Phaecasiophora obtundana (Kuznetsov, 1988) Feng & Zhuang & Yu, 2019

Feng, Weixing, Zhuang, Jialiang & Yu, Haili, 2019, Sycacantha Diakonoff, 1959 from China, with the descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), Zootaxa 4691 (3), pp. 201-214 : 211

Phaecasiophora obtundana (Kuznetsov, 1988) , new combination

( Figs. 7 , 13 )

Sycacantha obtundana Kuznetsov, 1988 .

Material examined. China: 1♂, Nanling (23º20’N, 115°23’E), Guangdong Province, 21–28.VI.2008, leg. Liush- eng Chen ; 1♂, Mt. Maoer (25º53’N, 110°25’E), Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region , 20.IV.2002, leg. Shulian Hao and Huaijun Xue ; 1♂, Mt. Lao (25º42’N, 108°84’E), Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region , 27.VIII.2002 ,

collector unknown.

Remarks. In this present study we recognized another species new to China— Sycacantha obtundana Kuznetsov, 1988 . In appearance, it is more similar to members of Sycacantha than Phaecasiohpora ( Fig. 7 ), but in the male genitalia ( Fig. 13 ) its socius lack the typical characteristics of Sycacantha , i.e., they are rectangular and lack a cleft. In the COI gene tree, this species groups with members of Phaecasiophora rather than Sycacantha , so we transfer it to that genus.

Figures

FIGURES 2–7. Adults of Sycacantha species. 2. S. camarata, sp. nov., male, holotype; 3. S. camarata, sp. nov., female, paratype; 4. S. decursiva, sp. nov., male, holotype; 5. S. diserta (Meyrick, 1909), comb. nov., male; 6. S. typicusivalva, sp. nov., male, holotype; 7. Phaecasiophora obtundana (Kuznetsov, 1988), comb. nov., male.

FIGURES 8–14. Genitalia of Sycacantha species.8. Male genitalia of S. camerata, sp. nov., holotype(gen. slideno.FWX18058); 9. Male genitalia of S. decursiva, sp. nov., holotype (gen. slide no. FWX18114); 10–11. Male genitalia of S. diserta, comb. nov. (gen. slide no. FWX18013); 12. Male genitalia of S. typicusivalva, sp. nov., holotype (gen. slide no. YHL07084); 13. Male genitalia of Phaecasiophora obtundana, comb. nov. (gen. slide no. FWX18015); 14. Female genitalia of S. camerata, sp. nov., paratype (gen. slide no. FWX18036).