Ancylosis citrinella ( Ragonot, 1887 )

Ancylosis citrinella ( Ragonot, 1887) View in CoL

( Figs 9 View FIGURES 6–13 , 17 View FIGURES 14–18 , 22 View FIGURES 19–23 )

Syria agraphella Ragonot, 1901: 203 .

Ancylosis ( Syria) citrinella (Ragonot) View in CoL : Roesler, 1973: 459.

Diagnosis. Ancylosis citrinella is characterized by the golden-yellow forewing with a white costal band ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 6–13 ); in the male genitalia by the large subtriangular uncus nearly twice as long as its basal width, the distally curved gnathos about 1/2 as long as the uncus, and the narrowly elongate and subparallel valva with length 8 times the width ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 14–18 ); in the female genitalia by the anteriorly slightly inflated corpus bursae with large cone-shaped signa scattered from posterior 1/6 to near the anterior margin ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 19–23 ).

Material examined. [ CHINA] Ningxia: 2♂, Habahu , Yanchi County, 1278–1408 m, 2.VIII, 9.VIII.2023, leg. HH Li & JY Zhou, genitalia slide Nos. GLZ24281 , GLZ24282 ; 1♂, Shapotou, Zhongwei , 1214 m, 5.VII.2022, leg. HH Li et al., genitalia slide No. GLZ24347 ; 6♂ 3♀, Shapotou, Zhongwei , 1220–1528 m, 15.VII–9.VIII.2023, leg. HH Li, H Sun & ZW Han, genitalia slide Nos. GLZ24307 ♂, GLZ24308 ♀, GLZ24378 ♀, GLZ24379 ♂; 1♀, Shapotou, Zhongwei , 1423 m, 11.VII.2024, leg. ZW Han & SY Tang, genitalia slide No. GLZ24380 .

Distribution. China ( Ningxia), Algeria, Turkmenistan.

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