New species and new records of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from China

By

Li, Hou-Hun
Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

840

Pages

101-131

Subjects

Gnorimoschemini , new combination , new synonymy , Palaearctic region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.840.30434

 

Abstract

An annotated list of 71 species of the genusScrobipalpain China is given. Nine species of the genusScrobipalpaJanse, 1951 are described as new:S.triangulellasp. n.(Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi),S.punctulatasp. n.(Henan, Shanxi),S.septentrionalissp. n.(Heilongjiang, Ningxia),S.zhongweinasp. n.(Ningxia),S.tripunctellasp. n.(Hebei, Ningxia, Shanxi),S.ningxicasp. n.(Ningxia),S.psammophilasp. n.(Ningxia),S.zhengisp. n.(Inner Mongolia, Ningxia), andS.liuisp. n.(Shanxi).ScrobipalpagorodkoviBidzilya, 2012 is synonymised withS.subnitensPovolný, 1967. The female ofS.flavinervaBidzilya & Li, 2010 is described for the first time. Two new combinations are proposed:Scrobipalpaperfecta(Povolný, 1996),comb. n.,Scrobipalpasuaveolens(Povolný, 1996),comb. n.Twelve species ofScrobipalpaare recorded from China for the first time.ScrobipalpacrypticaPovolný, 1996,S.proclivella(Fuchs, 1886) andS.smithiPovolný & Bradley, 1964 are removed from the list ofScrobipalpaof China due to misidentification.