Nosphistica, Meyrick, 1911

Yu, Shuai & Wang, Shuxia, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, 1911 (Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 4664 (4), pp. 497-517 : 500

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.4.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5934853

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Nosphistica
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Key to the Chinese Nosphistica View in CoL species based on male genitalia

1 Uncus longer than median process of gnathos ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 24-30 )..................................... N. grandiunca View in CoL sp. nov. - Uncus shorter than median process of gnathos.............................................................. 2 2 Valva widened distally................................................................................. 3 - Valva not widened distally.............................................................................. 6 3 Valva with apex as wide as base; juxta with lateral process sinuate ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 18-23 )........................... N. metalychna - Valva View in CoL with apex narrower than base; juxta with lateral process straight........................................... 4 4 Juxta with lateral process longer than half length of juxta ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 24-30 )........................... N. albimaculata View in CoL sp. nov. - Juxta with lateral process shorter than half length of juxta..................................................... 5 5 Juxta with lateral process triangular; uncus sub-pentagonal ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 18-23 )............................. N. abunda View in CoL sp. nov. - Juxta with lateral process digitate; uncus semicircular ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18-23 )........................................ N. acriella View in CoL 6 Valva fusiform; aedeagus with a hooked protrusion apically ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 24-30 )............................. N. fusoidea View in CoL sp. nov. - Valva not fusiform; aedeagus without such protrusion........................................................ 7 7 Valva subparallel..................................................................................... 8 - Valva slightly narrowed or produced to a narrow process distally............................................... 9 8 Juxta with lateral process shorter than 1/6 length of juxta ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 24-30 ).................................... N. orientana - Juxta View in CoL with lateral process slightly shorter than half length of juxta ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 24-30 )............................ N. paramecola View in CoL 9 Valva produced to a narrow process distally; cornutus single.................................................. 10 - Valva slightly narrowed distally; cornuti more than one...................................................... 11 10 Juxta with lateral process digitate; aedeagus broad at base, narrowed to apex ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 24-30 )............... N. elliptica View in CoL sp. nov. - Juxta with lateral process horn-shaped; aedeagus uniform ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 24-30 )................................... N. fenestrata View in CoL 11 Uncus broad basally, narrowed distally; juxta with lateral process digitate ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 18-23 )........................ N. bisinuata - Uncus View in CoL flabellate or rhombic........................................................................... 12 12 Uncus flabellate; juxta with lateral process sub-rectangular ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 2‒3 )......................... N. subrectangula View in CoL sp. nov. - Uncus rhombic; juxta with lateral process sub-triangular ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 18-23 ).............................. N. apiculata View in CoL sp. nov.

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FIGURES 24-30. Male genitalia of Nosphistica spp. 24. N. elliptica sp. nov., holotype, LSR13154; 25. N. fenestrata, slide No. LSR13153; 26. N. fusoidea sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS17123; 27. N. grandiunca sp. nov., holotype, slide No. LSR13227; 28. N. orientana, slide No. LSR13163; 29. N. paramecola, slide No. LSR13156; 30. N. albimaculata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS17093. Scales=0.5 mm.

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FIGURES 18-23. Male genitalia of Nosphistica spp.18. N.acriella, slide No.YS17128; 19. N.metalychna, slide No.LSR13233; 20. N. fuscolepis, slide No. LSR13182; 21. N. bisinuata, slide No. YS17092; 22. N. abunda sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS17096; 23. N. apiculata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS17144. Scales=0.5 mm

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FIGURES 2‒3. Nosphistica subrectangula sp. nov. 2. adult, holotype, ♂; 3. male genitalia, paratype, slide No. LSR13160. Scales: 2=2mm, 3=0.5 mm