Teulisna (Poikilothosia) bipectinis Fang, 2000

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2025, On the generic assignment of the taxa placed in the Oriental footman-moth genus Teulisna with the description of three new genera, one subgenus and eighteen new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 88, pp. 104-163 : 113-114

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Teulisna bipectinis Fang, 2000 , Fauna Sinica. Insecta View in CoL , 19: 231 (in Chinese), 542 (in English), fig. 152 (genitalia), pl. 11, fig. 20 (adult) (Type locality: [ China] “ Yunnan, Pingbian, Daweishan, 1500m ”).

Material examined. CHINA: series of both sexes, Hunan, Nanling Mts, 1500m, Shikengkong Mt. , 24°54'N 112°57'E, 25.X.–07.XI.2003, V GoogleMaps . Sinyaev leg., gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2021- 114♂ (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) ; VIETNAM: 1 male, 1 female, [Lao Cai Prov.] Mt. Fan-si-pan (north), Cha-pa , cloud forest, 22°15'N 103°45'E, 2–4.III.1995, 2400m, Dr. R GoogleMaps . Brechlin leg., gen. slide Nos: ZSM Arct. 2019- 524♂, 2019- 525♀ (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) ; 26 males, 9 females, [Tuyen Quang Prov.] Tam Dao (sec. forest), 60 km NW Hanoi, 1200m, 21°34'N 105°20'E, 1–5. V GoogleMaps .1993, Sinyaev & Simonov leg., gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2021- 115♂ (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) ; 14 males, 3 females, [Thua Thien Hue Prov.] Bach-Ma Nat. Park , 1200m, 16°10'N 107°54'E, 26.VII.–6.VIII.1996, Sinyaev & Afonin leg., ex coll. Schintlmeister, gen. slide No.: ZSM GoogleMaps Arct. 2021- 116♂ (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) ; THAILAND: 1 male, Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Inthanon NP, 1416m, 18°30'59''N 98°28'13''E, 6–7.vi.2005, K. Černý leg., gen. slide No.: AV8446 GoogleMaps ♂ ( CKC) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 10.0–12.0 mm in males and 10.5–13.0 mm in females. Teulisna bipectinis is externally vaguely reminiscent of T. spinulosa but differs in its smaller size, rounded forewing apex, greenish-grey colouration of both wings, the smaller costal spot in male and the lack of it in female, and the cluster of shiny bronze androconial scales on the male forewing (it is ochreous in the congener). The detailed comparison of the genitalia of both sexes of T. bipectinis and T. spinulosa is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. The species is known from China (Yunnan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan) ( Fang 2000; Dubatolov et al. 2012), Vietnam (Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, and Thua Thien Hue Provinces) ( Volynkin 2023b), and Northern Thailand (Chiang Mai Province) (present study).