Scythris orientella Sinev, 2001

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 : 353-354

Scythris orientella Sinev, 2001

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Scythris orientella Sinev, 2001: 15 . TL: Russia. TD: ZIRAS.

Material examined. Yanchi: 1♂, Xishawo, 1360 m, 19.vii.2013, Houhun Li et al.; 1♂, Zhouzhuangzi, 1461 m, 14.vi.2014, leg. Houhun Li et al., slide No. LK16058 ♂; 1♂, Liuyangpu, 1320 m, 19.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong; 1♂, Erdaohu, 1397 m, 22.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong; 1♂, Gaoshawo, 1480 m, 24.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong, slide No. LK16059 ♂; 2♂, Xijingtan, 1343 m, 12‒13.viii.2016, leg. Kang Lou, slide No. LK16052 ♂.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Ningxia, Shaanxi), Mongolia, Russia.

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 20‒23. Male genitalia, tergum and sternum of Scythris spp. 20‒21, S. buszkoi: 20, male genitalia, 21, tergum VIII, slide no. LK16053; 22‒23, S. orientella: 22, male genitalia, 23, sternum VIII, slide no.LK16052(Scale bars = 0.25 mm).