Termioptycha eucarta
Creators: name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Termioptycha
Termioptycha eucarta

description: Termioptycha eucarta (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
(Figs 12, 22, 28)
Ethnistis eucarta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875: 28. TL: Indonesia (Moluccas). Termioptycha cyanopa Meyrick, 1889: 505. TL: New Guinea.
Sialocyttara erasta Turner, 1913: 134. TL: Australia (Queensland). Termioptycha distantia Inoue, 1982: 378. TL: Japan (Iriomote).
Termioptycha eucarta (Felder & Rogenhofer): Solis, 1992: 291.
Material examined. CHINA, Shanxi: 1♂, Aigou, Taikuanhe Nature Reserves, Yuncheng, 1020 m, 7.VIII.2013, coll. Shulian Hao and Yunfei Peng, slide No. RH 16221 ♂; Liaoning: 6♂, Kuandian, 20–24.VIII.2007, coll. Shuping Sun, slide Nos. RH 16391 ♂, RH16395 ♂; Jilin: 1♂, Jingou, Huangnihe, 16.VIII.1993, slide No. RH 16390 ♂; Zhejiang: 1♂, 1♀, Xiguan, Mt. Tianmu, 566 m, 16.VII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, slide Nos. RH 15185 ♂, RH15441 ♀; 1♀, Jiufu, Mt. Longtang, 520 m, 25.VII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, slide No. RH 16025 ♀; Jiangxi: 1♀, Mt. Sanqing, Yushan, 1120 m, 19.VIII.1985, slide No. RH16396♀; Henan: 20♂, 1♀, Mt. Baiyun, Song County, 1400 m, 15.VIII.2008, coll. Houhun Li et al., slide Nos. RH 16211 ♂, RH16212 ♀; Guangdong: 5♂, 1♀, Mt. Dadong, Lianzhou, 650 m, 21–25.VI.2004, coll. Dandan Zhang, slide Nos. RH16357♂, RH16358♀; 1♂, 1♀, Mt. Dadong, Lian County, 4–5.VII.2008, coll. Fengxia He (SYSBM); Guangxi: 1♂, 1♀, Yangmei’ao, Huanjiang County, Hechi, 1180 m, 25–26.VII.2015, Meiqing Yang and Gaeun Lee, slide Nos. RH 16021 ♂, RH16022 ♀; Sichuan: 1♀, Wanniansi, Mt. E’mei, 830 m, 14.VII.2014, coll. Kaijian Teng, Wei Guan, Xiuchun Wang and Shurong Liu, slide No. RH 15222 ♀; 1♂, Longcanggou, Xingjing County, 1400 m, 29.VIII.2016, coll. Jianyue Qiu and Hao Xu, slide No. RH 16416 ♂; Shaanxi: 2♂, 1♀, Haopingsi, Yingtouzhen, 1251 m, 17–18.VII.2012, coll. Jinwei Li, slide Nos. RH 16355 ♂, RH16356 ♀; Taiwan: 2♂, Lala Shan, Taoyuan County, 1800 m, 1.VIII.2006, coll. Houhun Li and Xicui Du, slide No. WYP06016 ♂ (NSYSU).
Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 12) wingspan 24.0–31.0 mm. This species is diagnostic in the male genitalia by the gnathos having a setose sub-rounded median process (Fig. 22), in the female genitalia by the paired elongate ovate signa with smaller one no more than 1/2 the length of the larger one (Fig. 28). Termioptycha eucarta is similar to T. longiclavata sp. nov. in both forewing pattern and male genitalia, and the differences between the two species are given under the former species.
Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang); Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea.
Notes. This species is newly recorded in China.
Remarks. Ethnistis is the synonym of the genus Bonchis Walker, 1862, belonging to the subfamily Chrysauginae. Solis (1992) transferred Ethnistis eucarta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 to Termioptycha, which has a characteristic apical spine of the costa as in other species of the genus in the male genitalia.
description: Published as part of Li, Houhun, 2017, Review of the genus Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, pp. 159-174 in Zootaxa 4329 (2) on pages 172-173, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1001994