Thliptoceras anthropophilum BänzIger, 1987

Zhang, Dandan, Xu, Jiawen & Li, Jinwei, 2014, Review of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Oriental region of China, Zootaxa 3796 (2), pp. 265-286 : 273

Thliptoceras anthropophilum BänzIger, 1987

Thliptoceras anthropophilum Bänziger, 1987: 672 . Type locality: Thailand, Chiengmai.

DIagnosIs. Wing expanse 22–23 mm. Thliptoceras anthropophilum can be recognized in the male by the modified scales along the posterior margin of the forewing and the antenna with a scale-tooth at the inner side of the flagellum base, followed by several compressed segments. Male genitalia with valva rather wide and upcurved at apex, its costa deeply and irregularly excavated with a serrated process followed by a semicircular excavation near middle, then a low triangular process, sacculus with a finger-shaped process medially and a short triangular process distally, juxta with a dorsal median carina, and aedeagus with two patches of cornuti distally.

MaterIal examIned. CHINA, Yunnan: 3 ♂, Damenglong, Xishuangbanna, alt. 650 m, 19.V. 1962, coll. Song Shimei ( IZAS).

DIstrIbutIon. China (Yunnan), Thailand (Chiengmai).