Andrioplecta oxystaura (Meyrick, 1935)

(Figs. 2, 8, 13)

Pammene oxystaura Meyrick, 1935: 62 . Type locality: China (Tien-Mu-Shan). Lectotype (♂): BMNH. Parapammene oxystaura: Danilevsky & Kuznetzov, 1968: 333 .

Andrioplecta oxystaura: Komai, 1992: 160 .

Material examined. Hunan: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Zhangjiajie, 7.viii.2001, leg. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang. Shaanxi: 1 ♀, Pingjiangxing Village, Ankang City, 800 m, 5.vii.2003, leg. Haili Yu. Anhui: 1 ♂, Ke Village, Mt. Jiuhua, 8.viii.2004, leg. Jiasheng Xu and Jialiang Zhang. Gansu: 15 ♂, 4 ♀, Bifenggou, Wen County, 860 m, 9−14.vii.2005, leg. Haili Yu. Sichuan: 1 ♀, Wolong, 2008 m, 25.vii.2005, leg. Haili Yu. Chongqing: 1 ♂, Simianshan Town, Mt. Simian, 1280 m, 12.viii.2012, leg. Xiaofei Yang and Tengteng Liu. Guizhou: 1 ♂, Daheba, Mayanghe, 430 m, 6.vi.2007, leg. Xicui Du; 18 ♂, 18 ♀, Xiasi Village, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserves, Suiyang County, 840 m, 6−9.vi.2010, leg. Linlin Yang. Hainan: Mt. Wuzhi: 1 ♀, 700 m, 18.v.2007, leg. Zhiwei Zhang and Weichun Li; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 740 m, 13−15.iv.2009, leg. Qing Jin and Bingbing Hu. Henan: 2 ♂, Lingshansi, Luoshan County, 350 m, 21.v.2000, leg. Haili Yu; 1 ♂, Huguosi, Mt. Fanjing, 390 m, 28.v.2002, leg. Xinpu Wang. Zhejiang: Mt. Tianmu, Lin’an City: 2 ♂, Chanyuansi, 350 m, 15.viii.1999, leg. Houhun Li et al.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Qingliangfeng, 900 m, 8−12.viii.2005, leg. Yunli Xiao; 3 ♂, 350−420 m, 8−12.viii.2007, leg. Qing Jin; 5 ♂, Zhonglieci, 400 m, 27.vii −1.viii.2011, leg. Linlin Yang and Na Chen; 2 ♀, Wuyanling, Taishun City, 400−680 m, 1−2.vii.2005, leg. Yunli Xiao.

Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 2) with wingspan 10.0−16.0 mm. This species is characterized by the forewing having a distinct black submedian patch followed by an ill-defined grayish-brown dorsal blotch. Andrioplecta oxystaura (Meyrick) resembles A. suboxystaura Komai, 1992 in genitalia, but in A. oxystaura the cucullus has two strong deciduous bristles on the outer surface and the aedeagus bears four deciduous cornuti in the male genitalia (Fig. 8); the ductus bursae is about 1/3 the length of the corpus bursae in the female genitalia (Fig. 13). In A. suboxystaura the cucullus lacks such bristles and the aedeagus lacks cornuti, and the ductus bursae is about 1/2 the length of the corpus bursae (Komai 1992: fig. 45).

Distribution. China (Anhui, Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Thailand.