(62) Nemophora augites (Meyrick, 1938)

Nemotois augites Meyrick, 1938: 29 (TL: China, Yuennan [Yunnan], Li-kiang [Lijiang]; BMNH); Clarke 1955: 59; Popescu-Gorj 1992: 137; Hua 2005: 2 (list of China).

Nemophora augites: Kozlov 1997b: 43; Kozlov 2023b: 95, figs. 1, 7, 13 (Lectotype designated, redescription).

Nemophora amatella: Sun et al. 2022: 304, figs. 1, 2, 27, 48 (misidentification).

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to N. amatella, but can be distinguished by the following characters: 1) narrower forewing with narrowly rounded (nearly pointed) apex; 2) less expressed longitudinal stripes in the apical part of forewing; 3) longer vinculum, longer anterior processes of transtilla and absence of carinae in apical part of phallus (Kozlov 2023b).

Specimens examined. Not available in this study.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan).

Remarks. Due to a ‘nested’ structure of the respective publication, this species was attributed to different original authors (Clarke 1955; Popescu-Gorj 1992; Kozlov 1997b; Sun et al. 2022). Kozlov (2023b) solved this problem and determined that the correct author of the name ‘ Nemotois augites ’ is Meyrick alone. In addition, Kozlov (2023b) considered that a series of specimens named ‘ Nemophora amatella (Studinger, 1892) ’ in Sun et al. (2022) practical belong to N. augites . Thus, N. augites has become one of the most common and widespread species of the degeerella species group (Kozlov 2023b).