Ochyrocita connexiva (Walsingham, 1891)

Hao, Shu-Lian, 2014, Taxonomic review of the genus Ochyrotica Walsingham from China (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Ochyroticinae), Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 283-291 : 285-287

Ochyrocita connexiva (Walsingham, 1891) ( Figs 3–10 )

Steganodactyla connexiva Walsingham, 1891 . Entomologist’s Mon. Mag., 27: 242, taf. 12, fig. 4. Type locality: Burma. Holotype ♀: “ Thandsung, Karen Hills, 4 000ft., Pegu, Doherty , 1890, no. 41747”. GU 17992 ♀. Coll. BMNH.

Ochyrocita connexiva (Walsingham) , Meyrick, 1913. Lep. Cat., 17: 31.

Adult ( Figs 3–6 ). Wing span 16–17 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs 7–8 ). Uncus simple, hooked, acute at apex. Tegumen arched. Cucullus wide and round, equal to base of valva in width. Saccular process with basal portion strongly curved, directed towards base of valva, distal portion

© Zoological Systematics, 392): 283–291 equal to uncus in length, reaching about 3/4 of costa. Saccus with anterior margin slightly concave. Anellus with basal portion biforked, diastal portion ring-shaped. Aedeagus about equal to valva in length, arcuate, with a wide hooked process at base.

Female genitalia ( Figs 9–10 ). As illustrated.

Material examined. China, 1 ♀, Mt. Jianfeng, Hainan Province, 8 April 1980, genitalia slide No. HSL02547; 1♂, Mt. Diaoluo , Hainan, 2 June 2007, collected by Zhi-Wei Zhang and Wei-Chun Li , genitalia slide No. HSL09115; 1♀, Mt. Wuzhi , Hainan Province, elev. 700 m, 18 May 2007, collected by Zhi-Wei Zhang and Wei-Chun Li, slide No. HSL09351; 1♀, Shuiman, Mt. Wuzhi , Hainan Province, elev. 640 m, 20 May 2007, collected by Zhi-Wei Zhang and Wei-Chun Li, genitalia slide No. HSL09116; 1♀, Donger gongzuozhan, Mt. Bawang , Hainan Province, elev. 1 000 m, 23 April 2009, collected by Bing-Bing Hu and Qing Jin, genitalia slide No. HSL09168. The aboved specimens are deposited in NKUM . 1♀, Tianchi , Hainan Province, 10 April 1980, genitalia slide No. P137 , deposited in IZCAS.

Distrbution. China (Hainan, Taiwan); Myanmar, Thailand, India, Bhutan.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by its forewing markings with costal margin and dorsal margin touched

© Zoological Systematics, 39(2): 283–291 twice, which touched only once in other 10 species of O. connexiva -group. It is similar to Ochyrotica zolotuhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich ( Figs 19–24 ) in the male genitalia, but can be distinguished by the wide and round cucullus nearly equal to base of valva in width; the saccular process reaching about 3/4 of costa; the aedeagus with a wider hooked process at base; and the sternite VII in female genitalia irregular V-shaped posteriorly.

Remarks. This species was originally described by Walsingham (1891) based on a female specimen from Mt Karen Hills, Pegu, Burma. Arenberger (1988) redescribed this species and provided the adult photograph and drawings of the holotype. Arenberger (1995) presented a colour male adult photograph, but did not describe the genitalia. Yano (1966) firstly recorded its distribution in Taiwan. We examined a male and five female specimens from Hainan Province in this study. Based on which we describe the male for the first time and found some variations in the shape and width of the posteriorly V-shaped sternite VII ( Figs 9–10 ) in the female genitalia.

Figures

Figs 3–10. Ochyrotica connexiva (Walsingham). 3–6. Adult. 7–8. Male genitalia. 9–10. Female genitalia. 3–4. Genitalia slide No. HSL09115 (♂). 5. Genitalia slide No. HSL09351 (♀). 6. Provided by Arenberger (1995). 7–8. Genitalia slide No. HSL09115. 9. Genitalia slide No. HSL09351. 10. Genitalia slide No. HSL09168.

Figs 19–24. Ochyrotica zolotuhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich. 19, 21, 23. Adult. 20, 22, 24. Male genitalia. 19–20. HSL09117. 21–22. Provided by Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich (2010). 23–24. Genitalia slide No. HSL09167.