Antiochtha jianfengensis Zhu & Li 2009
Creators: name: Shuai YU
name: Shuxia WANG
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae
Antiochtha
Antiochtha jianfengensis

description: Antiochtha jianfengensis Zhu & Li, 2009
Figs 1C–D, 3C–D, 4C
Antiochtha jianfengensis Zhu & Li, 2009: 19. TL: China (Hainan). TD: NKU.
Antiochtha rotunda Zhu & Li, 2009: 21, Syn. nov. TL: China (Guizhou). TD: NKU.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to A. purpurata Zhu & Liu, 2009 in both appearance and male genitalia. It can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the posterolateral lobes of the juxta subacute at the apex, the lateral lobes shorter than the juxta (Fig. 3C–D); and in the female genitalia by the eighth abdominal sternite without a process on the anterior margin (Fig. 4C). In A. purpurata, the posterolateral lobes are straight at the apex, the lateral lobes are as long as the juxta (Zhu & Li 2009: 23, fig. 2c), and the eighth abdominal sternite has a process at middle on the anterior margin (Zhu & Li 2009: 24, fig. 3b).
Type material
Holotype CHINA – Hainan Province • ♂; Ledong County, Jianfengling; 18°44′ N, 109°10′ E; 940 m a.s.l.; 4 Apr. 2007; Z.W. Zhang leg.; slide No. ZYM06433; NKU.
Paratypes CHINA • 4 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; 4‒6 Apr. 2007; NKU.
Other material examined (17 ♂♂, 33 ♀♀)
CHINA – Guizhou Province • ♂ holotype of Antiochtha rotunda Zhu & Li, 2009; Guiyang City; 26°35′ N, 106°42′ E; 1100 m a.s.l.; 25 May 2001; H.H. Li leg.; slide No. ZYM06040; NKU.• 1 ♂, 9 ♀♀ paratypes of Antiochtha rotunda Zhu & Li, 2009; same collection data as for preceding; slide Nos. ZYM06039♀, ZYM06392♀, ZYM06394♀; NKU • 1 ♀ paratype of Antiochtha rotunda Zhu & Li, 2009; Guizhou Province, Daozhen Town, Xiannvdong; 600 m a.s.l.; 17 Aug. 2004; Y.L. Xiao leg.; slide No. ZYM06393; NKU • 1 ♀ paratype of Antiochtha rotunda Zhu & Li, 2009; Hubei Province, Lichuan City, Maobaqu; 700 m a.s.l.; 30 Jul. 1999; H.H. Li leg.; slide No. ZYM06117; NKU • 3 ♂♂; Libo County, Shuizuxiang; 740 m a.s.l.; 19‒21 Jul. 2015; M.Q. Yang and G.E. Lee leg.; NKU • 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; Maolan, Banzhai Village; 530 m a.s.l.; 8‒13 Aug. 2018; M.L. Zheng, J.Q. Deng and X.J. Zhu leg.; slide Nos. YS20067♂, YS20068♀; NKU • 1 ♀; Maolan, Banzhai Village; 513 m a.s.l.; 24 Jul. 2019; M.R. Xing, B.X. Zhao and H. Sun leg.; NKU – Hainan Province • 1 ♂; Ledong County, Jianfengling; 770 m a.s.l.; 29 May 2015; P.X. Cong, W. Guan and S. Hu leg.; YS20059; NKU • 1 ♂; Ledong County, Jianfengling; 810 m a.s.l.; 14 Jun. 2018; P. Liu, X. Bai and S. Yu leg.; NKU • 1 ♀; Mt. Limu; 632 m a.s.l.; 29 Jun. 2015; Q.Y. Wang, S.R. Li and M.T. Chen leg.; NKU • 2 ♂♂; Wuzhishan City, Shuimanxiang; 690 m a.s.l.; 5 Nov. 2016; X. Bai, S.N. Qian and W.D. Qi leg.; NKU • 5 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀; Wuzhishan City; 738 m a.s.l.; 29 Oct.‒4 Nov. 2016; X. Bai, S.N. Qian and W.D. Qi leg.; slide Nos. YS17078♂, YS17079♂, YS20074♀; NKU • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Wuzhishan City, Hudiemuchang; 680 m a.s.l.; 27, 31 Oct. 2016; X. Bai, S.N. Qian and W.D. Qi leg.; slide Nos. YS17080♂, YS20073♀; NKU.
Redescription
ADULT (Fig. 1C–D). Wingspan 17.5‒19.5 mm.
Distribution
China (Guizhou Province, Hainan Province, Hubei Province) (Zhu & Li 2009).
Remarks
Antiochtha rotunda Zhu & Li, 2009 is synonymized with A. jianfengensis Zhu & Li, 2009. Antiochtha rotunda is identical to A. jianfengensis in appearance, venation, as well as in the female genitalia, and differs only by the sacculus more produced distally in the male genitalia (Fig. 3D), hence it should be treated as an individual variation.
description: Published as part of Shuai YU & Shuxia WANG, 2022, Taxonomy of the genus Antiochtha Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) in China, with descriptions of three new species, pp. 163-175 in European Journal of Taxonomy 826 on pages 170-172, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.826.1843, http://zenodo.org/record/6784082