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Corresponding author: Yanpeng Cai ( cyp815@hotmail.com ) Academic editor: Mark Metz
© 2020 Aihui Yin, Yanpeng Cai.
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Yin A, Cai Y (2020) One new species and one newly recorded species of the genus Lasiochira Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from China. ZooKeys 918: 143-150. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.918.48544
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Lasiochira wuzhishanensis Yin, sp. nov. is described herein from the island province of Hainan, China. It is diagnosed from a similar species, Lasiochira jianfengensis Yin, Wang & Park, 2014. Both species are sympatric in Hainan province, but the latter is also known in northern Vietnam. Lasiochira pallidiptera Yin, Wang & Park, 2014 is recorded for the first time from China. Color images of the adults and genitalia of the above three species are provided. In addition, a checklist and a geographical distribution map of all species of Lasiochira Meyrick are included.
Checklist, key, morphology, moth, taxonomy
Lasiochira Meyrick, 1931 is a small genus included in the Oecophoridae, with unknown biology. The type species, Lasiochira camaropa Meyrick, 1931, was diagnosed based on two male syntype specimens from Kwanhsien, China.
The genus Lasiochira is mainly characterized by having a pale, N-shaped pattern consisting of three joined stripes and several small tufts of erect scales on the forewing (Figs
Recent collecting efforts in the Hainan and Hubei provinces produced a new species, described herein, and the first record of L. pallidiptera Yin, Wang & Park, 2014 in China. The objectives of this study are to describe the new species and update the distributions of the known species.
All specimens for this study were collected in 2018 from the Hainan and Hubei provinces of China. The descriptive terminology of the anatomical structures follows
All type specimens are deposited in the Morphological Laboratory, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Lasiochira camaropa Meyrick, 1931, by monotypy.
1 Lasiochira camaropa Meyrick, 1931: 71
Distribution: China (Sichuan province).
2 Lasiochira flaviterminata Yin, Wang & Park, 2014: 33
Distribution: China (Chongqing City).
3 Lasiochira jianfengensis Yin, Wang & Park, 2014: 25
Distribution: China (Hainan province), Vietnam (North).
4 Lasiochira jiulongshana Yin, Wang & Park, 2014: 27
Distribution: China (Zhejiang province).
5 Lasiochira pallidiptera Yin, Wang & Park, 2014: 30
Distribution: China (Hubei province), Korea (Central).
6 Lasiochira rosataenia Yin, Wang & Park, 2014: 32
Distribution: Vietnam (North).
7 Lasiochira taiwanensis Yin, Wang & Park, 2014: 31
Distribution: China (Taiwan province).
8 Lasiochira wuzhishanensis Yin, sp. nov.
Distribution: China (Hainan province).
9 Lasiochira xanthacma (Meyrick, 1938: 10)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guizhou, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Yunnan provinces).
Holotype : ♂; China: Hainan province, Wuzhishan City, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve; alt. 650 m; 18°54'36"N, 109°40'48"E; 10 May 2018; Zhengyong Wang leg.; YC00025. Paratypes: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; same locality as holotype; alt. 650 m; 18°54'36"N, 109°40'48"E; 10–15 May 2018; Zhengyong Wang leg.; YC00026 ♂, YC00022 ♀, YC00023 ♀, YAH19072 ♀.
Lasiochira wuzhishanensis Yin, sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners by the following two character states: forewing ocherous brown in ground color (Fig.
Head: Vertex and front white, tinged with pale ocherous yellow on cervical area; labial palpi white, first segment with dark brown scales dorsally, second segment somewhat tinged with pale ocherous brown, denser ventrally, third segment with broad pale ocherous brown ring at distal 1/4; antenna with scape white, covered with pale ocherous yellow scales on dorsal surface, pecten pale yellow, flagellum pale ocherous yellow, ringed with white; proboscis white.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum white, with three transverse pale ocherous brown bands; legs pale yellowish white, tibiae and tarsi pale ocherous brown on outer surface and pale ocherous brown and pale yellowish white on inner surface. Forewing (Fig.
Male genitalia (Fig.
Female genitalia (Fig.
Lasiochira wuzhishanensis Yin, sp. nov. is very similar in wing pattern to L. jianfengensis Yin, Wang and Park (Figs
Male and female genitalia of Lasiochira species 4 L. wuzhishanensis Yin, sp. nov., holotype, male genital capsule and phallus, gen. slide no. YC00025 5 L. jianfengensis Yin, Wang and Park, male genital capsule and phallus, gen. slide no. YC00024 6 L. wuzhishanensis Yin, sp. nov., paratype, female genitalia, gen. slide no. YC00023 6a L. wuzhishanensis Yin, sp. nov., enlargement of corpus bursae, gen. slide no. YC00023 7 L. jianfengensis Yin, Wang and Park, female genitalia, gen. slide no. YC00028 7a L. jianfengensis Yin, Wang and Park, enlargement of corpus bursae, gen. slide no. YC00028. Scale bars: 0.40 mm.
Unknown. Adults were attracted to white light in May.
Known only from the type locality (China: Hainan province).
The species epithet is derived from the name of the type locality, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve.
Lasiochira pallidiptera Yin, Wang & Park, 2014: 30 (Lasiochira; type locality: Mt. Godae-san, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeongbuk province, Korea).
3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; China, Hubei province, Huanggang City, Yingshan County, Taohuachong Forest Park; alt. 700 m; 30°59'04"N, 115°56'15"E; 5 Jun. 2018; Zhengyong Wang leg.; YAH18154 ♂, YAH18157 ♂, YAH18160 ♀, YAH19075 ♂.
This species is recorded from China for the first time.
Unknown. Adults were attracted to white light in June.
We want to thank the editors and the reviewers for reviewing this manuscript and giving a lot of constructive suggestions. This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31760630, No. 31760629) and the Guizhou Provincial Department of Education Youth Science and Technology Talent Growth Project (黔教合KY字[2017]175, Guizhou Education KY word [2018]211).