Ypsolopha mucronella

Jin, Qing, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2013, Review of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 from China (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae), Zootaxa 3705 (1), pp. 1-91 : 38

Ypsolopha mucronella -group

This species-group is characterized by the labial palpus with the third segment shorter than the second, the forewing with apex produced, somewhat falcate, R4 and R5 stalked, CuA1 and CuA2 approximate, connate or short stalked from the angle, the hindwing with M2 and M3 remote or approximate; the male genitalia with the narrow and short anellus sparsely spinous, the cornuti mostly composed of two rows of microspines; the female genitalia with a short antrum parallel-sided or nearly so, and the signum with one thick transverse ridge.

This group is composed of 20 species from China. Among them, seven are described as new and five are newly recorded for China.