Abstract
The species of Ancylis Hübner from China are reviewed. Twenty‐eight species of the genus Ancylis are treated, including one new species, Ancylis ventriverticalis sp. nov. Ancylis amplimacula Falkovitsh, A. loktini Kuznetsov and A. obtusana (Haworth) are recorded for the first time from China and the female of Ancylis hemicatharta Meyrick is described for the first time. A distribution map and a key to the species of Ancylis from China are given.
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Acknowledgements
We express our sincere thanks to Prof. C.S. Wu, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ms J.M. Lv, Tianjin Natural History Museum, for helping us to examine specimens in their collection. Special thanks are given to Dr A.H. Zhang for making some genitalia slides. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for the Special Program (No. J0630963).