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To explore the spatiotemporal niche characteristics and changing regularities of insect communities under lamps in a semi-arid region, this paper analyzed Levins' niche breadth index and the Pianka niche overlap index of 10 orders and 19 selected common families or superfamilies of insect communities under lamps from April to September 2018 at six...
To explore the spatiotemporal niche characteristics and changing regularities of insect communities under lamps in a semi-arid region, this paper analyzed Levins’ niche breadth index and the Pianka niche overlap index of 10 orders and 19 selected common families or superfamilies of insect communities under lamps from April to September 2018 at six...
The soybean pod borer, Leguminivora glycinivorella (Matsumura), is an important tortricid pest species widely distributed in most parts of China and its adjacent regions. Here, we analyzed the genetic diversity and population differentiation of L. glycinivorella using diverse genetic information including the standard cox1 barcode sequences, mitoch...
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This study examined specimens of the tribe Olethreutini collected from more than 60 sites in Taiwan between the years 1921 and 2005, listing 102 species in 35 genera. The specimens are deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA (USNM), and the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Muse...
The soybean pod borer Leguminivora glycinivorella (Matsumura) is one of the most important soybean pests and often causes serious damage to Glycine max (L.) Merr., a leading source of dietary protein and oil in animal feed. However, the potential distribution patterns of this economically important pest and its driving factors require further inves...
Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886 is a large and morphologically diverse genus in the subfamily Thiotrichinae of the family Gelechiidae. The distribution is mainly concentrated in the Old World, but only 14 species were previously known in China. In this study, we reviewed Chinese Thiotricha and examined related species distributed in Korea, Japan, Cambodia...
The genus Ashibusa Matsumura, 1931 is reviewed from China. Eight new species are described: A. apicodonta Li, sp. nov., A. biniprocessa Li, sp. nov., A. dilatirotunda Li, sp. nov., A. improjecta Li, sp. nov., A. ledongensis Li, sp. nov., A. longispina Li, sp. nov., A. similativalvula Li, sp. nov. and A. subfalcativalva Li, sp. nov. The females of A...
Six species of the genus Ressia Sinev, 1988 from China are reviewed. Four species are described as new: R. disparilis Li, sp. nov., R. forcipata Li, sp. nov., R. semilunata Li, sp. nov., and R. sinevi Li, sp. nov. Images of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to all the seven species in the world.
Eleven species of the genus Filatima from China are treated in the present paper. Four species, F. magnanella Oh & Li, sp. nov., F. nanjiangica Oh & Li, sp. nov., F. taxkorgana Oh & Li, sp. nov. and F. yanchiensis Oh & Li, sp. nov. are described as new. Three species, F. asiatica Sattler, 1961, F. angustipennis Sattler, 1961, and F. multicornuta Bi...
Sixteen species of the genus Macrobathra Meyrick, 1883 are treated in this study. Nine species are described as new to science: M. trigonilamella Li, sp. nov., M. reticulatistria Li, sp. nov., M. micacea Li, sp. nov., M. solidilatata Li, sp. nov., M. afflata Li, sp. nov., M. aequidistans Li, sp. nov., M. baculiformis Li, sp. nov., M. bipunciata Li,...
Two species, Athrips albimacula Oh & Li, sp. nov. and A. lingchuana Oh & Li, sp. nov., are described as new; two species, A. pruinosella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) and A. spiraeae (Staudinger, 1871), are newly recorded for China. Images of adults and genitalia of the above four species are illustrated.
Thirty species of the genus Calamotropha Zeller, 1863 from China are reviewed. Five species are described as new: C. bleszynskii Kim & Li, sp. nov., C. duovirgata Kim & Li, sp. nov., C. nigerifera Kim & Li, sp. nov., C. parallela Kim & Li, sp. nov. and C. parvispina Kim & Li, sp. nov.; two species are newly recorded for China: C. alcesta Bleszynski...
Eleven genera and thirteen species of the tortricid tribe Enarmoniini documented from Taiwan are listed. One species, Semnostola tristrigma sp. nov., is described as new to science. Two species, Ancylis unculana (Haworth, [1811]) and Neoanathamna pallens Kawabe, 1980 along with their genera, are newly recorded for Taiwan. Images of the adults and g...
