Published December 31, 2013 | Version v1
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Ypsolopha

Description

Ypsolopha albiramella- group

Diagnosis. This species-group is characterized by the forewing with a rounded or protruded apex, R4 and R5 long stalked, CuA1 and CuA2 remote, and the hindwing with M2 and M3 separated; the male genitalia with the short and narrow anellus sparsely spinous, the cornuti mostly composed of two large thorns or two slender spines; the female genitalia with a short and nearly cup-shaped antrum, and a signum with one or two ridges.

This species-group consists of eight species in China, including five species described as new and two species newly recorded for China.

Notes

Published as part of Jin, Qing, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2013, Review of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 from China (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae), pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 3705 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3705.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/284569

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Biodiversity

Family
Plutellidae
Genus
Ypsolopha
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus