Thiotricha celata Omelko 1993
Creators: name: Lee, Ga-Eun
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Gelechiidae
Thiotricha
Thiotricha celata

description: Thiotricha celata Omelko, 1993   
(Figs 2C, 13C, D, 25Q, 38C, 54D)  
 Thiotricha celata Omelko, 1993: 208; 1999: 178; Ueda & Fujiwara, 2005: 75; Li et al., 2007: 372; Li & Wang, 2009: 124. TL: Russia. TD: ZIRAS.   
 Polyhymno celata: Park & Ponomarenko, 2006: 276; 2007: 39; Ponomarenko, 2008: 327; Omelko & Omelko, 2011: 350; Sakamaki, 2013: 47, 295.   
 Material examined. CHINA: Gansu Province: 4 ♂♂, Dangchuan Forest Farm (34.34°N, 106.16°E), Mt. Xiaolong, Tianshui City, 9–13.viii.1988, leg. Xingyu Wu, genitalia slide nos. ZJL05286, ZJL05287; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Dangchuan Forest Farm (34.34°N, 106.16°E), 1331 m, Tianshui City, 28–30.vii.2006, leg. Xinpu Wang and Xiangfeng Shi; Guizhou Province: 1 ♀, Huguosi (27.95°N, 108.62°E), 1300 m, Mt. Fanjing, 3.viii.2001, leg. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang; 1 ♂, Dashahe (29.16°N, 107.61°E), 1350 m, Daozhen County, 24.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao, genitalia slide no. ZJL05277; 1 ♀, Lianhuaping, Mt. Leigong, 17.ix.2005, leg. Jialiang Zhang; Hebei Province: 1 ♂, Jinhekou, Xiaowutai, Yu County, 1200 m, 23.vii.2000, leg. Yanli Du and Zhendong Li, genitalia slide no. LZD01123; 2 ♀♀, Xiaowutai, Yu County, 1200 m, 22.viii.2005, leg. Yunli Xiao, genitalia slide nos. LGE16017, LGE16018; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Wuling, 800 m, Xinglong County, 20, 21.viii.2009, leg. Aihuan Zhang and Xueling Tian; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Wuling, 800 m, Xinglong County, 14.viii.2010, leg. Aihuan Zhang and Hongmei Chen; 3 ♀♀, Shuangyuanfeng (40.61°N, 117.45°E), 800 m, Mt. Wuling, Xinglong County, 26, 29.vii.2011, leg. Houhun Li and Yanpeng Cai, genitalia slide nos. LGE15049, LGE16172; 1 ♀, Mt. Wuling, Xinglong County, 28.vii.2011, leg. Houhun Li and D. R. Davis; 1 ♀, Shuangyuanfeng, 800 m, Mt. Wuling, Xinglong County, 4.ix.2011, leg. Qiang Gao, genitalia slide no. LGE16151; Heilongjiang Province: 2 ♀♀, Mt. Kalun, 120 m, Heihe City, 25.vii.1997, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide nos. ZJL05106, LGE18499; 2 ♀♀, Heihe City, 26, 27.vii.1997, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide no. ZJL05069; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Shaogu, 270 m, Wudalianchi, 30.vii.1997, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide nos. ZJL05107m, ZJL05193f, ZJL05194f; 3 ♂♂, Tahefengqingyuan (52.3°N, 124.6°E), 373 m, 26.vii, 1.viii.2016, leg. Mujie Qi, Yanyan Jia and Juan Li, genitalia slide no. LGE16244; 1 ♀, Tafeng Forest Farm (52.37°N, 124.89°E), 369 m, Tahe County, Daxinganling, 28.vii.2016, leg. Mujie Qi, Yanyan Jia and Juan Li; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Tafeng Management Station (52.37°N, 124.83°E), 474 m, Daxinganling, 29.vii.2016, leg. Mujie Qi, Yanyan Jia and Juan Li, genitalia slide nos. LGE 16248m, LGE 18594m; 1 ♀, Tahelinchang, (52.37°N, 124.67°E), 429 m, Daxinganling, 30.vii.2016, leg. Mujie Qi, Yanyan Jia and Juan Li; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mengkeshan Forest Farm (52.62°N, 124.22°E), 