Ethmia yeni Kun 2001
Creators: name: Zhu, Xiaoju
name: Wang, Shuxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ethmiidae
Ethmia
Ethmia yeni

description: Ethmia yeni Kun, 2001
(Fig. 26)
Ethmia yeni Kun, 2001: 215. TL: Hainan, China. TD: HNHM.
Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 1♂, Mt. Diaoluo, 940 m, 2. VI.2007, leg. ZW Zhang & WC Li; 2♂ 4♀, Nanxi, Mt. Diaoluo, 250 m, 22.IV.2008, leg. BB Hu & HY Bai; 2♂ 2♀, Nanxi, Mt. Diaoluo, Lingshui, 300 m, 12.VIII.2008, leg. BB Hu & L Zhang; 1♂, Qixianling, 10.XI.2009, leg. BB Hu & J Zhang; 5♂ 7♀, Mt. Wuzhi, 740 m, 13–15.IV.2009, leg. Q Jin & BB Hu, slide Nos. WJJ10085 ♂, WJJ10086 ♀; 1♂ 1♀, Shuiman, Mt. Wuzhi, 650 m, 16. V.2007, leg. ZW Zhang & WC Li; 1♂ 1♀, Shuiman Town, Mt. Wuzhi, 630 m, 17.IV.2009, leg. Q Jin & BB Hu; 2♀, Mt. Wuzhi, 700 m, 18−19. V.2007, leg. ZW Zhang & WC Li; 1♀, Yinggeling, 620 m, 28.IV.2010, leg. BB Hu & L Zhang; 15♂ 22♀, Mt. Diaoluo, Lingshui, 980 m, 23–24.IV.2014, leg. TT Liu et al., slide Nos. ZXJ20126 ♂, HS15056 ♂, HS15066 ♂, HS15057 ♀, HS15058 ♀; 1♀, Shuiman Town, Mt. Wuzhi, 700 m, 18.IV.2013, leg. YH Sun et al.; 1♂ 2♀, Mt. Wuzhi, 710 m, 20–21.IV.2014, leg. TT Liu et al.; 3♂ 2♀, Mt. Wuzhi, 742 m, 18–22. V.2015, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. ZXJ20124 ♂; 6♀, 1–3.III.2016, 3♂, 25–30.VII.2016, Mt. Wuzhi, 738 m, leg. QY Wang et al.; 1♂, Mt. Wuzhi, 738 m, 4.XI.2016, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. ZXJ20138; 1♂, 6.VII.2015, leg. QY Wang et al., 1♂ 1♀, 27.II.2016, leg. QY Wang et al., 1♂ 1♀, 2–4.VIII.2016, leg. X Bai et al., Lizudadian, Shuiman Town, Wuzhishan City, 766 m; 1♀, Mt. Wuzhi, 766 m, 11.I.2016, leg. KJ Teng et al.; 1♂ 1♀, Mt. Shuiman County, 690 m, 5.IX.2016, leg. X Bai et al.; 1♀, Shuiman Town, Mt. Wuzhi, 640 m, 17. V.2017, leg. XF Yang; 2♂, Mt. Wuzhi, 10.V.2021, leg. MR Li & G Fu, slide No. ZXJ20125; 1♀, Forest Park, Mt. Limu, 607 m, 26.X.2016, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. ZXJ21025; 1♀, Yinggezui, Yinggeling, 12.V.2021, leg. MR Li & G Fu, slide No. ZXJ21026; Hunan: 1♂ 1♀, Mt. Shunhuang, Dong'an, 20−22. V.2007, leg. M Wang & LS Chen.
Diagnosis. The species can be distinguished from other species of the group by the five distal spots in the forewing, the elongate digitate cucullus in the male genitalia, and the gourd-shaped corpus bursae in the female genitalia.
Wingspan 22.5−29.5 mm. Forewing pattern similar to that of male.Female genitalia (Fig. 26) with papillae anales densely covered with long setae. Apophyses posteriores slightly shorter than papillae anales; apophyses anteriores slender, with an incurved pointed tip. Region around ostium bursae sclerotized. Antrum weakly sclerotized, banded circularly. Ductus bursae long and coiled. Corpus bursae elongate, gourd-shaped, shrank laterally at anterior 1/3 and posterior 1/4.
Distribution. China (Hainan, Hunan).
Notes. The female of this species is described for the first time.
description: Published as part of Zhu, Xiaoju & Wang, Shuxia, 2022, Study of the genus Ethmia Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) from China with descriptions of six new species, pp. 176-192 in Zootaxa 5194 (2) on page 186, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7147068