Pedioxestis wuyiensis, Wang, Shuxia, 2006

Wang, Shuxia, 2006, The genus Pedioxestis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 1330, pp. 51-58 : 57-58

Pedioxestis wuyiensis , sp. n.

( Figs. 4 , 12 )

Type material. Holotype: Ψ, China: Mt. Wuyi (26°54'N, 116°42'E), Fujian Province, 1000 m, 26.v.2004, coll. Haili Yu, genitalia slide No. W05105. Paratypes 2 Ψ, same data as holotype.

Diagnosis. This species can be separated from other species of the genus by the grayish yellow forewing and the trapezoidal lamella postvaginalis.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 4 ): Wing expanse 16.5–18.0 mm. Head shining white, with appressed scales. Labial palpus dark brown, covered with white scales; white scales dorsally forming a longitudinal line. Antenna with scape white, flagellum brown and white alternately. Thorax, tegula, and forewing uniformly grayish yellow; cilia concolorous to forewing. Hindwing and cilia deep gray. Legs white, with dark speckles.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 12 ): Papillae anales sparsely setose, rounded caudally. Apophyses anteriores about 2/3 length of apophyses posteriores. Lamella postvaginalis large, trapezoidal, with strong setae; ostium bursae rounded, with dense spines; antrum short, widened posteriorly. Ductus bursae thin, longer than corpus bursae. Corpus bursae rounded, partially granuled; signum rhomboidal, with dense teeth.

Male: Unknown.

Etymology. The specific name is from the type locality, Mt. Wuyi, Fujian Province.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Adults of Pedioxestis. 1, P. ferruginea Wang & Zheng; 2, P. concaviuscula, sp. n.; 3, P. bipartita, sp. n.; 4, P. wuyiensis, sp. n.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Female genitalia of Pedioxestis spp. 9, P. ferruginea Wang & Zheng; 10, P. concaviuscula, sp. n.; 11, P. bipartita, sp. n.; 12, P. wuyiensis, sp. n.