772 m, Daxinganling, 31.vii.2016, leg. Mujie Qi, Yanyan Jia and Juan Li, genitalia slide nos. LGE 18035m, LGE 18564m; Henan Province: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Shiziping, 1700 m, Lushi County, 20.vii.2001, leg. Dandan Zhang; 2 ♀♀, Mt. Baiyun (34.18°N, 112.45°E), 1560 m, Luoyang City, 23.vii.2001, leg. Dandan Zhang, genitalia slide nos. ZJL05020, LGE17160; 8 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, Mt. Baiyun (33.68°N, 111.85°E), 1580 m, Luoyang City, 18−24.vii.2002, leg. Xinpu Wang, genitalia slide nos. ZJL05013f, ZJL05014m, ZJL05238m, LGE16143f, LGE 18508m; 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Mt. Baiyun (34.13°N, 112.08°E), 1400 m, 14, 15.viii.2008, leg. Houhun Li et al.; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: 1 ♂, Mt. Dongmotianling (40.43°N, 112.10°E), 1480 m, Heilaoyao, Huhehaote City, 12.viii.2007, leg. Houhun Li and A. Bidzilya; 1 ♂, Mt. Daqing (40.84°N, 110.99°E), 1140 m, Tumotezuoqi, 12.viii.2002, leg. Dandan Zhang and Zhiqiang Li, genitalia slide no. ZJL05099; Jilin Province: 2 ♀♀, Jingou, Huangnihe, 16, 17.viii.1993, leg. Unknown; 1 ♀, Huangsongpu Forest Farm (42.24°N, 128.18°E), 1010 m, Erdao County, 4.viii.2004, leg. Aihuan Zhang; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Baihe Town (42.46°N, 128.15°E), 760 m, Erdao County, 6.viii.2004, leg. Aihuan Zhang, ZJL05062m; Liaoning Province: 1 ♀, Laotudingzi, Huanren County, 8, 9.viii.2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu, genitalia slide no. LGE15050; 1 ♀, Shilazi, Kuandian, 10–12.viii.2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu, genitalia slide no. LGE16152; Shanxi Province: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Guantou, Ji County, 15.viii.2002, leg. Yanli Du, genitalia slide nos. ZJL05226m, ZJL05246m, ZJL05264f; 4 ♀♀, Mt. Li, 1520 m, Jingcheng, 16, 18.viii.2006, leg. Xu Zhang and Haiyan Bai; 1 ♂, Luyashan Nature Reserves (38.67°N, 112.03°E), 1450 m, Ningwu County, 19.vii.2011, leg. Shulian Hao and Jiayu Liu, genitalia slide no. LGE15052; 1 ♀, Xizhashui Village, 1330 m, Lingchuan County, 27.vii.2011, leg. Haiyan Bai and Jun Tie (deposited in NHMUK); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Xiachuan Village, Mt. Li, Qinxhui County, 13.viii.2012, leg. Jun Tie and Haiyan Bai; 1 ♂, 7 ♀♀, Xixiakou, 1515 m, Lishan Nature Reserves, Qinshui, Jincheng, 17.viii. 2012, leg. Zhiwei Zhang and Shulian Hao, genitalia slide no. LGE16142f; 1 ♀, Dahe Forest Farm (35.45°N, 111.92°E), 1196 m, Yicheng County, Linfen City, 24.viii.2012, leg. Shulian Hao and Zhiwei Zhang; 2 ♂♂, Mt. Mian (36.87°N, 111.99°E), 1370 m, Jiexiu, 25.vii.2013, leg. Tengteng Liu and Peixin Cong, genitalia slide no. LGE18500; 1 ♂, Xixiakou, 1513 m, Lishan Nature Reserves, Qinshui, Jincheng, 27.vii. 2013, leg. Shulian Hao and Mingjing Li; 1 ♂, Mt. Lingkong (36.61°N, 112.08°E), 1560 m, Qinyuan County, 1.viii. 2013, leg. Tengteng Liu and Peixin Cong; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Mt. Mian (36.87°N, 111.99°E), 1370 m, Jiexiu, 18, 22.vii.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu and Peixin Cong (one male is deposited in NHMUK); 1 ♂, Mt. Lingkong (36.61°N, 112.08°E), Qinyuan County, 1560 m, 26.vii.