Thecobathra longisaccata Fan, Jin et Li 2008

Thecobathra longisaccata Fan, Jin et Li, 2008 (Fig. 27) Thecobathra longisaccata Fan, Jin et Li, 2008: 17. TL: China (Yunnan). TD: NKU. Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: Holotype ♁, Ruili Rare Botanical Garden (24.00°N, 97.08°E), 1000 m, 6.VIII.2005, leg. YD Ren, slide No. FXM06051. Additional material. Xizang: 2♁, Gelin Village (29.25°N, 95.19°E), Beibeng Town, Motuo County, 894 m, 14.VIII.2017, leg. MJ Qi & XF Yang, slide Nos. LHY21069, LHY21070; 4♁, Gelin Village (29.25°N, 95.19°E), Beibeng Town, Motuo County, 1063 m, 29.VII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide Nos. LHY21075, LHY21097, LHY21099, LHY21100; 1♁ 1♀, Beibeng Town (29.24°N, 95.17°E), Motuo County, 750 m, 31.VII‒1.VIII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide No. LHY21073 ♀, LHY21074♁. Diagnosis. Thecobathra longisaccata is diagnosed in the male genitalia by the large subtriangular valva, and the saccus longer than the aedeagus (Fan et al. 2008: 18, fig. 10); in the female genitalia by the U-shaped lamella postvaginalis. Description. Adult. Wingspan 14.0‒16.0 mm. Female genitalia (Fig. 27). Apophyses posteriores 2 times length of apophyses anteriores. Ventral arms of apophyses anteriores connected with lamella postvaginalis. Lamella postvaginalis large, U-shaped, with each arm widened medially, narrowed to pointed apex distally. Antrum heavily sclerotized, 1/6 length of ductus bursae. Ductus bursae parallel-sided, heavily sclerotized, with dense granules on posterior half. Corpus bursae membranous; signum posteriorly wide, with a large, broad band much longer than two lateral flanges together, anteriorly slender, lateral flange short, spine-shaped. Distribution. China (Xizang, Yunnan). Note. The female is described for the first time.Published as part of Liu, Haoyu & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, Taxonomic study of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in China, with descriptions of eight new species, pp. 483-508 in Zootaxa 5325 (4) on pages 491-492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/824361