Pedioxestis ferruginea Wang & Zheng

Wang, Shuxia, 2006, The genus Pedioxestis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 1330, pp. 51-58 : 53-54

Pedioxestis ferruginea Wang & Zheng

( Figs. 1 , 6 , 9 )

Pedioxestis ferruginea Wang & Zheng, 2000: 431 .

Type material. Holotype: ɗ, China: Xixia County (33°18'N, 111°29'E), Henan Province, 890 m, 18.vii.1998, coll. Houhun Li. Paratypes: 1 ɗ, 6 Ψ, 17–19.vii.1998, same locality as holotype; 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Neixiang County, Henan Province, 14–15.vii.1998, coll. Houhun Li; 1 ɗ, Fengxian, Shaanxi Province, 1600 m, 9.vii.1988, coll. Houhun Li; 1 ɗ, Zhouzhi, Shaanxi Province, 1750 m, 12.vii.1987, coll. Houhun Li.

Additional material. 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Shennongjia, Hubei Province, 1200–1400 m, 17.vii.2003, coll. Shulian Hao; 1 ɗ, 6 Ψ, Lushi, Henan Province, 1200 m, 17–21.vii.2001, coll. Dandan Zhang; 2 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Fengxian, Shaanxi Province, 9–10 and 13–14.vii.1988, coll. Houhun Li.

Redescription. Adult ( Fig. 1 ): Wing expanse 16.0–18.0 mm. Head shinning white, with appressed scales. Labial palpus white, except for outside and ventral surface of second segment light brown. Antenna with scape white, flagellum scales light brown and white. Thorax, tegula, and forewing uniformly ocherous brown. Forewing narrowly rounded at apex; cilia grayish brown. Hindwing and cilia dark brown. Legs grayish white, tarsi light brown distally; foreleg with brown speckles on tibia and tarsus; hindleg with basal half of tibia light brown on outer surface. Abdomen dark brown.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 6 ): Uncus broad at base, slightly narrowed to rounded apex, slightly slanting rightward, sparsely setose laterally. Gnathos large, tongue-shaped, sclerotized, distal portion with dense warts, apex rounded. Vinculum a narrow band, pointed terminally. Valva widest at base, narrowed distally, rounded at apex; costa slightly concave at middle. Sacculus sclerotized, almost as long as costa, wide at base, narrowed distally, curved upward at apex, with a large hairy thumblike process basally. Saccus elongate, longer than valva, lateral sides nearly parallel, apex rounded. Juxta large, deeply concave posteriorly, wide V-shaped; lateral lobe more sclerotized distally. Aedeagus longer than valva, straight, slightly broader at base, narrowed to pointed apex, toothed distally; cornutus slender, sclerotized.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 9 ): Papillae anales large, rounded caudally. Apophyses anteriores and posteriores about equal in length. Lamella postvaginalis a sclerotized narrow band; ostium bursae large rectangular; antrum large, long trapezoidal. Ductus bursae broad basally, membranous; basal half with microtrichia. Corpus bursae somewhat rounded, with small teeth; signum large, rhomboidal, densely toothed.

Distribution. China (Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Adults of Pedioxestis. 1, P. ferruginea Wang & Zheng; 2, P. concaviuscula, sp. n.; 3, P. bipartita, sp. n.; 4, P. wuyiensis, sp. n.

FIGURES 5 – 8. Wing venation and male genitalia of Pedioxestis spp. 5, Venation of P. ferruginea Wang & Zheng; 6, genitalia of P. ferruginea Wang & Zheng; 7, genitalia of P. concaviuscula, sp. n.; 8, genitalia of P. bipartita, sp. n.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Female genitalia of Pedioxestis spp. 9, P. ferruginea Wang & Zheng; 10, P. concaviuscula, sp. n.; 11, P. bipartita, sp. n.; 12, P. wuyiensis, sp. n.