Scythropiodes triangulus Park et Wu, 1997

Figs 16, 31

Scythropiodes triangulus Park et Wu, 1997: 41 . TL: China (Hainan: Jianfengling). TD: IZCAS.

Diagnosis. This species can be separated from its congeners by the valva with a horn-shaped process at the base of costa and the juxta with a median forked process posteriorly (Fig. 31). Scythropiodes triangulus is similar to Myriopleura psilotis (Meyrick, 1905) in both appearance and male genitalia. The generic status of Myriopleura Meyrick remains to be further studied.

Material examined. CHINA: Hunan Province: 1 Ƌ, Xinhua County, 3.VIII.2004, coll. Yunli Xiao; 2 Ƌ, Xinhua County, 6.VIII.2004, coll. Yunli Xiao; Guangdong Province: 3 Ƌ, Heshan City, 9–10.X.2002, coll. Guilin Liu and Binglan Zhang; 1 Ƌ, Heshan City, 6.XI.2002, coll. Guilin Liu; Yunnan Province: 1 Ƌ, Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden, 570 m, 15.VIII.2005, coll. Yingdang Ren.

Host plants. Rutaceae: Citrus reticulata; Sapindaceae: Dimocarpus longan, Litchi chinensis; Theaceae: Camellia sinensis . Huang et al. (2003) reported that its larvae were leaf-rollers on Citrus reticulata .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).