Scythris caballoides Nupponen, 2009

Lou, Kang, You, Wanxue, Huang, Zhilin & Li, Houhun, 2018, Notes on scythridid moths in Habahu National Nature Reserves, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae), Zootaxa 4369 (3), pp. 349-362 : 353

Scythris caballoides Nupponen, 2009

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Scythris caballoides Nupponen, 2009: 344 . TL: Uzbekistan. TD: T. & K. Nupponen.

Material examined. Yanchi: 1♂, 3♀, Zhouzhuangzi, 1461 m, 24.vii.2013, leg. Houhun Li et al., 1♂, 1452 m, 8.vii‒2.viii.2016, leg. Kang Lou, slide No. LK16041♂; 6♂, 3♀, Qingyangjing, 1469 m, 1‒28.vii.2016, leg. Kang Lou, slide Nos: LK16035♂, LK16063♀; 2♂, 1♀, Sandaochuan, Liuyangpu, 1311 m, 12.vii.2016, leg. Kang Lou, slide No: LK16049♂; 1♂, Shabianzi, Liuyangpu, 1337 m, 15.vii.2016, leg. Kang Lou.

Distribution. China (Ningxia), Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan ( Nupponen 2011).

Remarks. This species is newly recorded for China.

Figures

FIGURES 2‒9. Adults of Scythris spp. 2, S. fustivalva sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 3, head of S. fustivalva sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 4, S. caballoides, ♂; 5, S. mikkolai, ♂; 6, S. buszkoi, ♂; 7, S. orientella, ♂; 8, S. pallidella, ♂; 9, S. sinevi, ♂ (Scale bars = 2.5mm except 3 = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 13‒15. Genitalia of Scythris caballoides. 13, male genitalia, slide no. LK16035; 14, tergum VIII (up) and sternum VIII (down), slide no.LK16035; 15, female genitalia, slide no. LK16063 (Scale bars = 0.25 mm).