Thliptoceras shafferi BänzIger, 1987

Zhang, Dandan, Xu, Jiawen & Li, Jinwei, 2014, Review of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Oriental region of China, Zootaxa 3796 (2), pp. 265-286 : 273

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5841843E-BD84-40BC-A4C1-F67201114F1E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6124413
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scientific name	Thliptoceras shafferi BänzIger, 1987
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Thliptoceras shafferi BänzIger, 1987 View in CoL

Thliptoceras shafferi Bänziger, 1987: 678 View in CoL . Type locality: Thailand, Chiengmai.

DIagnosIs. Wing expanse 23–26 mm. Thliptoceras shafferi View in CoL can be recognized in the male by the modified scales along the posterior margin of the forewing and an only slightly modified antenna with a small scale-tuft at base of flagellum, followed by compressed and extended segments, and by diagnostic tegulae, fleecy and bicolorous yellowish and fuscous. Male genitalia with uncus diagnostic, irregularly subtriangular, without setae on narrowed distal 1/4; valva simple and very narrow, with apex widened and recurved; editum straight and stout, sacculus with projecting basal hump, and aedeagus with a bundle of cornuti near apex.

MaterIal examIned. CHINA, Guangdong: 2♂, Heshan County, 26.VIII., 10.X.2002, coll. Liu Guilin, Jia Fenglong and Chen Haidong; Guangxi: 1 ♂, Nonggang, Longzhou County, alt. 271m, 19.IV.2012, coll. Li Jinwei. DIstrIbutIon. China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Thailand (Chiengmai).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Crambidae
SubFamily	Pyraustinae
Genus	Thliptoceras