Ditrigona policharia ( Oberthuer , 1923)

Guo, Xiao-Jiang, Cheng, Rui, Jiang, Shan, Xue, Da-Yong & Han, Hong-Xiang, 2022, Four new species of Ditrigona Moore (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) in China and an annotated catalogue, ZooKeys 1091, pp. 57-98 : 57

29. Ditrigona policharia ( Oberthuer, 1923)

Fig. 31

Corycia (Bapta) policharia Oberthür, 1923: 237. Lectotype ♀, China: Sichuan, Tsien-Tsuen (ZFMK).

Ditrigona policharia : Wilkinson, 1968: 468.

Material examined.

China: Sichuan (ZFMK): 1♀, lectotype, Tien-Tsuen, 1897, ex. R. P. Déjean, moth photograph examined .

Distribution.

China (Sichuan).

Remarks.

This species was described based on a single female specimen only. Wilkinson (1968) stated that the female genitalia are similar to those of Ditrigona legnichrysa Wilkinson, and he also had difficulty in distinguishing it from D. legnichrysa , though he listed several tiny differences. He suggested that further material was needed to clarify the relationship between the two species.

Figures

Figures 28 - 47. Adults of Ditrigona 28 D. lineata lineata, male 29 D. lineata tephroides, holotype, male, ZFMK 30 D. legnichrysa, paratype, male, ZFMK 31 D. policharia, lectotype, female, ZFMK 32 D. artema, male 33 D. candida, paratype, male, ZFMK 34 D. chionea, paratype, male, ZFMK 35, 36 D. fusca sp. nov., holotype, male 35 upperside 36 underside 37 - 38 D. conflexaria micronioides 37 male 38 female 39 D. conflexaria cerodeta, holotype, male, ZFMK 40 D. margarita, male 41 D. berres, male 42 D. chama, male 43 D. platytes, male 44 D. clavata, male 45 D. marmorea, paratype, female ZFMK 46 D. aphya, male 47 D. cirruncata, male. Scale bar: 1 cm.