Punctulata palliptera Wang, 2006

Tao, Zhulin & Wang, Shuxia, 2021, Taxonomic study of the genus Punctulata Wang (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 5027 (3), pp. 376-386 : 384

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Punctulata palliptera Wang, 2006: 160 . TL: China ( Henan). TD: NKU.

Material examined. Type material. CHINA, Henan: Holotype ♂, Neixiang County ( 33.02°N, 111.50°E), 650 m, 12.VII.1998, leg. HH Li, slide No. W98283. GoogleMaps

Additional material. CHINA, Zhejiang: 1♀, Mt. Jiulong , 400 m, 5.VIII.2011, leg. LL Yang & N Chen, slide No. WYQ15039 ; 1♂, Neijiujian, Mt. Jiulong , 430 m, 7.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin & XC Wang, slide No. WYQ13046 ; 1♀, Huangtanyu, Mt. Jiulong , 467 m, 8.VII.2013, leg. AH Yin & XC Wang, slide No. WYQ15038 ; 1♂, Fuze Vil- lage, Chunan County, 144 m, 1.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu, slide No. TZL19151 ; Guizhou: 1♂ 1♀, Suoluo, Chishui , 390 m, 27. V.2000, leg. YL Du, slide Nos. JYY16133 ♂, JYY16134 ♀; 1♂, 240 m, IX.22.2000, leg. HL Yu, slide No. JYY16135 ♂; 1♂, Fangxiangxiang, Mt. Leigong , 910 m, 4.VIII.2018, leg. ML Zheng et al., slide No. TZL19139 ; 3♂, Sanchahe Town, Xishui , 767–804 m, 30. VI –2.VII.2019, leg. MR Xing, slide No. TZL19126 ; 2♂, Fangxiangx- iang, Mt. Lei , 915 m, 29.VII.2019, leg. MR Xing et al., slide Nos. TZL19662, TZL19379 ; Chongqing: 1♂, Mt. Simian , 1280 m, 12.VIII.2012, leg. XF Yang & TT Liu, slide No. WYQ14033 .

Diagnosis. Punctulata palliptera can be distinguished from its congeners by the saccus widened apically ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 10–15 ). It is similar to P. novipalliptera Wang , sp. nov., and the differences between them are stated under P. novipalliptera .

Description. Adult ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 4–9 ) with wingspan 12.5–15.0 mm. Body color and forewing pattern in female same as those in male.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 16–18 ). Papillae anales setose, rounded on caudal margin. Apophyses anteriores about 5/8 length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum cup-shaped. Ductus bursae membranous, posterior 2/5 narrow, anterior 3/5 slightly inflated, with a sclerite bearing numerous teeth; ductus seminalis from posterior 2/5. Corpus bursae elliptical, about same length as ductus bursae, spiculate partially; signum near entrance of corpus bursae, with two long spines curved before pointed apex.

Distribution. China ( Chongqing, Guizhou, Henan, Zhejiang).

Notes. The female of this species is described for the first time.