Deltoplastis lobigera Gozmany 1978
Creators: name: Wang, Yuqi
name: Park, Kyu-Tek
name: Wang, Shuxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae
Deltoplastis
Deltoplastis lobigera

description: Deltoplastis lobigera Gozmány, 1978
(Figs. 3 d, 5e, 8a)
Deltoplastis lobigera Gozmány, 1978: 228; Wu, 1997: 95; Park & Heppner, 2001: 46; Zhu & Li, 2012: 127. TL: Mt. Tianmu, China.
Material examined. China: Anhui Province: 2♂, Tanqiao Town, Huangshan, 7.VIII.2004, coll. Jiasheng Xu & Jialiang Zhang; Chongqing: 5♂, Tudiyan, Mt. Simian, 1200 m, 16–17.VII.2012, coll. Yinghui Sun & Aihui Yin; 2♂, Wuli Village, Qianjiang County, 870 m, 23–24.VII.2012, Yinghui Sun & Aihui Yin; 2♂, Mt. Laosimian, 1280 m, 12.VIII.2012, coll. Xiaofei Yang & Tengteng Liu; Fujian Province: 1♂, Sangang, Mt. Wuyi, 740 m, 17.V.2004, coll. Haili Yu; 1♂, Xiamen University Botanical Garden, 85 m, 19.VIII.2012, coll. Zhibo Wang & Zhenguo Zhang; Gansu Province: 1♀, Bifenggou, Wen County, 860 m, 14.VII.2005, Haili Yu; Guizhou Province: 1♂, Lianhuaping, Mt. Leigong, 1600 m, 17.IX.2005, coll. Jialiang Zhang; 2♂, Heiwan, Jiangkou, 600 m, 27.VII.2001, coll. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang; 1♀, Huixiangping, Jiangkou, 1700 m, 29.VII.2001, coll. Houhun Li & Xinpun Wang; 1♂, 1♀, Huguosi, Mt. Fanjing, 1300 m, 3.VIII.2001, coll. Houhun Li & Xinpun Wang; 2♂, Chengjiashan, Daozhen County, 1300 m, 19.VIII.2004, coll. Yunli Xiao; 2♂, Huaxi, Guiyang, 1100 m, 25.VII.2001, Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang; 1♂, 2♀, Kuankuoshui, Suiyang County, 1500 m, 11.VIII.2010, coll. Linlin Yang; Guangxi Zhuang Autonous Region: 1♂, Huagongshanzhuang, Jinxiu County, 550 m, 15.IV.2002, coll. Shulian Hao & Huaijun Xue; 1♂, Hekou, Jinxiu County, 650 m, 28.IV.2008, coll. Hui Zhen & Li Zhang; Hunan Province: 1♂, 1♀, Mt. Badagong, Sangzhi, 1250 m, 12.VIII.2001, coll. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang; 1♂, Mt. Huping, Shimen County, 504 m, 4.V.2002, coll. Haili Yu; 20♂, 3♀, Zhangjiajie, 650 m, 7–11.VIII.2001, coll. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang; Shaanxi Province: 1♂, Ningshan County, 880 m, 17.V.1987, coll. Houhun Li; Yunnan Province: 1♂, Simao airport, 1325 m, 24.IV.1995, coll. Guangyun Yan; 1♀, Ruili Botanical Garden, 1000 m, 6.VIII.2005, coll. Yingdang, Ren; 1♀, Zijiaosuo, Jingdong County, 1244 m, 4.VII.2013, Shurong Liu, Yuqi Wang & Kaijian Teng; Zhejiang Province: 3♂, 1♀, Qingliangfeng, Lin’an, 900 m, 8–12.VIII.2005, coll. Yunli Xiao; 5♂, 3♀, Shunxiwu, Qingliangfeng, 390 m, 18–20.V.2012, coll. Linlin Yang & Zhenguo Zhang; 1♂, 1♀, Mt. Longtang, 500 m, 21.V.2012, coll. Linlin Yang & Zhenguo Zhang; 3♂, Qianqingtang, Qingliangfeng, 500 m, 21.V.2012, coll. Linlin Yang & Zhenguo Zhang; Taiwan: 1♂, Kaohsiung Co. Liukuei, Shanpin For. 750 m, 16–23.III.1990, coll. J. Heppner & H. Wang; 1♂, 1♀, Hualien Co. Fuyan, 400 m, 7.III.1990, coll. J. Heppner & H. Wang; 2♂, Tien-Chi Kaohsiung Co., 2260 m, 7.VII.1996, coll. K. T. Park & J. S. Lee. India: 1♂, 1♀, 5.99, coll. H. Khas, 1♂, 7‒8.99, coll. H. Khas.
Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 3 d) with wingspan 13.5–17.0 mm. This species is superficially similar to D. apostatis (Meyrick, 1932). The differences between them are stated under D. apostatis.
Distribution. China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India.
Note. This species is recorded for the first time from India.
description: Published as part of Wang, Yuqi, Park, Kyu-Tek & Wang, Shuxia, 2015, Taxonomic review of the Genus Deltoplastis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) in China and its neibouring countries, with a world catalogue of the genus, pp. 210-230 in Zootaxa 4057 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/231699