The mediseorsa species group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 1798 is proposed to accomodate four new species: N. mediangusa sp. nov., N. longiuga sp. nov., N. longissima sp. nov. and N. mediseorsa sp. nov. The diagnostic characters to distinguish the group are provided. Images of adults and genitalia of the new species are given.
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Aim: Lepidoptera has high diversity and economic importance. Many species are pests, and some are beneficial or have high ornamental value. China has a large area, spanning the Palearctic and the Oriental regions. The biota is complex and diverse, and many new species are found and described every year. The aim of this study is to summariz...
Twenty-five species of the degeerella species group in the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 1798 are reviewed from China. Fourteen species are described as new: N. spinatibaltea Sun, Wang et Li, sp. nov., N. parvaprocessa Sun, Wang et Li, sp. nov., N. bifurcifascia Sun, Wang et Li, sp. nov., N. biprocessa Sun, Wang et Li, sp. nov., N. ravidifera Sun,...
A new genus Socifera gen. nov. of Argyresthiidae is established. The diagnostic characters against Argyresthia Hübner, [1825] are listed. Socifera is endemic to Hainan, a tropical island in southern China. The type species Socifera asymmetra Liu & Li, sp. nov. is described. The adult, venation, abdominal structures, male and female genitalia are il...
The genus Merulempista Roesler, 1967 is studied in China. Two new species Merulempista pectinata Liu and Li, sp. nov. and M. similirubriptera Liu and Li, sp. nov. are described. Images of adults and genitalia are provided, with a key to all known Chinese species.
Floral scent has been thought to play a critical role in the obligate pollination–seed consumption mutualism between Breynia (Phyllanthaceae) species and Epicephala moths. The two closely related Breynia species, B. fruticosa and B. Rostrata are jointly pollinated by the same moth species (E. lativalvaris and E. mirivalvata), which has led to an ob...
Tenupalpa Lee et Li, 2021 (Gelechiidae: Thiotrichinae) was recently proposed based on a molecular and morphological study of the subfamily. It currently includes six species mainly known from Russia, Japan and India. In this paper, 15 new species from China are described: T. acutata sp. nov., T. acutimedia sp. nov., T. angulosa sp. nov., T. breviae...
The genus Lista Walker, 1859 from China is reviewed. Of the eighteen species treated, five species are described as new: L. furcellata Li & Rong, sp. nov., L. serrata Li & Rong, sp. nov., L. strumiformis Li & Rong, sp. nov., L. yunnanensis Li & Rong, sp. nov. and L. zhengi Li & Rong, sp. nov. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new speices a...
Four new species of the genus Dryadaula Meyrick, 1893 from China are described: Dryadaula auriformis sp. nov. , D. flavostriata sp. nov. , D. hirtiglobosa sp. nov. and D. securiformis sp. nov. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided. DNA barcodes of D. auriformis sp. nov. , D. hirtiglobosa sp. nov. and D. securiformis sp...
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The Pyraloidea is a large superfamily of Lepidoptera in species composition. To date, the higher-level phylogenetic relationships in this group remain unresolved, and many taxa, with taxonomic positions historically established by morphological characters, need to be confirmed through sequencing of DNA, including mitochondrial genome...
The genus Pelecystola Meyrick, 1920 and the species Pelecystola strigosa (Moore, 1888) are newly recorded from China, and Pelecystola peculiaris sp. nov. is described as new to science. Adults, head, venation, and genitalia of the two species are illustrated. A molecular phylogenetic analysis is presented to ascertain the generic affiliation of the...
The Chinese fauna of Psoricoptera Stainton, 1854 included two described species prior to this study. In the present paper we describe three new species: P. curva sp. nov., P. minutignatha sp. nov. and P. proximikawabei sp. nov. P. speciosella Teich, 1893 is recorded from China for the first time. The total number of Psoricoptera species in China is...
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The Odontiinae is a small group in the Pyraloidea comprised of 388 species in 88 genera, but externally, these moths are diverse, including heterogeneous maculation and a size range from 9 to 50 mm in total wingspan. The monophyly of Pyraloidea and the two families (Pyralidae and Crambidae) is well supported by phylogenetic analyses...