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Meiqing Yang and Sihan Lu; Shaanxi Province: 1 ♂, Xinjiashan, 1600 m, Feng County, 13.vii.1988, leg. Houhun Li; 1 ♂, Huangboyuan Town, Taibai County, 19.viii.2014, leg. Jiuyang Luo and Yao Fei; Sichuan Province: 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Zezhawa (33.16°N, 103.92°E), 2400 m, Jiuzhaigou, 14–16.viii.2002, leg. Shulian Hao; 3 ♂♂, Heye (33.23°N, 103.92°E), 2350 m, Jiuzhaigou, 18.viii.2002, leg. Shulian Hao, genitalia slide nos. ZJL05255, LGE16144; 1 ♀, Fengtongzhai Nature Reserves (30.37°N, 102.83°E), 1600 m, Baoxing County, 2.viii.2004, leg. Yingdang Ren, genitalia slide no. ZJL05329; Zhejiang Province: 1 ♀, Xianrending (30.20°N, 119.50°E), 1500 m, Mt. Tianmu, 18.viii.1999, leg. Houhun Li et al., genitalia slide no. ZJL05237; 1 ♀, Qingliangfeng, 900 m, Lin’an County, 12.viii.2005, leg. Yunli Xiao; 1 ♀, Mt. Fengyang, 1470 m, Longquan, Lishui City, 25.vii.2007, leg. Qing Jin; 1 ♀, Qianqingtang (30.30°N, 119.12°E), 1059 m, Qingliangfeng, 29.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang; 1 ♂, Sanmuping (30.37°N, 119.43°E), 789 m, Mt. Tianmu, 11.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, genitalia slide no. LGE16171; 1 ♂, Laoan (30.33°N, 119.40°E), 555 m, Mt. Tianmu, 19.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang and Suran Li; 3 ♂♂, Pinggang (30.42°N, 119.55°E), 754 m, Mt. Longxu, 23, 25.viii.2014, leg. Auhui Yin, Qingyun Wang and Suran Li, genitalia slide nos. LLJ17073, LGE15051, LGE18507. KOREA: Gangwon-do: 1 ♀, Taebaek, Mt. Cheongok-san, 23.viii.2000, leg. J. C. Sohn, genitalia slide no. LGE22111 (NIBR); 1 ♀, Pyeongchang-gun, Yongpyeong-myeon, Mt. Gyebang, 15.viii.1995, leg. Paek, Lee & An (NIBR); 1 ♂, 9 ♀, Pyeongchang-gun, Yongpyeong-myeon, Nodong-ri, 16.viii.2021, leg. Ga-Eun Lee (JNU).   
 Diagnosis. Adult (Figs 2C, 13C, D). Wingspan 9.5−14.0 mm. Thiotricha celata has a creamy white to yellow forewing marked with fuscous streaks. The general coloration can vary and the markings can be indistinct depending on the specimens, but this species is easily distinguished from other species by the extremely short male antennal ciliation. The males of other congeneric species typically have ciliae at least as long as the diameter of the flagellum. The male sternum VIII (Fig. 25Q) is unique as it bears a projection at middle of the lateral margins. The male genitalia (Fig. 38C) of T. celata are similar to those of T. fuscobasis, but a row of stiff setae is present along the posterior margin of uncus, the anellus lobe is larger and the aedeagus is medially much narrower in the former.   
 Distribution. China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Korea, Japan, Russia (Primorsk Territory).   
 Remarks. The species was included in the phylogenetic study of Thiotrichinae (Lee et al. 2021) and it was sister to T. poecilopa based on the molecular data.
description: Published as part of Lee, Ga-Eun & Li, Houhun, 2024, A taxonomic review of Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Thiotrichinae) from China, with descriptions of 84 new species, pp. 1-222 in Zootaxa 5449 (1) on pages 91-93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5449.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11233121