Scotiophyes faeculosa (Meyrick, 1928)

(Figs. 1, 3, 5)

Adoxophyes faeculosa Meyrick, 1928: 453; Clarke, 1958: 20, pl. 10, figs. 3–3a.

Scotiophyes faeculosa: Diakonoff, 1976: 74, fig. 81, pl. I, fig. 2; Kawabe, et al. 1992: 104; Tuck, 1995: 90; Liu and Li, 2002: 217, pl. XXXI–296, LXXVII–296; Brown, 2005: 549.

Adult (Fig. 1). Head: Labial palpus narrow, white. Frons whitish yellow. Vertex with erect and rough yellowish scales. Antenna yellowish brown. Thorax: Grayish brown. Tegula dark basally, gray distally. Forewing length 10.0– 11.5 mm in male, 12.5 mm in female. Forewing oblong, somewhat expanded apically; apex short, sub-square; termen almost straight; ground color yellowish ochreous with some purple scales; patterns ferruginous: basal blotch large; median fascia extending before middle of costa to dorsum; subapical blotch very large, reachnig apex and vein M3, broad anteriorly, narrow posteriorly; fringe concolorous with ground color. Hind wing gray, fringe pale gray. Abdomen: Male genitalia (Fig. 3) with tegumen wider than long; uncus as long as tegumen, dilated and thickened in basal half, narrow in distal half, somewhat pointed apically; socius fused with gnathos, ca. half as long as gnathos; arms of gnathos slender, bifurcate at 2/3 distance, pointed apically; transtilla bandlike, narrow, sinuate; valva broad, width about 2 times length, narrowed distally; costa short, restricted to basal 1/3; sacculus broad, with two processes ventrally; aedeagus short, ca. half tegumen width, weakly sclerotized; vesica without cornuti (possibly deciduous); juxta large, strongly concave in middle. Female genitalia (Fig. 5) with apophyses anteriores about 1.5 times length of apophyses posteriores, the latter with broad basal plate. Sterigma narrow. Antrum short, sclerotized; ductus bursae with small internal sclerites; corpus bursae oval; signum horn-shaped, without capitulum.

Material examined. CHINA: 4 ɗɗ, Caiyanghe, Simao, Yunnan Province, 1500 m, 16-20.v.2000, Bu Wenjun and Zheng Leyi; 9 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Wenfengsi, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, 2650 m, 18.vii.2001, Li Houhun and Wang Xinpu.

Distribution: China (Yunnan, Taiwan), Thailand, India and Nepal.