Nemophora pseudalbiantennella Liao, Hirowatari & Huang, 2023

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 : 18-19

(9) Nemophora pseudalbiantennella Liao, Hirowatari & Huang , sp. nov.

(Plates I-5, XII-5)

LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AE35D776-DD30-439B-B4F8-D16FE6E0A87E

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to N. albiantennella on the external characters but can be distinguished by the following features: the tibiae of the leg are black; the abdomen is most yellowish to brown with a black apex; the valva is nearly trapezoid, with lateral margins concave basally; and the suspensorium is relatively large, close to the posterior margin of vinculum.

Description. Male. Forewing 5.7–6.0 mm; wing expanse 12.2–12.9 mm.

Head with raised yellow hairs mixed with brown; face with smooth yellowish to brownish scales. Eyes small, widely separated dorsally; eye size index about 0.54 in male. Labial palpus moderate in length, with yellow scales and hairs; galeae covered with yellow scales laterally. Antenna smooth, basal 1/3 dark brown; apical part silvery white; 18.8–20.1 mm, 2.9–3.4 times as long as forewing. Legs yellow to brown with tibiae black; hind tibia covered with long light brown hairs. Tegula and thorax (dorsum) dark yellow to brown with golden metallic luster. Forewing brass to brown black yellow to brown with golden metallic luster; cilia dark brown. Hindwing and cilia dark brown. Abdomen yellowish to brown, apex black.

Female. Unknown.

Male genitalia. Uncus triangular, with a median keel. Vinculum moderate in length, about 2.3 times as long as valva. Valvae near trapezoid, lateral margins concave basally, ventral base completely fused; suspensorium triangular, relatively large, anterior part close to posterior margin of vinculum. Transtilla approximately equal width; median process long and pointed. Aedeagus slender, apical 2/5 slightly concaved dorsally; apex with smooth dorsal and ventral lobes; manica with minute spines. Juxta arrow-shaped; arrow-head pointed, lateral arms slender.

Holotype. [Shaanxi] ♂, Fenshuiling, Qinling Mountain, Xi’an City , 2019.VII.23, G.H. Huang leg. ( HUNAU).

Paratypes. [Shaanxi] 4♂, same data as holotype ( HUNAU) .

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the extremely similar in appearance between this new species and N. albiantennella .

Distribution. China (Shaanxi).

Remarks. This species is endemic to Qinling Mt., Shaanxi Province, China.