Nosphistica orientana Park, 2005

Yu, Shuai & Wang, Shuxia, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, 1911 (Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 4664 (4), pp. 497-517 : 513-514

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scientific name	Nosphistica orientana Park, 2005
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Nosphistica orientana Park, 2005 View in CoL

( Figs 15 View FIGURES 12-17 , 28 View FIGURES 24-30 , 36 View FIGURES 35-38 )

Nosphistica orientana Park, 2005: 124 View in CoL . TL: China ( Guangdong Province). TD: NSMT.

Material examined. CHINA, Zhejiang Province: 1♀, Mt. Fengyang, Longquan, Lishui , 1470 m, 26.VII.2007, leg. Qing Jin, slide No. LSR13170 ; 1♀, Huangtanyu, Mt. Jiulong , 467 m, 3.VII.2013, leg. Aihui Yin & Xiuc- hun Wang, slide No. LSR13234 ; 1♂, Yanping, Mt. Jiulong , 530 m, 4.VII.2013, leg. Aihui Yin & Xiuchun Wang, slide No. LSR13229 ; 3♂, 1♀, Baishanzu , Qingyuan County, 1149 m, 13–14, 16.VIII.2016, leg. Qingyun Wang, Meiqing Yang & Ping Liu, slide Nos. YS 17082 ♂, YS17083 ♂; Hubei Province : 1♂, Shayuan, Hefeng , 1260 m, 15.VII.1999, leg. Houhun Li, slide No. ZYM05099 ; 1♂, Houhe, Wufeng , 1000 m, 10.VII.1999, leg. Houhun Li, slide No. ZYM06118 ; 2♂, Mt. Jiugong, Xianning , 27.VII.2011, leg. Yunli Xiao, slide Nos. LSR13497 , YS17105; Guangdong Province: 7♀, Nanling, Shaoguan , 1–7.VIII.2006, leg. Wei Xiong & Jing Wang, slide No. LSR13168 ; 1♂, Nanling, Shaoguan , 21–28.VI.2008, leg. Liusheng Chen ; 1♂, Nanling, Shaoguan , 27.V.2009, leg. Min Wang ; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region : 1♂, 1♀, Huaping , 950 m, 6.VIII.2016, leg. Weichun Li, slide Nos. LSR13163 ♂, LSR13164 ♀; Sichuan Province : 1♂, Mabian County, 900 m, 21.VII.2004, leg. Yingdang Ren, slide No. LSR13165 ; 1♂, Bifengxia, Ya’an , 1115 m, 28.VI.2016, leg. Kaijian Teng & Xiaofei Yang, slide No. YS 17132 ; Chongqing: 1♂, Tudiyan, Mt. Simian , 1200 m, 8.VIII.2011, leg. Guiqing He & Lifang Song, slide No. YS 17134 ; Guizhou Province: 1♀, Linjiang, Xishui , 500 m, 24.IX.2000, slide No. ZYM05100 ; 1♀, Huguosi, Mt. Fanjing , 1300 m, 1.VIII.2001, leg. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang ; 4♂, Kuankuoshui, Suiyang , 1500 m, 12, 16–17.VIII.2010, leg. Linlin Yang, slide No. LSR13143 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 12-17 ) wingspan 16.0–22.0 mm. In the male genitalia this species is characterized by the valva subparallel and the juxta with lateral process shorter than 1/6 the length of the juxta ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 24-30 ), and in the female genitalia by the large single signum with four horizontal ridges ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 35-38 ). It is superficially similar to N. grandiunca sp. nov., and the differences are stated in the preceding species.

Distribution. China ( Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Vietnam (North).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Lecithoceridae
Genus	Nosphistica