Thecobathra acropercna Meyrick, 1922

Liu, Haoyu & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, Taxonomic study of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in China, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 5325 (4), pp. 483-508 : 486

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8243642
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scientific name	Thecobathra acropercna Meyrick, 1922
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Thecobathra acropercna Meyrick, 1922 View in CoL

Thecobathra acropercna Meyrick, 1922: 553 View in CoL . TL: India. TD: NHMUK.

Material examined. CHINA, Guangxi: 1♀, Mt. Daming , 1250 m, 20. V.2011, leg. LL Yang & YH Mou, slide No. LHY21341 ; Xizang: 3♁, Gelin Village ( 29.25°N, 95.19°E), Beibeng Town , Motuo County, 1063 m, 29.VII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide Nos. LHY21085, LHY21086, LHY21098 GoogleMaps ; Yunnan: 3♁ 2♀, Taiyanghe , 1450 m, 11‒22. V.2014, leg. ZG Zhang, slide Nos. LHY21524♁, LHY21631♁, LHY21637 ♀, LHY21645♁, LHY21704 ♀; 1♁, Taiyanghe, Pu’er , 1450 m, 7. VI.2015, leg. ZG Zhang, slide No. LHY21540 .

Diagnosis. Thecobathra acropercna is distinguishable by the outer margin of the socius inflated medially, the triangular basal plate of the valva, and the presence of a small juxta. It is similar to T. magnidentalis sp. nov. in male genitalia, and the differences between them are stated in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. China ( Guangxi, Xizang, Yunnan), India.

Note. This species is newly recorded for China.