Coptotriche turpinia Xu & Dai, 2021

Zhang, Xiuying, Sun, Hao & Li, Houhun, 2025, Preliminary taxonomic review of the genus Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) in China, including descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5679 (2), pp. 243-254 : 252

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub::5FD59832-7600-44F5-802F-F4DBAECBD8C4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16985934
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scientific name	Coptotriche turpinia Xu & Dai, 2021
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Coptotriche turpinia Xu & Dai, 2021 View in CoL

Coptotriche turpinia Xu & Dai View in CoL , in Xu et al., 2021: 81 View Cited Treatment . TL: China ( Jiangxi). TD: GNU.

Diagnostic characters. Frontal tuft cream white to ochreous yellow except greyish brown basally. Forewing ochreous cream to ocherous yellow, with some sparse black scales apically. In male genitalia, uncus lobes incurved, pointed at apex, excavation between uncus lobes slightly rounded anteriorly; valva with costal and ventral margins both sinuate; vinculum broadly rounded or produced anteriorly, ventral plate with distinctive posterior excavations; phallus with two long bands of spines laterally ( Xu et al. 2021: 81, figs 19‒28).

Distribution. China ( Jiangxi).

Remarks. Xu & Dai (2021) described Coptotriche turpinia from Jiangxi Province in China and Lao Cai Province in Vietnam, along with Turpinia arguta ( Staphyleaceae ) as its host plant.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Tischeriidae
Genus	Coptotriche