Thubana yingjingensis Yu & Wang, 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yu, Shuai
name: Wang, Shuxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae
Thubana
Thubana yingjingensis

description: Thubana yingjingensis sp. nov.
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Figs 2D, 4D–E, 6C
Diagnosis
The new species is similar to Th. microcera Gozmány, 1978 in appearance and male genitalia. It can be distinguished by the quadrate juxta with a pair of posterolateral lobes, the cornuti consisting of some needle-like spines and a small sclerite; whereas in Th. microcera, the lobes of the ovate juxta arising from near the middle of the posterior margin, the cornuti consisting of a long band and a row of irregular spines (Gozmány 1978: pl. 52 fig. 158; Park et al. 2022: pl. 82b).
Etymology
The specific epithet is derived from the name of the type locality.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Sichuan Prov., Yingjing County, Longcanggou; 29°16′ N, 102°53′ E; 1405 m a.s.l.; 18 Jul. 2021; S. Yu et al. leg.; slide no. LCU198; NKU.
Paratypes
CHINA • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; same data as for holotype except dated 16‒18 Jul. 2021; slide nos. YUS172 ♂, YUS182 ♀, YUS183 ♀, YUS184 ♀, LCU195 ♂; NKU.
Description
Adult (Fig. 2D)
Wingspan 20.5‒21.0 mm. Head dark brown, orange white along lateral sides. Antenna pale orange. Labial palpus brown, third palpomere slightly longer than the second palpomere. Thorax and tegula dark brown. Forewing with costal margin slightly arched, apex rounded, termen shallowly concave; ground colour dark brown; costal patch triangular, orange white, posteriorly narrowed and exceeding the upper margin of discal cell, situated at middle; fringe greyish brown, basal line orange white. Hindwing greyish brown, darker along veins; fringe greyish brown, basal line orange white.
MALE GENITALIA (Fig. 4D‒E). Uncus elongate triangular. Gnathos with basal plate rounded on posterior margin; median process wide at the base, narrowed to basal 3/5 where it is curved, thereafter abruptly narrowed to pointed apex. Valva wide basally, narrowed slightly toward cucullus; cucullus extending obliquely dorsad, about half length of valva, narrowed to rounded apex; costa concave in a semicircle; sacculus wide at the base, tapering to apex. Vinculum narrow; saccus triangular. Juxta quadrate, with a small process or protuberance at center; posterolateral lobe triangular. Aedeagus shorter than valva, straight, narrowed to blunt apex, bearing several denticles before apex on dorsal and ventral margins; cornuti consisting of a cluster of needle-like spines (sometimes deciduous) and a small denticulate sclerite.
FEMALE GENITALIA (Fig. 6C). Eighth abdominal sternite deeply concave in U shape forming two large posterolateral lobes. Apophyses posteriores slightly shorter than twice the length of apophyses anteriores. Antrum membranous, funnel-shaped. Ductus bursae longer than corpus bursae, twisted; ductus seminalis slightly narrower than ductus bursae, arising from ductus bursae posteriorly near antrum. Corpus bursae elliptical; signum plate-shaped, denticulate.
Distribution
China (Sichuan).
Thubana yingjingensis sp. nov.
TL: China (Sichuan). TD: NKU.
Distribution. China (Sichuan).
description: Published as part of Yu, Shuai & Wang, Shuxia, 2025, New species and new records of the genus Thubana Walker (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China, with a checklist of the genus in the country, pp. 81-97 in European Journal of Taxonomy 987 on pages 91-95, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2861, http://zenodo.org/record/15196489