Opacoptera kerastiodes Park, 2021

Yu, Shuai & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, Opacoptera Gozmany (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, ZooKeys 1158, pp. 133-146 : 133

Opacoptera kerastiodes Park, 2021

Figs 9 , 16

Opacoptera kerastiodes Park, 2021 in Park and Kim 2021: 175. TL: Thailand (Chiang Mai). TD: ZMUC.

Material examined.

China: 1♂, 31.vii.2019 , 2♂, 2.viii.2019, Yunnan, Menghai County, Damanlu Village , 1128 m, KJ Teng et al. leg., slide No. YS 19048 .

Description.

Wingspan 12.5-13.0 mm (Fig. 9 ).

Diagnosis.

This species is distinct among other species by having a clavate valva (Fig. 16 ). It is similar to O. ecblasta Wu, 1996, and the differences between them are stated in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, new record), Thailand ( Park and Kim 2021).

Remarks.

This species was originally described from Thailand based on a single male. It is recorded from China for the first time in this paper.

Figures

Figures 3 - 10. Dorsal habitus of Opacoptera spp. 3 O. callirrhabda (Meyrick, 1936), female, YS 19435 4 O. condensata sp. nov., paratype, female, LSR 13198 5 O. ecblasta Wu, 1996, male, LSR 11240 6 O. flavicana Wu & Liu, 1992, female, LSR 11247 7 O. hybocentra sp. nov., holotype, male, YS 19424 8 O. introflexa sp. nov., paratype, male 9 O. kerastiodes Park, 2021, male, YS 19048 10 O. longissima sp. nov., paratype, male. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

Figures 15 - 17. Male genitalia of Opacoptera spp. 15 O. introflexa sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS 19429 16 O. kerastiodes Park, 2021, slide No. YS 19048 17 O. longissima sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS 19422. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.