Opacoptera ecblasta Wu, 1996

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

Opacoptera ecblasta Wu, 1996

Figs 5 , 13

Opacoptera ecblasta Wu, 1996: 12. TL: China (Sichuan). TD: IZCAS.

Material examined.

China: 1♂, Hubei, Xianfeng, Mahexiang , 400 m, 24.vii.1999, HH Li et al. leg., slide No. LSR11174 ; 3♂, Chongqing, Mt. Jinfo , 1100 m, 6-7.viii.2012, XF Yang & TT Liu leg. ; 2♂, Chongqing, Mt. simian, 1280 m, 11-12.viii.2012, XF Yang & TT Liu leg. ; 9♂, Guizhou, Mayanghe , 430 m, 5-10.vi.2007, XC Du leg. , slide Nos. LSR11239, LSR11240, LSR14013 ; 1♂, 28.ix.2007, 1♂, 1.x.2007, Guizhou, Mayanghe, 700 m, H Zhen leg. ; 3♂, Guizhou, Xishui County, 500 m, 24, 26.ix.2000, HL Yu leg. ; 2♂, Guizhou, Xishui County, 500 m, 31.v.2000, YL Du leg. , slide No. ZMR09041 ; 1♂, Guizhou, Chishui, Suoluo , 240 m, 23.ix.2000, HL Yu leg. ; 1♂, Guizhou, Chishui, Suoluo , 390 m, 27.v.2000, YL Du leg. ; 3♂, Yunnan, Malipo County, Xiajinchang , 1470 m, 26, 29.vii.2016, KJ Teng, GE Lee & T Wang leg. , slide No. YS19423 ; 11♂, Yunnan, Daozhen County, Xiannvdong , 600 m, 17-18.viii.2004, YL Xiao leg. , slide No. LSR13339 .

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to O. kerastiodes Park, 2021 both in appearance and male genitalia. It can be distinguished by the third palpomere of the labial palpus with hair-pencils, the heart-shaped uncus and the needle-like posterior lobes of the juxta (Fig. 13 ); in O. kerastiodes , the third palpomere of the labial palpus is smooth, the uncus is subrectangular, and the posterior lobes of the juxta are horn-shaped.

Description.

Wingspan 11.0-13.5 mm (Fig. 5 ).

Distribution.

China (Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan).

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 11 - 14. Male genitalia of Opacoptera spp. 11 O. callirrhabda (Meyrick, 1936), slide No. YS 19428 12 O. condensata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. LSR 12090 12 a cornuti of O. condensata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. YS 17042 13 O. ecblasta Wu, 1996, slide No. LSR 14013 14 O. hybocentra sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YS 19424. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.