Nosphistica apiculata Yu & Wang 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yu, Shuai
name: Wang, Shuxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae
Nosphistica
Nosphistica apiculata

description: Nosphistica apiculata Yu et Wang, sp. nov.
(Figs 10, 23)
Type material. CHINA, Hainan Province: Holotype ♂, Bawangling, Changjiang County, 1000 m, 9.IV.2008, leg. Bingbing Hu & Haiyan Bai, slide No. YS 17144. Paratypes (2♂): 1♂, Tianchi, Jianfengling, Ledong County, 787 m, 5.III.2016, leg. Qingyun Wang, Suran Li & Shengnan Zhao, slide No. YS 17090; 1♂, Hongxin Village, Baisha County, 445 m, 18.III.2016, leg. Qingyun Wang, Suran Li & Shengnan Zhao, slide No. YS 17101.
Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the sub-rhombic uncus and the valva parallel from middle to before rounded apex in the male genitalia. It is similar to N. bisinuata Park, 2002 and N. abunda sp. nov., and the differences between them are stated in the preceding species.
Description. Adult (Fig. 10) wingspan 13.0–15.0 mm.
Head brown, mixed with yellowish-brown scales. Antenna orange yellow; scape elongate; flagellum annulated with dark brown dorsally. Labial palpus orange white, with dense dark brown scales; second segment thickened; third segment slender, nearly as long as second segment.
Thorax and tegula pale orange with dark brown scales. Forewing with costal margin slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen oblique and gently concave; ground color dark brown, mixed with orange-white scales, pale orange below costal margin from distal 1/4 to apex; costal margin with two dark brown spots spaced along distal 1/4; discocellular stigma rod-like, narrowed medially, dark brown, edged with dense orange-white scales; subterminal line orange white, from before distal 1/5 of costal margin to dorsum before tornus, angled outward medially; fringe pale orange with dark brown. Hindwing with costal margin straight, apex obtuse, termen sinuate; ground color pale greyish brown except dark brown between costal margin and M 3; blackish brown between 3A and dorsum, with a white patch; discocellular stigma clavate, dilated anteriorly, dark brown, edged with dense white scales; subterminal line white, running from distal 1/3 of costal margin to tornus, gently convex below Rs; fringe pale orange mixed with dark brown along termen, pale greyish brown along dorsum; basal line orange white. Legs orange white, mixed with dark brown scales; midleg roughly scaled; hind tibia covered with dense long scales.
Male genitalia (Fig. 23). Uncus sub-rhombic, triangular posteriorly, tipped acutely. Gnathos with basal plate sub-rectangular and bilobate posteriorly; median process broad at base, tapered to apex, curved ventrad at middle. Valva wide at base, slightly narrowed to beyond middle, then parallel to before rounded apex, setose distally; sacculus narrowly banded, approximately 3/5 length of ventral margin of valva. Juxta with basal part sub-quadrate and concave laterally, distal part membranous, triangularly produced anteromedially; lateral process sub-triagular, with a few setae. Vinculum broad, obtusely rounded anteriorly. Aedeagus shorter than valva, uniformly wide, slightly curved; cornuti consisting of a sub-quadrate sclerite at distal 1/3 ventrally and a bunch of conic spines.
Female unknown.
Distribution. China (Hainan).
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin apiculatus (= acute), referring to the apically acute uncus of the male genitalia.
description: Published as part of Yu, Shuai & Wang, Shuxia, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, 1911 (Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 497-517 in Zootaxa 4664 (4) on pages 506-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3386917