We provide a list of 54 species of the tortricid tribe Archipini documented from Taiwan, five of which are newly recorded for Taiwan: Adoxophyes flagransMeyrick, 1912, Archips asiaticusWalsingham, 1900, Daemilus fulvus (Filipjev, 1962), Gnorismoneura taeniodesma (Meyrick, 1934), and Pandemis ignescana (Kuznetsov, 1976). This is also the first recor...
Since 1989, China has established a system of powerful laws and regulations aimed to preserve its rich natural flora and fauna. However, this legislative framework still has shortcomings, in terms of sentencing standards across related crimes and the extent of scientific basis for sentences. Here, we review Chinese biodiversity protection laws and...
Thiotrichinae are a subfamily of Gelechiidae with approximately 180 described species in five genera: Calliprora Meyrick, Macrenches Meyrick, Palumbina Rondani, Polyhymno Chambers and Thiotricha Meyrick. The subfamily was established based on two species in a recent molecular phylogenetic study of Gelechiidae, but the monophyly of each genus and th...
Eleven species of the genus Dusungwua Kemal, Kizildağ & Koçak 2020 in China are reviewed with emendation of the generic charaters. Among them, six new species, Dusungwua antennalveata Ren & Li, sp. nov., D. basinigra Ren & Li, sp. nov., D. fascecornuta Ren & Li, sp. nov., D. paripalpa Ren & Li, sp. nov., D. similiquadrangula Ren & Li, sp. nov. and...
The genus Peucela Ragonot, 1891 from China is revised. Three species are described as new to science, P. acutativalva sp. nov. , P. baishanzuensis sp. nov. , and P. nigra sp. nov. In addition, P. olivalis comb. nov. is newly combined. Photographs of adults, and male and female genitalia are provided. A key to the species of Peucela in China is also...
The genus Epicrocis Zeller, 1848 is reviewed in China. Three species are described as new: Epicrocis datianensis sp. nov., E. maculata sp. nov. and E. flabelloformis sp. nov. Epicrocis pramaoyensis Bae & Qi, 2015 and E. metallopa (Lower, 1898) are newly recorded in China. Images of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key and a distribut...
Twelve new species of the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 and one new species of the genus Helcystogramma Zeller, 1877 of the subfamily Dichomeridinae of Gelechiidae are described from Vietnam, in combination with Chinese specimens. The new species are D. fascialobella Park & Li, sp. nov., D. flavimaculata Park & Li, sp. nov., D. infundibularis Park...
Glochidion plants and Epicephala moths played different roles and kept the balance in the mutualism. We studied the four coexisting Epicephala species on Glochidion sphaerogynum in detail and reconstructed the phylogenic tree of 40 Gracillariidae species. The results showed that one of them (Epicephala impolliniferens) did not pollinate G. sphaerog...
Three species of Vietnamodes are revised from China. Among them, Vietnamodes unicispina Qi et Li, sp. nov. is described as new to science. In addition, the female of V. dogueti Leraut, 2017 is described for the first time. V. dogueti Leraut, 2017 and V. adelinae Leraut, 2017 are newly recorded from China. Photographs of adults and male and female g...
Four new species, Diduga luteogibbosa n. sp., D. allodubatolovi n. sp., D. scalprata n. sp. and D. hainanensis n. sp. are described from China along with three newly recorded species, D. albicosta Hampson, 1891, D. nigridentata Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2019 and D. hanoiensis Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2019. A key to the Chinese species of the genus Diduga, wit...
Three species of the genus Dinica Gozmány, 1965 from China are described as new: D. claviformis Li, sp. nov., D. apicipuncta Li, sp. nov. and D. bulbella Li, sp. nov. Photographs of adults and genitalia are given, along with a key to all the known species of Dinica in China. Key words: Tineoidea, Myrmecozelinae, taxonomy, new taxa
The specimens of Roeslerstammiidae deposited in the Insect Collection of Nankai University have been reviewed. A total of five species are involved. Three new species are described from Southwest China, Agriothera quadrativalva sp. nov., A. microtricha sp. nov. and Telethera declivimarginata sp. nov. Agriothera elaeocarpophaga Moriuti, 1978 is reco...
The superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Obtectomera) has a high species diversity. It consists of more than 18,400 described species and has a global distribution. Among it, large numbers of species were reported to be economically important to people's production and life. However, relationships among families or subfamilies in Gelechioidea hav...
