Synochoneura wuyishana, Liang & Mo & Wang & Wang, 2023

Liang, Teng-Da, Mo, Shi-Fang, Wang, Min & Wang, Chen-Bin, 2023, A key to the species of genus Synochoneura Obraztsov, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China with the descriptions of a new species from Wuyishan National Park, Zootaxa 5351 (5), pp. 590-594 : 591

Synochoneura wuyishana sp. nov. ( Figs. 1-8 )

Type material. Holotype: male, Wuyishan National Park , Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, CHINA, altitude 1200 m, 16-VII-2022, leg. Min Wang & Tengda Liang. Paratypes: 1 male, Wuyishan National Park , Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, CHINA, altitude 1200m, 17-VII-2022, leg. Min Wang & Yulong Zhang ; 1 female, Wuyishan National Park , Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, CHINA, altitude 1200m, 13-V-2023, leg. Min Wang & Tengda Liang ; 1 male, Wuyishan National Park , Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, CHINA, altitude 1200m, 30-VII-2022, leg. Min Wang & Tengda Liang.

Diagnosis. The new species closely resembles S. sapana , but exhibits a broader brown broadband on the forewing and a darker ground color overall. Additionally, the apex of the hindwing more prominent. In terms of female genitalia, there are notable differences: the sterigma is elongated, while the upper part of the signum takes on a semicircular shape with a subcylindrical lower part.

Description. Male ( Fig. 1, 3-4 ). Wingspan 16 mm. Head and frons covered with off-white hairs; Antenna pale yellowish brown. Labial palpus outer surface tawny basally and faint yellow apically. Tegula yellowish brown. In the thorax, dorsum yellowish brown baslly, mesothorax with erect crest dark brown scales. Apex of the forewing slightly pointed, termen straight and oblique, tornus broader. Ground color of forewing yellowish brown, with yellowish brown costa. Outside the costa dominate yellowish brown to rust brown from base to apex; median fascia gray from middle to tornus, edged silver white, X-shaped; cilia cream brown. The hindwing translucency, yellowish to apex and termen, cilia grey.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 5-7 ). Uncus slender and bears sparse short hair, pointed apically. Tegumen broad and short. Socii short ligule, bears sparse soft hair. The gnathos with arms widen basally and hook-like terminally. Transtilla narrowed at middle. Costa prominent slightly basally. Valve broad basally, Cucullus with a soft scopula. Sacculus developed and narrowed at middle like a hook. Juxta rounded. Aedeagus short and curved; cornute absent.

Female ( Fig. 2 ). Wingspan 21 mm. The characters of female moths are essentially identical to those of males, with the exception that females typically exhibit larger size, darker forewings, uniform yellowish brown hindwings, cream apex.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 8 ). Apophyses anteriores slightly shorter than apophyses posteriors. The sterigma elongated, cup-shaped, and the ductus bursae thick and short; signum large, semicircular basally and subcylindrical apically.

Distribution. Wuyishan National Park, Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, CHINA.

Etymology. The specific name is given after its type locality Wuyishan National Park, which is renowned for its abundant biodiversity and unique geological features, making it an ideal location for the discovery of the new species.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4.1, S. wuyishana sp. nov., holotype male; 2, S. wuyishana sp. nov., paratype female; 3, S. wuyishana sp. nov., paratype male; 4, S. wuyishana sp. nov., paratype male.

FIGURES 5-8. Genitalia of Synochoneura spp., 5, S. wuyishana sp. nov., holotype male; 6, S. wuyishana sp. nov., paratype male; 7, S. wuyishana sp. nov., paratype male; 8, S. wuyishana sp. nov., paratype female.