Danielithosia mesospila ( Fang, 2000 ) Dubatolov & Ras, 2013

Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Ras, Sb, 2013, A new species and new combinations of Danielithosia from eastern China and Indochina, with check-list of the genus (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 381-386 : 385

Danielithosia mesospila ( Fang, 2000) comb. nov.

Eilema mesospila Fang, 2000:263 , 540, Pl.XII, Figs 25 (moth), 182 (male genitalia). Type locality: China:‘Shichuan,

Emeishan’.

Taxonomy. Male genitalia of this species has structure ( Fig. 7 ) typical for the genus Danielithosia : a very long apical process of juxta that is asymmetrically bifurcated at apex and a peculiar broadening of the apical part of the sacculus. Therefore, its generic placement is reconsidered here.

Distribution. China (Sichuan) ( FANG 2000).

Figures

Fig.7. Male genitalia of Danielithosia milina (Fang, 1982), from the original description.