Thecobathra albana Liu 1980
Creators: name: Liu, Haoyu
name: Wang, Shuxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Yponomeutidae
Thecobathra
Thecobathra albana

description: Thecobathra albana Liu, 1980
(Figs 1, 11, 23)
Thecobathra albana Liu, 1980: 36. TL: China (Hainan). TD: IZCAS.
Thecobathra minuta Sohn, 2018: 377. Syn. nov.
Material examined. CHINA, Fujian: 1♀, Fuzhou National Forest Park (26.17°N, 119.28°E), 146 m, 23.VII.2020, leg. MJ Qi & XY Jin, slide No. LHY21299; 1♀, Taoyuanyu (27.73°N, 117.72°E), 620 m, 6.VIII.2020, leg. MJ Qi & XY Jin, slide No. LHY21303; Guangxi: 1♁, Mt. Mao’er, 1.VII.2001, slide No. L 01013; 3♁, Mt. Yuanbao, 800‒1500 m, 20.VIII.2001, slide No. L01012; 2♁, Huaping, 950 m, 6‒7.VII.2006, leg. WC Li, slide Nos. FXM06112, FXM06115; 1♁, Huaping, Leye County, 3. V.2007, leg. M Wang et al., slide No. JQ10075; 1♁, Jiuniutang (25.88°N, 111.49°E), Mt. Mao’er, 1219 m, 15.VIII.2020, leg. H Sun et al., slide No. LHY21363; 2♁ 1♀, Huaping (25.61°N, 109.97°E), Lingui, 842 m, 1.VIII.2022, leg. H Sun et al., slide No. LHY21612♁; 7♁ 3♀, Donglingjie (25.86°N, 110.49°E), Mt. Mao’er, Xing’an County, 866 m, 6–7.VIII.2022, leg. H Sun et al., slide Nos. LHY21615♁, LHY21616♁; Hainan: 1♁, Tianchi, Jianfengling, 810 m, 30.III.2008, leg. BB Hu & HY Bai, slide No. JQ 08248; 1♁ 1♀, Tianchi, Jianfengling, 20‒21.IV.2010, leg. BB Hu & J Zhang, slide Nos. LHY21378 ♀, LHY21379♁; 1♁, Bawangling, 26.VII.2013, leg. HL Yu & Z Fan, slide No. LHY21396; 6♁ 1♀, Jianfengling (18.74°N, 108.87°E), Ledong, 770 m, 14‒17.VII.2014, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. LHY21417♁; 6♁, Mt. Limu Forest Park (19.10°N, 109.44°E), 607 m, 1217. V.2015, leg. PX Cong et al., slide Nos. LHY21419, LHY21448, LHY21661; 3♁ 3♀, Jianfengling (18.44°N, 108.52°E), Ledong, 770 m, 30. V ‒4. VI.2015, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. LHY21451♁; 2♁, Tianchi (18.73°N, 108.87°E), Jianfengling, 787 m, 5.III.2016, leg. QY Wang et al., slide No. LHY21461; 7♁ 1♀, Tianchi (18.73°N, 108.87°E), Jianfengling, 787 m, 7‒8.VIII.2016, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. LHY21470♁; 3♁ 4♀, Yinggezui (19.05°N, 109.56°E), Yinggeling, 599 m, 27‒31.VII.2017, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. LHY21445♁; 19♁ 3♀, Jianfengling (18.75°N, 108.87°E), Ledong County, 810 m, 11‒16. VI.2018, leg. X Bai et al., slide No. LHY21479♁; Jiangxi: 1♁, Mt. Jiulian, 20.VII.2006, leg. JS Xu & WC Li, slide No. FXM06101; Taiwan: 10♁ 5♀, Mt. Fu, Yilan, Taibei, 420 m, 31.VII.2006, leg. HH Li & XC Du, slide Nos. FXM06129 ♀, FXM06130♁, FXM06133♁, FXM06134♁, FXM06135 ♀, JQ09024 ♀; Zhejiang: 1♀, Mt. Gutian (29.23°N, 118.10°E), Kaihua County, Quzhou City, 310 m, 19. V.2017, leg. SN Qian & JE Li, slide No. LHY21265; 1♀, Mt. Gutian (29.24°N, 118.11°E), Quzhou City, 412 m, 25.VIII.2017, leg. SN Qian et al., slide No. LHY21259; 14♁, Mt. Gutian (29.14°N, 118.07°E), Kaihua County, 416 m, 13‒14.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu et al., slide Nos. LHY21177, LHY21181.
Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 1). Wingspan 13.0‒15.0 mm. Thecobathra albana is diagnosed in the male genitalia by the wide subscaphium subparallelly sided and the spatulate ventral plate of the gnathos (Fig. 11); in the female genitalia by the subrectangular lamella postvaginalis and the signum concave in C shape posteriorly (Fig. 23). It is similar to T. acrivalvata Fan, Jin et Li, 2008 in male genitalia, and the differences between them are stated in the diagnosis of the latter species.
Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang).
Remarks. Sohn (2018) described T. minuta from Taiwan, China. We found the morphological characters of T. minuta identical to those of T. albana Liu, 1980 based on the specimens examined during this study. Hence we propose T. minuta should be a synonym of T. albana.
description: Published as part of Liu, Haoyu & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, Taxonomic study of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in China, with descriptions of eight new species, pp. 483-508 in Zootaxa 5325 (4) on pages 486-487, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8243618