Thiotricha clinopeda Meyrick, 1918

Thiotricha clinopeda Meyrick, 1918 View in CoL

( Figs 20A View FIGURE 20 , 27H View FIGURE 27 , 28F View FIGURE 28 , 43D, L View FIGURE 43 , 60C View FIGURE 60 , 66C, D View FIGURE 66 , 73A View FIGURE 73 )

Thiotricha clinopeda Meyrick, 1918: 124 View in CoL ; 1925: 102; Gaede, 1937: 304; Clarke, 1969: 452; Ivinskis et al., 1984: 38. TL: N. Coorg, India. TD: NHMUK.

Type material ( Figs 66C, D View FIGURE 66 , 73A View FIGURE 73 ). Lectotype ♂, INDIA, N. Coorg, Dibidi , 3,500 feet, i.1912, leg. L. Newcome, genitalia slide no. J. F.G.C. 8356 ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: 1 ♂, Bubang ( 21.6°N, 101.59°E), 650 m, Mengla County, 22.viii.2005, leg. Yingdang Ren, genitalia slide no. LGE18782 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Yexianggu ( 22.17°N, 100.87°E), 762 m, Xishuangbanna, 19.vii.2014, leg. Kaijian Teng, Wei Guan, Xiuchun Wang and Shurong Liu, genitalia slide no. LGE18783 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Bubang ( 21.60°N, 101.59°E), 656 m, Xishuangbanna, 22.vii.2014, leg. Kaijian Teng, Wei Guan, Xiuchun Wang and Shurong Liu, genitalia slide no. LGE18784 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ). Wingspan 8.0− 8.5 mm. Thiotricha clinopeda is readily recognized by the white forewing with two distinct oblique streaks arising from dorsum. The male genitalia ( Fig. 43D, L View FIGURE 43 ) are somewhat similar to those of T. pediformis , but T. clinopeda has the uncus covered with long setae and the more slender valva with ventral margin broadly concave medially. The female genitalia ( Fig. 60C View FIGURE 60 ) can be distinguished from its allies by the broad ductus bursae abruptly expanded after the base.

Distribution. China ( Yunnan), India, Sri Lanka.

Remarks. This species is recorded from China for the first time.