Ancylosis citrinella ( Ragonot, 1887 )

Han, Zengwang, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Yu, Dian & Li, Houhun, 2025, Species of the genus Ancylosis Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) from Ningxia Habahu Nature Reserves of China, Zootaxa 5642 (1), pp. 41-50 : 48

Ancylosis citrinella ( Ragonot, 1887)

( Figs 9 , 17 , 22 )

Syria agraphella Ragonot, 1901: 203 .

Ancylosis (Syria) citrinella (Ragonot) : Roesler, 1973: 459.

Diagnosis. Ancylosis citrinella is characterized by the golden-yellow forewing with a white costal band ( Fig. 9 ); in the male genitalia by the large subtriangular uncus nearly twice as long as its basal width, the distally curved gnathos about 1/2 as long as the uncus, and the narrowly elongate and subparallel valva with length 8 times the width ( Fig. 17 ); in the female genitalia by the anteriorly slightly inflated corpus bursae with large cone-shaped signa scattered from posterior 1/6 to near the anterior margin ( Fig. 22 ).

Material examined. [ CHINA] Ningxia: 2♂, Habahu , Yanchi County, 1278–1408 m, 2.VIII, 9.VIII.2023, leg. HH Li & JY Zhou, genitalia slide Nos. GLZ24281 , GLZ24282 ; 1♂, Shapotou, Zhongwei , 1214 m, 5.VII.2022, leg. HH Li et al., genitalia slide No. GLZ24347 ; 6♂ 3♀, Shapotou, Zhongwei , 1220–1528 m, 15.VII–9.VIII.2023, leg. HH Li, H Sun & ZW Han, genitalia slide Nos. GLZ24307 ♂, GLZ24308 ♀, GLZ24378 ♀, GLZ24379 ♂; 1♀, Shapotou, Zhongwei , 1423 m, 11.VII.2024, leg. ZW Han & SY Tang, genitalia slide No. GLZ24380 .

Distribution. China (Ningxia), Algeria, Turkmenistan.

Remarks. This species is recorded from China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 6–13. Adults of Ancylosis species. 6. A. albicosta (Staudinger), ♀; 7. A. biculcita sp. nov. ♂, paratype; 8. A. delicatella (Möschler), ♂; 9. A. citrinella (Ragonot), ♂; 10–13. A. larissae Bidzilya, Budashkin & Yepishin: 10. Female, 11. Male, 12. Female, 13. Male. Scale bar: 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 14–18. Male genitalia of Ancylosis species. 14. A. albicosta (Staudinger), slide No. GLZ25049; 15. A. biculcita sp. nov. slide No. LJY09045, paratype; 16. A. delicatella (Möschler), slide No. LJY11236; 17. A. citrinella (Ragonot), slide No. GLZ24307; 18. A. larissae Bidzilya, Budashkin & Yepishin, slide No. GLZ24377. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 19–23. Female genitalia of Ancylosis species. 19. A. albicosta (Staudinger), slide No. GLZ25048; 20. A. biculcita sp. nov. slide No. LJY11234, paratype; 21. A. delicatella (Möschler), slide No. LJY11229; 22. A. citrinella (Ragonot), slide No. GLZ24380; 23. A. larissae Bidzilya, Budashkin & Yepishin, slide No. GLZ24283. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.