Glyphipterix gamma Moriuti et Saito 1964
Creators: name: Liu, Tengteng
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Glyphipterigidae
Glyphipterix
Glyphipterix gamma

description: Glyphipterix gamma Moriuti et Saito, 1964
(Figs. 7, 19, 26)
Glyphipterix gamma Moriuti et Saito, 1964: 62. TL: Japan (Kyushu); Heppner, 1982: 49; Diakonoff, 1986: 318, Pl. 15, Fig. 128 1−2.
Description. Adult (Fig. 7) with wingspan 9−10.5 mm.
Diagnosis. This species belongs to the delta -group. It resembles G. dolichophyes Diakonoff, 1978 and G. pseudogamma Arita et Heppner, 1992 superficially and in the male genitalia. But G. gamma is bristled in the middle of the diaphragma (Fig. 19), G. dolichophyes has diaphragma laterally bristled, and G. pseudogamma lacks bristles on diaphragma. As is indicated by Arita & Heppner (1992) that the antrum of G. pseudogamma is larger and stouter, the cestum is comparatively shorter and broader than that in G. gamma, and the maculation of the forewing also shows stronger markings than in G. gamma. However, the female genitalia of G. pseudogamma are not quite distinguishable from those of G. gamma in our collections. So G. pseudogamma might be a subspecies of G. gamma.
Material examined. CHINA, Fujian Province: 4 ♀♀, Gutian town (25°13′N 116°49′E), Shanghang County, 600 m, 2.vi.2004, leg. Haili Yu; 3 ♀♀, Botanic garden (24°26′N 118°05′E), Xiamen University, 85 m, 21.vi.2011, leg. Jin Zhang; 3 ♀♀, Hexi town (24°52′N 117°14′E), Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City, 295 m, 28.v.2011, leg. Jin Zhang; 9 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Sangang (27°44′N 117°47′E), Wuyishan City, 740 m, 19−21, 24.v.2004, leg. Haili Yu; 2 ♂♂, Guadun (27°44′N 117°38′E), Wuyishan City, 1100 m, 22.v.2004, leg. Haili Yu; 7 ♀♀, 1 ex. (abdomen lost), Pikeng (27°43′N 117°46′E), Wuyishan City, 600 m, 27.v.2004, leg. Haili Yu; 3 ♂♂, Xianfengling (27°44′N 118°01′E), Mt. Wuyi, 1000 m, 26.v.2004, leg. Haili Yu, genitalia slide No. LTT12141; Zhejiang Province: 7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Longtang (30°5′N 118°53′E), Mt. Qingliangfeng, 500 m, 22.v.2012, leg. Linlin Yang & Zhenguo Zhang, genitalia slide Nos. LTT12231♀, LTT12232♂; Jiangxi Province: 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Ciping (26°37′N 114°15′E), Jinggangshan City, 18.vi.1978, genitalia slide Nos. [LYQ]93166♂, [LYQ]93167♂, [LYQ]93169♂, [LYQ]93170♀; 1 ♂, Mt. Lu (29°36′N 115°52′E), 1100 m, 24.vi.1975, leg. Youqiao Liu; 2 ♀♀, Dayu (25°24′N 114°21′E), 16, 18.vi.1976, genitalia slide No. [LYQ]93164; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Jiulian (24°34′N 114°27′E), 19−20.v.1977, genitalia slide Nos. [LYQ]93162♂, [LYQ]93163♀; 3 ♂♂, Gongda [now Jiangxi Agricultural University] (24°49′N 114°53′E), 5, 13.vi.1975, genitalia slide Nos. [LYQ]93182, [LYQ]93183, [LYQ]93184; Hunan Province: 1 ♂, Zhangjiajie (29°07′N 110°28′E), vii.1986; Guizhou Province: 1 ♀, Chishui Suoluo (28°26′N 106°01′E), 390 m, 30.v.2000, leg. Yanli Du.
Distribution. China (Fujian, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Japan.
Notes. This species is newly recorded for China.
description: Published as part of Liu, Tengteng & Li, Houhun, 2014, Taxonomic study of the genus Glyphipterix Hübner (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae: Glyphipteriginae) from Mainland China, pp. 1-25 in Zootaxa 3821 (1) on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286357