Saridoscelis sphenias Meyrick, 1894

Liu, Haoyu & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, Review of the genus Saridoscelis Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 5375 (1), pp. 128-136 : 135

Saridoscelis sphenias Meyrick, 1894

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Saridoscelis sphenias Meyrick, 1894: 28 . TL: Myanmar. TD: NHMUK.

Saridoscelis issikii Moriuti, 1961: 66 . TL: Japan. TD: OPU.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 6 ). Wingspan 11.0‒12.0 mm. Saridoscelis sphenias is characterized by having a broad sclerotized ring-shaped plate at the conjunction of the ductus bursae and the corpus bursae that bears a second sclerotized plate, and the signum being a large slender circle of fine spines in the female genitalia ( Fig. 14 ).

Material examined. CHINA, Guangdong: 1♀, Mt. Babao, Nanling , 1070 m, 23.VIII.2010, leg. SL Hao, slide No. LHY21760 ; Zhejiang: 1♀, Fuze Village (29.34°N, 119.13°E), Chun’an County, 144 m, 1.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. LHY21757 .

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang), India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka.

Figures

FIGURES 1‒6. Adults of Saridoscelis spp. 1. S. baoshana Wang, sp. nov., holotype, male, slide No. LHY21766; 2. S. biprocessa Wang, sp. nov., holotype, male, slide No. LHY21764; 3. S. exstria Wang, sp. nov., holotype, male, slide No. LHY21053; 4. S. kodamai, female, slide No. JQ07347; 5. S. longiprocessa Wang, sp. nov., holotype, male, slide No. LHY21769; 6. S. sphenias, female, slide No. LHY21757. Scales = 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 12‒14. Female genitalia of Saridoscelis spp. 12. S. exstria Wang, sp. nov., paratype, slide No. LHY21051; 13. S. kodamai, slide No. JQ07347; 14. S. sphenias, slide No. LHY21757. Scales = 0.2 mm.