Trichoboscis Meyrick

Park, Kyu-Tek, Liu, Shurong, Heppner, John B., Pathania, Sh. C. & Wang, Shuxia, 2015, Review of the genus Trichoboscis Meyrick, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae), Zootaxa 3986 (2), pp. 227-237 : 228

Key to the species of Trichoboscis Meyrick based on male

1. Third segment of labial palpus in male broadly flattened, more or less triangular; not sharply pointed at apex ( Figs. 3–4 )............................................................................................... T. pansarista

- Third segment of labial palpus in male stout basally, then slender, sharply pointed at apex........................... 2

2. Valva of male genitalia with a small spine-like process on ventral margin ( Fig. 16 )................. T. phliuensis sp. nov.

- Valva of male genitalia without spine-like process on ventral margin............................................. 3

3. Valva blunt apically, cornuti consisting of numerous large and small spines ( Fig. 17 ).............. T. cultriformis sp. nov.

- Cornuti consisting of about ten strong spines.............................................................. 4

4. Valva with distal part distinctly narrowed to pointed apex ( Fig. 14 ).............................. T. multispina sp. nov.

- Valva with distal part slightly narrowed to narrowly rounded apex ( Fig. 14 )............................. T. crocosema

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 8. Adults of Trichoboscis spp., with labial palpus: 3, T. pansarista Meyrick, from Chanthaburi, Thailand; 3 a, Ditto, labial palpus; 4, Ditto, from Yunnan, China; 4 a, Ditto, labial palpus; 5, T. crocosema (Meyrick), from Hainan, China; 5 a, Ditto, labial palpus; 6, T. multispina Park & Wang, sp. nov. from Nakhon Nayok, Thailand; 6 a, Ditto, labial palpus; 7, T. phliuensis Park & Wang, sp. nov. from Chanthaburi, Thailand; 7 a, Ditto, labial palpus; 8. T. cultriformis Park & Wang, sp. nov. from Chongqing, China; 8 a, Ditto, labial palpus.

FIGURES 15 – 17. Male genitalia of Trichoboscis spp.: 15, T. multispina Park & Wang, sp. nov. from Thailand, gen. slide No. CIS- 6381; 15 a, Close-up left valva; 15 b, Phallus; 16, T. phliuensis Park & Wang, sp. nov. from Thailand, gen. slide No. CIS- 6377; 16 a, Close-up left valva; 16 b, Phallus; 17, T. cultriformis Park & Wang, sp. nov. from Chongqing, China, gen. slide No. LSR 12163; 17 a, Close-up left valva; 17 b, Phallus.

FIGURES 9 – 14. Male genitalia of Trichoboscis spp.: 9, T. pansarista Meyrick, from Himachal Dist., India, gen. slide No. CIS- 6376; 9 a, Close-up left valva; 9 b, Phallus; 10, Ditto, from Chanthaburi, Thailand, gen. slide No. CIS- 5840; 10 a, Phallus; 11, Ditto, from Ba Be Nat. Park, N. Vietnam, gen. slide No. CIS- 5858; 11 a, Phallus; 12, Ditto, from Yunnan, China, slide No. LSR 14054; 12 a, Phallus; 13, Ditto, from Guangxi, China, slide No. LSR 14065; 13 a, Phallus; 14, T. crocosema (Meyrick), from Hainan, China, gen. slide No. LSR 14053; 14 a, Phallus.