., alt. 700–900m, 23.IV.1940, coll. J. L. Gressitt and F. Z. To.; 1 ♂, Mt. Wutongshan, Shenzhen, 15.IX.1999, coll. Jia Fenglong; 1 ♂, Yangmei, Gaoming County, 23.IV.2006, coll. Zhang Dandan; 1 ♂, Mt. Nankunshan, 16.VII.2003, coll. Zhang Dandan and Li Zhiqiang; 7 ♂, Niupoling, Yangchun County, 18–19.VIII.2009, coll. He Fengxia and Han Xiaolei; 3 ♂, Mt. Heishiding, Fengkai County, 16.VI.2009, 1.V., 5.X.2011, coll. Zhang Dandan, He Fengxia and Tong Bo et. al.; 5 ♂, Mt. Danxiashan, alt. 96 m, 6–7.VI.2012, coll. Li Jinwei; Guangxi: 1 ♂, Mt. Pinglongshan, Shangsi County, alt. 510 m, 6.IV.2002, coll. Hao Shulian and Xue Huaijun (NKUM); 1 ♂, Nonggang, Longzhou County, alt. 271 m, 19.IV.2012, coll. Li Jinwei; Guizhou: 3 ♂, Maolan reserve, 1.IX.2011, coll. Li Jinwei.

DIstrIbutIon. China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan).