Nemophora rubrofascia ( Christoph, 1882 )

Liao, Cheng-Qing, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Yagi, Sadahisa, Wang, Min, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, The fauna of the family Adelidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Adeloidea) from China, Zootaxa 5348 (1), pp. 1-152 : 44

(43) Nemophora rubrofascia ( Christoph, 1882)

(Plate X-10)

Adela rubrofascia Christoph, 1882: 9 (TL: Russia, Chingan and Wladiwostok); Rebel 1901: 245 (catalog).

Nemotois rubrofascia: Matsumura 1931: 1112 , fig. 2339 ( Japan and Taiwan); Matsumura 1932: 121, pl. 4, fig. 2 (list of Japan).

Nemophora rubrofascia: Hirowatari 2005b: 8 ; Hirowatari 2013: 106, figs. 3-08-9,10; Umetsu 2014: 5, fig. 11 ( Japan, Akita Prefecture); Fukuda & Kanai 2016: 18 ( Japan, Kirishima Mt.).

Nemotois rubrifascia [sic!]: Meyrick 1912a: 8; Meyrick 1912b: 7; Meyrick 1914: 61 (Formosa [ Taiwan], Eastern Siberia).

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from other species of this group by its unique metallic brass of forewing ground color with golden luster orange central fascia.

Specimens examined. Specimens from China were not available in this study.

Distribution. China (Taiwan); Russia, Japan.

Remarks. This species is also very similar to N. sakaii ( Matsumura, 1931) except for its related congeners, but it can be easily distinguished by the smooth basal antenna and asymmetrical margins of the forewing central fascia.