This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Yu, Shuai, Wang, Shuxia (2019): Taxonomic study of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, 1911 (Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 4664 (4): 497-517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.4.3

Abstract

Fourteen species of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, 1911 from China are reviewed, including seven new species: N. abunda sp. nov., N. apiculata sp. nov., N. subrectangula sp. nov., N. elliptica sp. nov., N. fusoidea sp. nov., N. grandiunca sp. nov., and N. albimaculata sp. nov. Nosphistica acriella Park, 2002 is newly recorded from China, and the female of N. metalychna (Meyrick, 1935) is described for the first time. Images of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to all the known species in China and a distribution map showing the localities of these species.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/6d726d36-043e-4f11-885e-19423f04957a
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/2E1D345DFF927673B914FFF2FFCCFFBB
Citation: Yu S, Wang S, plazi (2019). Taxonomic study of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, 1911 (Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of seven new species. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4664.4.3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.