The species of the genus Fujimacia Marumo, 1939 are revised from China. Among them, F. cornutiprocera Qi & Li, sp. nov., F. dayaoensis Qi & Li, sp. nov., F. gracilenta Qi & Li, sp. nov. and F. longispinosa Qi & Li, sp. nov. are described as new to science. Illustrations of adults and genitalia are provided along with keys to the Fujimacia species i...
The Chinese species of the genus Pancalia Stephens are reviewed, with five species and one subspecies treated. Pancalia wuyiensis sp. n. is described as new, P. isshikii amurella Gaedike is newly recorded for the Chinese fauna, and P. aureatus Yang is redescribed with the male genitalia given for the first time. Images of adults and genitalia of th...
Four species of the genus Eretmocera Zeller, 1852 from China are reviewed. Three species are described as new: Eretmocera yingjiangensis Li, sp. nov., E. octopunctata Li, sp. nov. and E. artemisiae Li, sp. nov. Eretmocera impactella (Walker, 1864) is redescribed based on specimens founded on Yunnan, China. Photographs of adults and genitalia are pr...
Five species of Herpystis Meyrick, 1911 are reported from China, four of which species are described as new: H. densisetosa, sp. nov.; H. medispinata, sp. nov.; H. arcisaccula, sp. nov.; and H. orthocera, sp. nov. Herpystis mica Kuznetzov, 1988 is newly recorded in China. Photographs of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to the Chi...
An annotated list of 71 species of the genus Scrobipalpa in China is given. Nine species of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 are described as new: S.triangulellasp. n. (Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi), S.punctulatasp. n. (Henan, Shanxi), S.septentrionalissp. n. (Heilongjiang, Ningxia), S.zhongweinasp. n. (Ningxia), S.tripunctellasp. n. (Hebei, Ningxia, S...
Ten species of the genus Pagyda Walker, 1859 from China are studied. Two species are described as new: P. recticlavata sp. nov. and P. parallelivalva sp. nov. Photographs of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to all the available Chinese species and a map showing the distribution of these species in China.
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The new genus Spinosuncusgen. n. is proposed for three known species, S.contractalis (Warren, 1896), comb. n. , S.praepandalis (Snellen, 1890), comb. n. , and S.aureolalis (Lederer, 1863), comb. n. and four new species, S.rectacutussp. n. , S.brevacutussp. n. , S.curvisetaceussp. n. , and S.quadracutussp. n. from the Oriental Region. An identificat...
Two species of Minooa are revised from China and Southeast Asia, and one of these, Minooa carinata Qi, Bae & Li, sp. nov. is described as new to science, and M. acantha Qi, 2016 is newly recorded from Vietnam. Photographs of adults, male and female genitalia are provided, along with a key for all species of Minooa.
Nine species of the genus Commatarcha Meyrick, 1935 from China are reviewed. Four species: Commatarcha convoluta Li, sp. nov., C. setiferaedeaga Li, sp. nov., C. hamata Li, sp. nov. and C. rotundivalva Li, sp. nov. are described as new. Commatarcha palaeosema Meyrick, 1935 is newly recorded in China. The male of C. angustiptera Li, 2004 and the fem...
Specialization of adaptive devices can reflect the coevolution of closely interactive relationship between partners in mutualism. Glochidion eriocarpum and Epicephala eriocarpa have formed a strict species-specific mutualism over a long term of evolution. Based on field observation and the anatomical study of adult specimens, we clarified the morph...
Ovoviviparity is reported for the genus Palumbina of Thiotrichinae. The females of eight species were found to retain a hatched first instar larva or a fully developed embryo in the oviduct (vestibulum), which suggests that the females may deposit larvae or mature eggs that are ready to hatch. In the mature embryos, the mandibles and a head capsule...
Palumbina is a small genus of Gelechiidae that includes species distributed only in the Old World. It was recently assigned to the subfamily Thiotrichinae, but the morphological and molecular studies at the species level have not been extensively conducted. In this study, we focused on the taxonomy of the Chinese Palumbina using morphology and DNA...
Ten species of the tribe Cochylini of Taiwan are reviewed. One genus Gynnidomorpha Turner, 1916, and five species: Cochylidia contumescens (Meyrick, 1931), C. oblonga Liu & Ge, 2012, Eupoecilia ingens Sun & Li, 2013, Gynnidomorpha permixtana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) and G. pista (Diakonoff, 1984) are newly recorded for Taiwan. Images of the a...
