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Thliptoceras sinensis Caradja
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Thliptoceras
- Distribution: China (Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou).
- Habitat: Lowland
- Wing Length: 11.5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Phlyctaenodes decoloralis sinense Caradja, 1925a: 105. TL China, (Shanghai; Lienping).
- syn. Thliptoceras sinense: Munroe, 1967: 723.
- = T. torridale (Hampson) as a junior synonym of T. decolorale [decoralis] (Warren).
T. sinense (Caradja) is considered a good sp. not a ssp. of T. decolorale [decoralis] (Warren). Munroe 1967. Thiptoceras decoloralis is illustrated in Zhang et al. 2014 fig 25.
Description
A golden yellow species with distinctive dentate brown post median lines and The FW has a brownish sub costa and a spot and a comma-shaped mark in the FW cell. The posterior area of the FW of the paratype is distinctly hairy. wingspan 24-27mm. Although not reported from Malesia we include it as there are several undescribed species resembling this in S.E. Asia.
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References
- Munroe, E. G. (1967) A new species of Thliptoceras from Thailand with notes on generic and species synonymy and placement and designations of lectotypes (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae). Can. Ent. (Ottawa), 99: 722-727.
- Zhang, D.D., Zu, J. & Li, J. (2014) Review of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambinae, Pyraustinae) from the oriental region of China. Zootaxa 3796, (2): 265-286.
- Caradja, A. von. (1925a). Ueber Chinas Pyraliden, Tortriciden, Tineiden nebst kurze Betrachtungen, zu denen das Studium dieser Fauna Veranlassung gibt. Acad. Romana Mem. Sect. Stiint. ser. iii, 3 (7): 1-127, 2 pls.