Spatulignatha chrysopteryx Wu, 1994

Liu, Shurong & Wang, Shuxia, 2014, Taxonomic review of the genus Spatulignatha Gozmány, 1978 (Lepidoptera: Lecithocerinae), with descriptions of two new species in China, Zootaxa 3793 (3), pp. 361-370 : 362

Spatulignatha chrysopteryx Wu, 1994

( Figs. 1 a, 2a, 3a)

Spatulignatha chrysopteryx Wu, 1994: 198 . Type Locality: China (Sichuan). Type Depository: IZCAS.

Material examined. China: 1 ♂, Ruili Rare Arboretum, Ruili County (23°38′N, 97°59′E) Yunnan Province, 1000 m, 5.viii.2005, coll. Yingdang Ren.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Figs. 1 a, 2a) with wing expanse 16.0–20.0 mm. This species can be separated from its congeners by the valva gradually narrowed to rounded apex, and the sacculus with a terminal spine in the male genitalia ( Fig. 3 a).

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Yunnan).

Remarks. Spatulignatha chrysopteryx was described by Wu (1994) based on one male specimen from Sichuan. The additional specimen in this study was collected from Yunnan. The female remains unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Male adults of Spatulignatha spp. a, S. chrysopteryx; b, S. arcuata sp. nov.; c, S. hemichrysa; d, S. idiogena; e, S. longizonalis sp. nov.; f, S. olaxana. (Scales = 2.0 mm).

FIGURE 3. Male genitalia of Spatulignatha spp. a, S. chrysopteryx, slide No. LSR 13076; b, S. arcuata sp. nov., slide No. LSR 13057; c, S. hemichrysa, slide No. LSR 11007; d, S. idiogena, slide No. LSR 12089; e, S. longizonalis sp. nov., slide No. LSR 13039; f, S. olaxana, slide No. LSR 11204. (Scales = 0.5 mm).