Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991

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 : 15

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15. Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991

Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991: 104 , figs. 14, 15, 23, 28; Seino & Mano, 2002: 338, fig. 13. Type locality: Madarasawa, Kurikoma, Miyagi pref., Honshu, Japan.

Material examined. China: 1 3, 1 Ƥ, Xinjiashan Forestry Centre (33 ° 55 ʹN, 106 ° 31 ʹE), Fengxian, Shaanxi Province, 1600 m, 9.vii. 1988, leg. Houhun Li (genitalia slide Nos. LWC06131 View Materials , LWC08075 View Materials ); 2 3, Hualongshan (32 ° 41 ʹN, 109 °01ʹE), Zhengheya, Ankang, Shaanxi Province, 2150 m, 27.vi. 2003, leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide No. LWC08038 View Materials ); 2 3, 1 Ƥ, Xunyangba (33 ° 19 ʹN, 108 ° 20 ʹE), Ningshan, Shaanxi Province, 1360 m, 26.vi– 3.vii. 2007, leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide Nos. LWC08059 View Materials , LWC08144 View Materials ); 1 3, Yongfu (24 ° 59 ʹN, 109 ° 59 ʹE), Guilin, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, vi. 2006, leg. Zhongfang Zhao (genitalia slide No. LWC06274 View Materials ); 10 3, 8 ƤƤ, Qinmu Village, Yongfu, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, 160 m, 1–6.v. 2008, leg. Li Zhang and Hui Zhen (genitalia slide Nos. LWC08165 View Materials , LWC08234 View Materials ); 1 3, Jinxiu, Yongfu, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, 24.iv. 2008, leg. Li Zhang and Hui Zhen; 4 3, 4 ƤƤ, Maoershan (45 ° 19 ʹN, 127 ° 30 ʹE), Heilongjiang Province, 17–19.vii. 2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu; 60 3, 97 ƤƤ, Liangshui National Nature Reserves (47 ° 60 ʹN, 128 ° 32 ʹE), Heilongjiang Province, 21–22.vii. 2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu; 22 3, 8 ƤƤ, Meifeng, Nantou (23 ° 54 ʹN, 120 ° 40 ʹE), Taiwan, ca. 2150 m, 27–30.iv. 1999, leg. Mey and Ebert (genitalia slide Nos. LWC09068 View Materials , LWC09069 View Materials ).

Diagnosis. Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991 is similar to E. microdontalis ( Hampson, 1907) and E. owadai Sasaki, 1998 . The differences between them are stated under E. microdontalis and E. owadai .

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Taiwan), Japan, Russia.

Remarks. Eudonia persimilis is recorded for the first time in China.

References

Hampson, G. F. (1907) Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, (7) 19, 1 - 24.

Sasaki, A. (1991) Notes on the Scopariinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Japan, with descriptions of five new species. Tinea, 13 (11), 95 - 106.

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

Seino, A. & Mano, T. (2002) A list of Scopariinae (Pyralidae) collected in Primorye Region. Japan Heterocerist's Journal, 220, 388 - 389.