Prays kalligraphos Sohn et Wu, 2011

Cong, Peixin & Li, Houhun, 2017, Review of the genus Prays Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Praydidae) from China, with descriptions of twelve new species, Zootaxa 4263 (2), pp. 201-227 : 210

Prays kalligraphos Sohn et Wu, 2011

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Prays kalligraphos Sohn et Wu, 2011: 28 . TL: China (Sichuan). TD: IZCAS.

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: 1 ♀, Mt. Weibao, Dali , 2205 m, 3.VIII.2014, coll. Kaijian Teng et al., genitalia slide No. CPX15214 ; 1 ♀, Xiaoheishan Nature Reserves, Longling , 1974 m, 28.VII.2015, coll. Kaijian Teng and Xia Bai, genitalia slide No. CPX15165 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 9 ) with wingspan 13.0 mm. This species is characterized by the female genitalia with the eighth sternite narrowed medially on the anterior margin and protruded in semicircle laterally ( Fig. 39 ). Prays kalligraphos is similar to P. iota Moriuti, 1977 in the female genitalia, but it differs in the signum with posterior half concave triangularly, and the lamella postvaginalis about half the length of the eighth sternite. In the latter species, the signum is concave roundly in posterior half, and the lamella postvaginalis is about 1/3 the length of the eighth sternite ( Moriuti, 1977: Plate XLVIII, fig. 405).

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Yunnan).

Remarks. Sohn & Wu (2011) described this species based on one female specimen from China (Sichuan), and pointed out the absence of the apophyses anteriores in the female genitalia. We found females from Yunnan that have extremely short apophyses anteriores.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 10. Adults of Prays spp. 5, P. orthacantha sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 6, P. spiniprocessa sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 7, P. erromera sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 8, P. cingulata, ♂; 9, P. kalligraphos, ♀; 10, P. rectangula sp. nov., holotype, ♂. (Scales = 2.0 mm).

FIGURES 39 – 43. Female genitalia of Prays spp. 39, P. kalligraphos (slide no. CPX 15165); 40, P. tauricornis sp. nov. (paratype, slide no. CPX 15138); 41, P. longisaccula sp. nov. (paratype, slide no. CPX 15163); 42, P. semilunata sp. nov. (paratype, slide no. CPX 15201); 43, P. tineiformis (slide no. CPX 16005). (Scales = 0.5 mm).