Thecobathra acropercna Meyrick, 1922

Liu, Haoyu & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, Taxonomic study of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in China, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 5325 (4), pp. 483-508 : 486

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8243642
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scientific name	Thecobathra acropercna Meyrick, 1922
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Thecobathra acropercna Meyrick, 1922 View in CoL

Thecobathra acropercna Meyrick, 1922: 553 View in CoL . TL: India. TD: NHMUK.

Material examined. CHINA, Guangxi: 1♀, Mt. Daming , 1250 m, 20. V.2011, leg. LL Yang & YH Mou, slide No. LHY21341 ; Xizang: 3♁, Gelin Village (29.25°N, 95.19°E), Beibeng Town , Motuo County, 1063 m, 29.VII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide Nos. LHY21085, LHY21086, LHY21098 GoogleMaps ; Yunnan: 3♁ 2♀, Taiyanghe , 1450 m, 11‒22. V.2014, leg. ZG Zhang, slide Nos. LHY21524♁, LHY21631♁, LHY21637 ♀, LHY21645♁, LHY21704 ♀; 1♁, Taiyanghe, Pu’er , 1450 m, 7. VI.2015, leg. ZG Zhang, slide No. LHY21540 .

Diagnosis. Thecobathra acropercna is distinguishable by the outer margin of the socius inflated medially, the triangular basal plate of the valva, and the presence of a small juxta. It is similar to T. magnidentalis sp. nov. in male genitalia, and the differences between them are stated in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Xizang, Yunnan), India.

Note. This species is newly recorded for China.