Tineovertex Moriuti

Huang, Guo-Hua, Hirowatari, Toshiya & Wang, Min, 2011, A revision of the genus Tineovertex Moriuti (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 2991, pp. 1-12 : 2-3

Key to the species of the genus Tineovertex Moriuti

1 Vertex and pronotum covered with black scales.............................................................. 2

- Vertex and pronotum covered with white or ochreous-yellow scales.............................................. 5

2 Mesonotum and tegula entirely black.............................................................. T. gladiata

- Mesonotum and tegula black except posterior portions yellowish white........................................... 3

3 Uncus bilobed, narrowly separated basally.......................................................... T. sartoria

- Uncus bilobed, widely separated basally................................................................... 4

4 Uncus slender, long; saccus shaped like an elongate triangle, nearly 0.8 × length of valva................. T. melanochrysa

- Uncus wide, short digitate; saccus slender, long, rod-shaped, about 1.8 × length of valva............. T. hamoides , sp. nov.

5 Forewing with a black streak from dorsum beyond middle to tornus.............................................. 6

- Forewing with a black streak from dorsum near base to tornus.................................................. 7

6 Costa with a streak dilated in middle reaching nearly 1/3 across forewing......................... T. elongata , sp. nov.

- Costa with a streak dilated in middle reaching nearly 1/6 across forewing........................ T. thailandia , sp. nov.

7 Saccus shaped like an elongate triangle.................................................................... 8

- Saccus entirely rod-shaped.............................................................................. 9

8 Valva with basal half broad, uncus very slender..................................................... T. canicoma

- Valva elongate-spatulate, uncus wedge-shaped...................................................... T. melliflua

9 Valva with apical 2/3 gradually broader, uncus short and hooked............................... T. fibriformis , sp. nov.

- Valva elongate-spatulate, uncus broad.................................................................... 10

10 Termen gold-yellow irrorated with dense black scales................................................ T. antidroma

- Termen creamy-white not irrorated with black scales........................................... T. expansa , sp. nov.