Dichomeris microsphena Meyrick, 1921

Zhao, Shengnan, Park, Kyu-Tek, Bae, Yang-Seop & Li, Houhun, 2017, Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae) from Cambodia, including associated Chinese species, Zootaxa 4273 (2), pp. 216-234 : 226

Dichomeris microsphena Meyrick, 1921

Figs 10 , 23 , 33 .

Dichomeris microsphena Meyrick, 1921: 166 . TL: Indonesia (Java). Gaesa microsphena: Meyrick, 1925: 179 .

Material examined. CAMBODIA: 1♂, Kep (10°29'N, 104°18'E), 17.vii.2012, leg. Y. S. Bae et al., genitalia slide No. CIS-6724 ( INU).

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 10 ) wingspan 13.0–14.0 mm. This species is easily recognized by having a crownshaped uncus with well-developed projections on the posterior margin, a valva that is narrow in basal 2/3 and inflated in distal 1/3 ( Fig. 23 ); the ductus bursae with a sclerotized S-shaped belt extending from its base to approximately anterior 1/3 of the corpus bursae ( Fig. 33 ).

Distribution. Cambodia (Kep), China ( Hong Kong, Taiwan), India, Indonesia (Java).

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 13. Adults of Dichomeris spp. 8, D. magnimacularis sp. nov., paratype, male; 9, D. hainanensis sp. nov., paratype, male; 10, D. microsphena Meyrick, male; 11, D. cambodiensis sp. nov., holotype, male; 12, D. matsumurai Ponomarenko & Ueda, female; 13, Dichomeris acutivalvata sp. nov., holotype, male. Scales = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 20 – 25. Male genitalia of Dichomeris spp. 20, D. obsepta (Meyrick), genitalia slide No. ZSN 15276; 21, D. magnimacularis sp. nov., holotype, genitalia slide No. L 00129; 22, D. hainanensis sp. nov., paratype, genitalia slide No. NKLEP 001; 23, D. microsphena Meyrick, genitalia slide No. 6724; 24, D. cambodiensis sp. nov., holotype, genitalia slide No. 6698; 25, D. matsumurai Ponomarenko & Ueda, male, genitalia slide No. 6685. Scales = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 31 – 34. Female genitalia of Dichomeris spp. 31, D. magnimacularis sp. nov., paratype, genitalia slide No. ZH 09066; 32, D. hainanensis sp. nov., paratype, genitalia slide No. ZSN 15350; 33, D. microsphena Meyrick, genitalia slide No. ZH 09147; 34, D. matsumurai Ponomarenko & Ueda, genitalia slide No. 6697. Scales = 1.0 mm.