Edosa
Creators: name: Yang, Linlin
name: Wang, Shuxia
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tineidae
Edosa

description: Key to Edosa species based on adults and male genitalia in China
(excluding E. malthacopis)
1. Membraneous section present between uncus and tegumen.................................................... 2
- Membraneous section absent between uncus and tegumen.................................................... 15
2. Valva with small processes on inner surface................................................................. 3
- Valva without process on inner surface.................................................................... 4
3. Forewing bicolored, basal and distal sections with darker scales (Fig. 20); uncus lobe broad at base, narrowed to pointed apex, with a small link at middle; valva with a small, digitate basal process (Fig. 14) (hemichrysella -group).... E. bicolor sp. nov.
- Forewing uniformly colored (Fig. 48); uncus lobe moderate in width, strongly contorted near apex, separated; valva without basal process (Fig. 77)................................................................... E. digitata sp. nov.
4. Distal section of uncus lobes strongly contorted, subdistal section of bulbus ejaculatorius hypertrophied (subochraceella - group)............................................................................................. 5
- Distal section of uncus lobes not contorted, subdistal section of bulbus ejaculatorius not hypertrophied.................. 9
5. Forewing without retinaculum, hindwing with short, thick frenulum composed of several fused bristles (Robinson 2008a: Fig. 14); apex of uncus lobe melanized, rough, covered with dense, small nodules (Fig. 53)..................... E. smithaella
- Forewing with retinaculum, hindwing with a single short, slender evenly curved frenular bristle; apex of uncus lobe not melanized, smooth................................................................................... 6
6. Forewing scales unicolorous............................................................................. 7
- Forewing with individual scales dark-tipped................................................................ 8
7. Forewing glossy golden cream (Fig. 24); coremata present in male, valva with an excurved, large, ovate flap on costal margin (Fig. 55)................................................................................ E. aurea sp. nov.
- Forewing pale yellowish brown (Fig. 25); coremata absent in male, valva unmodified on costal margin (Fig. 56)................................................................................................... E. torta sp. nov.
8. Valva broad and rounded at apex, unmodified on costal margin (Fig. 52)............................ E. subochraceella
- Valva with a small digitate distal process at apex, with a finely rugose medial process on costal margin (Fig. 54)................................................................................................ E. varians sp. nov.
9. Uncus lobe without process at base laterally, basal section slightly expanded and punctate; valva with a recurved hooked basal flange, without basal process (pyrochra -group)............................................................. 10
- Uncus lobe with a slender process at base laterally, basal section unmodified; valva without basal flange, with a basal process................................................................................................... 12
10. Forewing brown (Fig. 26); uncus lobe not hooked in distal half; bulbus ejaculatorius>5.0× length of aedeagus, distal section strongly hypertrophied (Fig. 57)......................................................... E. truncatula sp. nov.
- Forewing grayish black; uncus lobe hooked in distal half; bulbus ejaculatorius <5.0× length of aedeagus, distal section not hypertrophied....................................................................................... 11
11. Valva with a large horn-like distal process, without medial process on costal margin, with a shallow ventral lobe (Fig. 58).......................................................................................... E. hamata sp. nov.
- Valva without distal process, with a subtriangular medial process, with a deep ventral lobe (Fig. 59).... E. robinsoni sp. nov.
12. Head creamy white (Fig. 49); distal section of uncus lobes hooked; valva with a slender, horned and gently curved basal pro- cess on costal margin (Fig. 78).......................................................... E. longicornis sp. nov.
- Head yellowish white to yellowish brown; distal section of uncus lobes not hooked; valva with a lobate basal process and an outwardly directed medial process on costal margin (duoprojecta -group)........................................ 13
13. Uncus lobe with truncate apex; valva with a rectangular basal process and an ovate medial process on costal margin; aedeagus with distal 1/3 expanded and roundly convex (Fig. 60)...................................... E. duoprojecta sp. nov.
- Uncus lobe with sharp apex; valva with a rounded or elliptical basal process and a rounded-triangular or digitate medial pro- cess on costal margin; aedeagus not expanded distally....................................................... 14
14. Uncus lobe without articulation between basal and distal half, apex not extrorse; basal process of valva rounded, not intruded into inner surface of valva; aedeagus with carinae (Fig. 61)..................................... E. carinata sp. nov
- Uncus lobe with basal half articulated with distal half by membrane, apex slightly extrorse; basal process elliptical, slightly intruded into inner surface of valva; aedeagus without carina, but differentiated into a horned ventral section and an S-shaped dorsal section (Fig. 62).............................................................. E. curvidorsalis sp. nov.
