Tenupalpa Lee et Li 2021
Creators: name: Lee, Ga-Eun
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Gelechiidae
Tenupalpa

description: Key to species of Tenupalpa based on adults and male genitalia
1. Forewing with black and yellow longitudinal streaks in basal 1/3..................................... T. xanthodora
- Forewing without black and yellow streaks in basal 1/3....................................................... 2
2. Forewing without an orange distal patch; hindwing uniformly grey to fuscous..................................... 3
- Forewing with a distinctive orange distal patch; hindwing with apex tinged with black, subapex white.................. 9
3. Costa of valva with a projection at middle.................................................................. 4
- Costa of valva without a projection....................................................................... 5
4. Forewing darkened apically; valva with an elongate-triangular projection at middle of costa......... T. latifasciata sp. nov.
- Forewing not darkened apically; valva with a trapezoidal projection at middle of costa................... T. nephodesma
5. Anellus lobe with a robust apical bristle (or spine), almost reaching apex of valva......................... T. angustella
- Anellus lobe without a robust apical bristle................................................................. 6
6. Junction of valva and juxta strongly angled; base of valva strongly curved inward................... T. angulosa sp. nov.
- Junction of valva and juxta not strongly angled; based of valva slightly or not curved inward......................... 7
7. Uncus widest at base, elongated distally................................................... T. isabellina sp. nov.
- Uncus widest at middle, not elongated distally.............................................................. 8
8. Sternum VIII rounded; anellus lobe fusiform................................................. T. fuscalata sp. nov.
- Sternum VIII sub-triangular; anellus lobe ovate............................................ T. immaculata sp. nov.
9. Forewing apical spot absent............................................................................ 10
- Forewing apical spot present........................................................................... 11
10. Valva not spatulate distally; anellus lobe oval with a long apical bristle................................ T. flavitermina
- Valva spatulate distally; anellus lobe falcate with a short subapical bristle............................ T. falcata sp. nov.
11. Valva acute apically.................................................................. T. uncativalva sp. nov.
- Valva rounded apically................................................................................ 12
12. Anellus lobes asymmetrical.............................................................. T. dissimilis sp. nov.
- Anellus lobes symmetrical............................................................................. 13
13. Anellus lobe linear, exceeding apex of valva....................................................... T. venustalis
- Anellus lobe not linear, not exceeding apex of valva......................................................... 14
14. Anellus lobe without an apical or subapical bristle......................................... T. perparviloba sp. nov.
- Anellus lobe with an apical or subapical bristle............................................................. 15
15. Anellus lobe digitate, curved inward.............................................................. T. biformis
- Anellus lobe round or oval, not curved................................................................... 16
16. Distal margin of uncus deeply concave; anellus lobe with a strongly developed, horn-like apical bristle; juxta with a large digitate projection........................................................................... T. zhengi sp. nov.
- Uncus not concave distally; anellus lobe with a hair-like apical bristle; juxta without a digitate projection.............. 17
17. Costa of valva acute medially........................................................... T. acutimedia sp. nov.
- Costa of valva not acute medially....................................................................... 18
18. Costa of valva broadly convex medially................................................. T. magniguttata sp. nov.
- Costa of valva not convex medially...................................................................... 19
19. Apex of valva usually with a short projection; aedeagus acute at apex.............................. T. acutata sp. nov.
- Apex of valva without a projection; aedeagus not acute at apex................................................ 20
20. Gnathos thickened medially; juxta with a short projection; aedeagus with basal 2/5 dilated.......... T. crassimedia sp. nov.
- Gnathos not thickened medially; juxta without a projection; aedeagus with basal half dilated....... T. breviaedeaga sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Lee, Ga-Eun & Li, Houhun, 2022, Taxonomic study of the genus Tenupalpa Lee et Li, 2021 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Thiotrichinae) from China, with descriptions of fifteen new species, pp. 75-111 in Zootaxa 5087 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5819794