Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle
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Nieukerken, Erik J. van
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Wagner, David L.
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Baldessari, Mario
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Mazzon, Luca
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Angeli, Gino
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Girolami, Vicenzo
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Duso, Carlo
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Doorenweerd, Camiel
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ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.170.2617
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.170.2617
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Antispila voraginella Braun
Figs 3444, 45
Antispila voraginella
Braun, 1927: 191. Holotype male: USA: [Utah: Washington County] "B1206/Zion Canyon/Utah i.iv.9 [1926]- Antispila / voraginella / Type Braun.", Genitalia slide EJvN 3916 [reared from mines on
Vitis arizonica
] (ANSP) [examined].
Differential diagnosis.
Adult (Fig. 34) very similar to and about same size as
Antispila oinophylla
, but head and thorax covered with brassy shining scales rather than silver. In male genitalia (Figs 44-45) uncus clearly bilobed, valva with fewer pecten spines: 8-10, triangular lobe absent; transtilla with narrower central plate and phallus with rather different set of spines: the long one of oinophylla absent, and row along phallotrema less comb-like, whereas there is a row of many spines along both sides. Female genitalia not examined.
Biology.
Hostplant:
Vitis arizonica
. Seems to be univoltine, larvae found in
June-July
northward; through September in monsoonal areas to south; adults emerging the following spring April to June.
Leafmines.
Mine illustrated by Powell and Opler (2009: plate 59:7). Mines rather different from those of
Antispila oinophylla
: larvae usually gregarious with mines forming large pale blotches.
Distribution.
Evidently allopatric to
Antispila oinophylla
and only recorded from the Rocky Mountains: Utah, Arizona and West Texas.