15. Vinculum ventrocaudal margin with a medial process; juxta reflexed anteriorly along inner surface of vinculum........ 16
- Vinculum ventrocaudal margin without medial process; juxta angled caudally..................................... 29
16. Ventral margin of valva with a prominent process at base (eminens -group)...................................... 17
- Ventral margin of valva without process.................................................................. 18
17. Uncus lobe straight, apex rounded; process on ventral margin of valva shallowly concave at middle and forming two small appendages (Fig. 63)............................................................... E. baculiformis sp. nov.
- Uncus lobe sinuate, apex pointed; process on ventral margin of valva quadrangular (Fig. 64).......... E. eminens sp. nov.
18. Valva with spine-like processes on inner surface (Gaedike 1984: Figs 11−12).............................. E. spinosa
- Valva without process on inner surface................................................................... 19
19. Forewing with a small dot at end of cell; uncus with broad skirt-like base interrupted by traces of uncus lobes on tegumen, uncus lobes fused basally, expanded and membraneous distally; bulbus ejaculatorius almost as long as aedeagus (crayella - group)............................................................................................ 20
- Forewing without small dot at end of cell; uncus with lobate base separated by membrane on tegumen, uncus lobes separated, expanded and membraneous basally, digitate distally, or moderate in width; bulbus ejaculatorius longer than aedeagus (uncu- sella -group)........................................................................................ 22
20. Valva without basal flange, with a flame-like basal process comprising three lobes (Fig. 67)................ E. orphnodes
- Valva with a large, stout basal flange, without basal process.................................................. 21
21. Valva with a deep clubbed basal flange; aedeagus bifurcate at apex (Fig. 6 5)...................... E. bifurcata sp. nov.
- Valva with a triangular basal flange; aedeagus with a deep dorsal cleft (Fig. 66)............................ E. crayella
22. Vinculum ventrocaudal margin with an elongate medial process; aedeagus elongate, bulbus ejaculatorius no more than 3.0× length of aedeagus (elongata -complex)................................................................... 23
- Vinculum ventrocaudal margin with a short medial process; aedeagus short, bulbus ejaculatorius more than 3.0× length of aedeagus (uncusella -complex)......................................................................... 25
23. Antennal flagellum variegated, forewing patterned, with dark scales in distal section (Fig. 37); sclerite present between uncus lobes; valva elongate rectangular, with a digitate basal flange (Fig. 68)........................... E. elongata sp. nov.
- Antennal flagellum unicolorous, forewing without pattern; sclerite absent between uncus lobes; valva short and broad, without basal flange......................................................................................... 24
24. Valva scallop-shaped (Fig. 69)........................................................... E. conchata sp. nov.
- Valva ear-shaped (Fig. 70)....................................................................... E. sinica
25. Uncus lobes large and moderate in width................................................................. 26
- Uncus lobes separated, expanded and membraneous in basal section and digitate in distal section.................... 27
26. Forewing without pattern (Fig. 46); valva short, with broad apex, inner surface unmodified (Fig. 75)................................................................................................... E. semicircularis sp. nov.
- Forewing patterned, with dark scales in distal section (Fig. 42); valva elongate, with narrowly rounded apex, inner surface with peg-like sensillae (Fig. 72)................................................................... E. hendrixella
27. Valva somewhat trapezoidal, inner surface unmodified, basal flange thumb-shaped, bridging lobe absent between basal flange and valva (Fig. 74).................................................................... E. uncusella sp. nov.
- Valva not trapezoidal, inner surface with peg-like sensillae, basal flange not thumb-shaped, bridging lobe present between basal flange and valva................................................................................. 28
28. Valva knife-like, basal flange semicircular in basal 2/3, rounded in distal 1/3, with two horned, tip-melanized processes (Fig. 71).................................................................................. E. cornuta sp. nov.
- Valva irregular in shape, basal flange digitate, without process (Fig. 73)....................... E. robustispina sp. nov.
29. Uncus lobe separated, digitate; valva somewhat trapezoidal, inner surface without pleat; aedeagus tubular (Fig. 76)............................................................................................. E. dentata sp. nov.
- Uncus lobe fused in basal 3/4, mastoid and separated in distal 1/4; valva subovate, inner surface with two joined pleats medi- ally; aedeagus bullet-shaped (Fig. 79)........................................................ E. minuta sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Yang, Linlin, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2014, A taxonomic revision of the genus Edosa Walker, 1886 from China (Lepidoptera, Tineidae, Perissomasticinae), pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 3777 (1) on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3777.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/249826