In a faunal study of insects in the Habahu National Nature Reserves of Ningxia, seven species of the genus Scythris of Scythrididae are recognized. One species, S. fustivalva Li, sp. nov., is described as new; five species are newly recorded in China: S. caballoides Nupponen, 2009, S. mikkolai Sinev, 1993, S. orientella Sinev, 2001, S. pallidella P...
The genus Locastra Walker, 1859 from China is reviewed. Of the five species treated, four species are described as new: L. nigrilineata sp. n., L. solivaga sp. n., L. subtrapezia sp. n. and L. viridis sp. n. A diagnosis of L. muscosalis (Walker, 1866) is given. Photographs of adults and the genitalia are provided, along with a key to the five Chine...
Nine species of the genus Gnorimoschema are recorded from China. Five new species are described: G. cinerella sp. nov. (China: Yunnan), G. gilvella sp. nov. (China: Ningxia), G. fuscescens sp. nov. (China: Gansu, Inner Mongolia; Russia: Altai, Zabaikalskiy krai), G. rufomaculata sp. nov. (China: Ningxia and Inner Mongolia; Russia: Zabaikalskiy krai...
The genus Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 from China is reviewed. Among the ten species studied, T. longiclavata sp. nov., T. longispina sp. nov., T. nigrimacularis sp. nov. and T. cornutitrifurca sp. nov. are described as new; T. conjuncta (Warren, 1896), comb. rev. is re-allocated in this genus from Salma Walker, 1863; and T. conjuncta and T. eucarta...
The seven species of the genus Strophedra Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 recorded from China are reviewed. Four species, S. paraspinifera, sp. nov., S. nigrifusca, sp. nov., S. laticolla, sp. nov., and S. tricornuta, sp. nov., are described as new; S. quercivora (Meyrick, 1920) is newly recorded from China. Photos of adults and genitalia are provided, and...
The taxonomy of the eight species and one subspecies of Orybina in the world are reviewed. Among them, O. puerensis Qi & Li, sp. nov. and O. bellatulla Qi & Li, sp. nov. are described as new to science. Photographs of adults, both male and female genitalia and the distribution map of all the species are provided, along with the keys to the describe...
The Chinese fauna of Argyresthia Hübner, [1825] included by 14 described species prior to this study. In the present paper we describe 43 new species and record seven species new to China. We also recognized six known Chinese species based on the available specimens; eight species previously reported for the fauna, but without available specimens f...
In a faunal study of the micromoths in Cambodia, thirteen species of the genus Dichomeris (Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae) are recognized, including associated Chinese species. Eight species are described as new: D. arcuata sp. nov., D. splendiptera sp. nov., D. samkosensis sp. nov., D. foliforma sp. nov., D. magnimacularis sp. nov., D. hainanensis sp...
The genus Prays Hübner, 1825 from China is reviewed. Nineteen species are treated, including twelve species described as new: P. orthacantha sp. nov., P. spiniprocessa sp. nov., P. erromera sp. nov., P. rectangula sp. nov., P. tauricornis sp. nov., P. longisaccula sp. nov., P. bisechinata sp. nov., P. semilunata sp. nov., P. semicircularis sp. nov....
The genus Pityocona is reviewed in China. Pityocona longovata sp. nov., P. transovata sp. nov., P. monoprocessa sp. nov., P. mastoidea sp. nov. and P. sinuosa sp. nov. are described as new; P. bifurcatus Wadhawan et Walia originally described from India is widely known in southern China as a pest of rice. Photos of adults and genitalia are provided...
The biology and immature stages of Epicephaha assamica Li (Lepidoptera: Gracilariidae) were investigated firstly based on the field observations and laboratory experiments, E. assamica pollinate for Glochidion assamicum (Muell. Arg.) Hook. (Phyllanthaceae) and then lay eggs in pollinated female flowers. In turn, hosts partly sacrifice seeds for lar...
Knowing the phylogeographic structure of invasive species is important for understanding the underlying processes of invasion. The micromoth Phyllonorycter issikii, whose larvae damage leaves of lime trees Tilia spp., was only known from East Asia. In the last three decades, it has been recorded in most of Europe, Western Russia and Siberia. We use...
