Helcystogramma hibisci ( Stainton, 1859 )

Helcystogramma hibisci ( Stainton, 1859) View in CoL

( Figures 7D View Figure 7 , 14D View Figure 14 )

Gelechia hibisci Stainton, 1859: 117 View in CoL .

Gelechia ( Helcystogramma) obseratella Zeller, 1877: 371 View in CoL .

Croesophora eudela Turner, 1919: 160 .

Onebala hibisci (Stainton) : Meyrick, 1925: 138; Meyrick, 1935: 69; Gaede, 1937: 377; Robinson et al., 1994: 81.

Helcystogramma hibisci (Stainton) View in CoL : Park and Hodges, 1995: 225; Ponomarenko, 1997: 7; Rose and Pathania, 2003: 82.

Diagnosis

Adult ( Figure 7D View Figure 7 ). Wingspan 12.5–14.0 mm. This species is characterized by the third segment of the labial palpus longer than the second, the forewing having a large dark brown semicircular mark between one-fifth length and three-fifths length of dorsum, and the absence of the terminal fascia; the valva with dorsal margin broad-lobed at basal two-fifths in the male genitalia ( Park and Hodges 1995); the apophyses dilated apically, and the signum rounded, densely dentate in the female genitalia ( Figure 14D View Figure 14 ).

Material examined

CHINA: Anhui Province: 1 female , Anhui Labor University, Huangshan City ( 30 ◦ 05 ′ N, 118 ◦ 10 ′ E), 3 June 1979, coll. Sizheng Wang ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps ; Guizhou Province: 1 female, Suoluo, Chishui ( 28 ◦ 34 ′ N, 105 ◦ 42 ′ E), 240 m, 21 September 2000, coll. Haili Yu GoogleMaps ; Hong Kong: 1 female, Kadoorie Institute, Shek Kong ( 22 ◦ 15 ′ N, 114 ◦ 04 ′ E), Hong Kong , 315–575 m, 26 September 2009, coll. Houhun Li GoogleMaps et al.; Hubei Province: 1 female , Hubei Agriculture College, Jingzhou ( 30 ◦ 21 ′ N, 112 ◦ 11 ′ E), 20–30 m, 25 July 2003, coll. Shulian Hao GoogleMaps ; Xizang ( Tibet) Autonomous Region : 2 females, Baibung ( 29 ◦ 11 ′ N, 95 ◦ 10 ′ E), Mêdog County, 780 m, 12 August 2003 GoogleMaps , 1 female, 1100 m, 14 August 2003, coll. Xinpu Wang and Huaijun Xue; Zhejiang Province: 1 female, Wuyanling, Taishun ( 27 ◦ 33 ′ N, 119 ◦ 42 ′ E), 680 m, 28 July 2005, coll. Yunli Xiao. GoogleMaps

Host plants

Malvaceae : Hibiscus spp. , Abelmoschus spp. ( Ponomarenko 1997) .

Distribution

China ( Anhui, Guizhou, Hong Kong, Hubei, Taiwan, Xizang, Zhejiang), Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia ( Sumatra, Java), India, Sri Lanka, Australia.