Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991

Li, Weichun, Li, Houhun & Nuss, Matthias, 2012, Taxonomic revision of the genus Eudonia Billberg, 1820 from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae), Zootaxa 3273, pp. 1-27 : 15

15. Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991

Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991: 104 , figs. 14, 15, 23, 28; Seino & Mano, 2002: 338, fig. 13. Type locality: Madarasawa, Kurikoma, Miyagi pref., Honshu, Japan.

Material examined. China: 1 3, 1 Ƥ, Xinjiashan Forestry Centre (33°55ʹN, 106°31ʹE), Fengxian, Shaanxi Province, 1600 m, 9.vii.1988, leg. Houhun Li (genitalia slide Nos. LWC06131, LWC08075); 2 3, Hualongshan (32°41ʹN, 109°01ʹE), Zhengheya, Ankang, Shaanxi Province, 2150 m, 27.vi.2003, leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide No. LWC08038); 2 3, 1 Ƥ, Xunyangba (33°19ʹN, 108°20ʹE), Ningshan, Shaanxi Province, 1360 m, 26.vi–3.vii.2007, leg. Haili Yu (genitalia slide Nos. LWC08059, LWC08144); 1 3, Yongfu (24°59ʹN, 109°59ʹE), Guilin, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, vi.2006, leg. Zhongfang Zhao (genitalia slide No. LWC06274); 10 3, 8 ƤƤ, Qinmu Village, Yongfu, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, 160 m, 1–6.v.2008, leg. Li Zhang and Hui Zhen (genitalia slide Nos. LWC08165, LWC08234); 1 3, Jinxiu, Yongfu, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, 24.iv.2008, leg. Li Zhang and Hui Zhen; 4 3, 4 ƤƤ, Maoershan (45°19ʹN, 127°30ʹE), Heilongjiang Province, 17–19.vii.2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu; 60 3, 97 ƤƤ, Liangshui National Nature Reserves (47°60ʹN, 128°32ʹE), Heilongjiang Province, 21–22.vii.2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu; 22 3, 8 ƤƤ, Meifeng, Nantou (23°54ʹN, 120°40ʹE), Taiwan, ca. 2150 m, 27–30.iv. 1999, leg. Mey and Ebert (genitalia slide Nos. LWC09068, LWC09069).

Diagnosis. Eudonia persimilis Sasaki, 1991 is similar to E. microdontalis ( Hampson, 1907) and E. owadai Sasaki, 1998 . The differences between them are stated under E. microdontalis and E. owadai .

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Taiwan), Japan, Russia.

Remarks. Eudonia persimilis is recorded for the first time in China.