Eudonia taiwanalpina Sasaki, 1998

Li, Weichun, Li, Houhun & Nuss, Matthias, 2012, Taxonomic revision of the genus Eudonia Billberg, 1820 from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae), Zootaxa 3273, pp. 1-27 : 25

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scientific name	Eudonia taiwanalpina Sasaki, 1998
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24. Eudonia taiwanalpina Sasaki, 1998 View in CoL

Eudonia taiwanalpina Sasaki, 1998: 199 View in CoL , figs. 13, 35. Type locality: Hualien, Hohuanshan, Taiwan, China.

Diagnosis. Eudonia taiwanalpina Sasaki, 1998 is similar to E. alpina ( Curtis, 1850) , but can be distinguished by the ventral margin of valva convex at middle and the phallus straight in the male genitalia. In E. alpina , the ventral margin of valva is straight or concave slightly at middle, and the phallus is curved medially.

Distribution. China ( Taiwan).

Remarks. Eudonia taiwanalpina was described based on a single male specimen collected from Hohuanshan in Taiwan by A. Kawabe in July or August ( Sasaki 1998). We have not collected this species to date.

References

Curtis, J. (1850) Notes upon the smaller British Moths, with descriptions of some nondescript or imperfectly characterized species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, (2) 5, 110 - 121.

Sasaki, A. (1998) Notes on the Scopariinae from Taiwan, with descriptions of nine new species. Tinea, 15 (3), 191 - 201.