Scythropiodes hamatellus Park et Wu, 1997

Wang, Qingyun & Li, Houhun, 2016, Review of the genus Scythropiodes Matsumura, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Oditinae) from China, with a checklist of the world, Zootaxa 4132 (3), pp. 301-329 : 307-308

Scythropiodes hamatellus Park et Wu, 1997

Figs 6 , 21 , 35

Scythropiodes hamatellus Park et Wu, 1997: 36 . TL: Korea. TD: CIS.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 6 ) with wingspan 16.5–21.5 mm. Scythropiodes hamatellus is similar to S. jiulianae in appearance by having a similar body color and the same markings on the forewing. Scythropiodes hamatellus can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the subquadrate valva with a long hooked apical process and the absence of the cornutus ( Fig. 21 ); in the female genitalia by the corpus bursae without an appendix bursae and the signa consisting of two elliptical plates with minute denticles ( Fig. 35 ). In S. jiulianae , the triangular valva bears no apical process and the phallus has two cornuti in the male genitalia ( Fig. 22 ); and the corpus bursae has an appendix bursae and the signa consist of two gear-like plates with 9–10 radiated arms in the female genitalia ( Fig. 36 ).

Material examined. CHINA : Zhejiang Province: 3 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Mt. Tianmu, 1320 m, 1.VII.2013, coll. Aihui Yin and Xiuchun Wang; Fujian Province: 1 Ƌ, Mt. Wuyi, 740 m, 19.V.2004, coll. Haili Yu; Hunan Province: 2 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Sangzhi County, 1250 m, 13.VIII.2001, coll. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang; Sichuan Province: 2 Ƌ, Mt. Qingcheng, 9–14.VIII.1990, Academia Sinica; Chongqing: 1 ♀, Mt. Laosimian, 1280 m, 10–11.VIII.2012, coll. Xiaofei Yang and Tengteng Liu.

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Fujian, Hunan, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Korea.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 11. Adults of Scythropiodes spp. 4, S. approximans (Caradja), ♂; 5, S. tribula (Wu), ♂; 6, S. hamatellus Park et Wu, ♀; 7, S. jiulianae Park et Wu, ♂; 8, S. aculeiformus sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 9, S. barbellatus Park et Wu, ♀; 10, S. gnophus Park et Wu, ♂; 11, S. dorsoprocessus sp. nov., paratype, ♂. (Scale bars = 2.0 mm).

FIGURES 19 – 24. Male genitalia of Scythropiodes spp. 19, S. approximans (Caradja), genitalia slide No. WQY 13030; 20, S. tribula (Wu), genitalia slide No. WQY 14214; 21, S. hamatellus Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 15033; 22, S. jiulianae Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 15034; 23, S. aculeiformus sp. nov., holotype, genitalia slide No. WQY 14226; 24, S. barbellatus Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 14153. (Scale bars = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 34 – 37. Female genitalia of Scythropiodes spp. 34, S. approximans (Caradja): a – c, enlarged signa (a, genitalia slide No. WQY 14192; b, genitalia slide No. WQY 14231, c genitalia slide No. WQY 14221); 35, S. hamatellus Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 14211; 36, S. jiulianae Park et Wu: a – b, enlarged signa (a, genitalia slide No. HXM 13166; b, genitalia slide No. WQY 15007); 37, S. barbellatus Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 15006. (Scale bars = 1.0 mm).