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The Process ID code is a unique identifier linking the record in the BOLD database and the voucher specimen from which the sequence is obtained. The detailed collecting and specimen data are accessible in the BOLD dataset (http://dx.doi.org/DS-TILIAPHY). This pdf file contains the data includ...
Distribution of COI sequence divergences (K2P) at Phyllonorycter issikii and the putative Phyllonorycter sp. n.
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Presence of Phyllonorycter issikii haplotypes in different countries in the Palearctic.
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Distribution of normalized COI sequence divergence (K2P) for species (blue) against the genus (red) divergences at Phyllonorycter issikii and the putative Phyllonorycter sp. n.
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Two new species of Rhopalovalva Kuznetzov are described from China: R. macrocuculla Zhang and Li, sp. nov., and R. connata Zhang and Li, sp. nov. Photographs of the adults and genitalia are provided. We report the first occurrence of the absence of an uncus in the male genitalia of a Rhopalovalva species. A key to the Chinese species is provided ba...
This paper deals with five species of the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 from Zhejiang, China. Dichomeris paraleivalvata sp. nov., D. columnaria sp. nov. and D. latifurcata sp. nov. are described as new; D. silvestrella (Ponomarenko, 1998) comb. nov. and D. beljaevi (Ponomarenko, 1998) comb. nov. are newly recorded for China. Images of adults and ge...
Seventeen species of the genus Encolapta Meyrick, 1913 from China are reviewed. Six species are described as new: E. bifasciaria sp. nov., E. cornuta sp. nov., E. aciprojecta sp. nov., E. obliquata sp. nov., E.Trapezoidea sp. nov. and E. lunata sp. nov.; the previously unknown female of E. marginans (Li et Zheng, 1998) is described for the first ti...
In this paper two new species of the genus Acroclita Lederer (A. liui sp. nov. and A. digitata sp. nov.) are described from China. Acroclita gumicola Oku is newly recorded for China. The uncus is firstly found absent in the male genitalia for Rhopalovalva and the generic characters of the genus Rhopalovalva are remarked. The photos of the adult and...
Ten species of the genus Parastenolechia Kanazawa, 1985 from Mainland China are reviewed. Six species are described as new: Parastenolechia arciformis sp. nov., P. papillaris sp. nov., P. trapezia sp. nov., P. semielliptica sp. nov., P. medispina sp. nov. and P. longifolia sp. nov. Parastenolechia albicapitella Park, 2000 is recorded for the first...
Ten species of the genus Parastenolechia Kanazawa, 1985 from Mainland China are reviewed. Six species are described as new: Parastenolechia arciformis sp. nov., P. papillaris sp. nov., P. trapezia sp. nov., P. semielliptica sp. nov., P. medi-spina sp. nov. and P. longifolia sp. nov. Parastenolechia albicapitella Park, 2000 is recorded for the first...
The genus Pseudacrobasis is reviewed for China. Pseudacrobasis dilatata sp. n. is described as new and compared with P. tergestella (Ragonot, 1901). Images of adults and illustrations of genital structures are provided.
The genus Thylacosceles Meyrick, 1889 is recorded from China for the first time. Thylacosceles nephroides sp. nov., T. clavata sp. nov., T. cuneiformis sp. nov. and T. ellipsoidala sp. nov. are described as new. Photographs of adults and genital illustrations are provided, along with a key to the genus in China.
The genus Scythropiodes Matsumura, 1931 in China is reviewed. Fifteen species are treated, including four new species: Scythropiodes aculeiformus sp. nov. from Sichuan, S. dorsoprocessus sp. nov. from Guangxi, S. asymmetricus sp. nov. from Guangxi and Yunnan, and S. taedus sp. nov. from Yunnan. The females of S. barbellatus and S. elasmatus are des...
Glyptoteles proalatirubens Ren & Li, sp. n. is described, with photographs of adult and genitalia provided. Images of its allied species G. leucacrinella Zeller, 1848 are also given for comparison purposes. © 2016, Soc Hispano-Luso-Amer Lepidopterologia-Shilap. All rights reserved.
Chinese species of Anthonmypha Moriuti are reviewd. Five species are recognized, four of which are described as new: Anthonympha truncata sp. nov., A. trapezia sp. nov., A. ligulacea sp. nov. and A. reniforma sp. nov. Images of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to distinguishing all the Chinese species.