Review of the genus Argyresthia Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Argyresthiidae) from China, with descriptions of forty-three new species
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Liu, Tengteng
Author
Wang, Shuxia
Author
Li, Houhun
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Zootaxa
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45.
Argyresthia
(
Argyresthia
)
ivella
(Haworth, 1828)
(
Figs. 57
,
123
,
179
,
235
,
281
)
Tinea
IƑ-ella
Haworth, 1828: 570. TL: England. TD: Holotype of
ivella
was lost (
Moriuti 1977
).
Argyrosetia
IƑ-ella
(Haworth): Stephens, 1829: 205.
Oecophora andereggiella
Duponchel, 1838: 469
. TL: [
Central
Europe].
Argyresthia andereggiella
(Duponchel)
:
Zeller, 1847
: 241. TL: England. TD: MNHN.
Argyresthia andereggiella
Dup. var.
robustella
Caradja, 1920
: 92
. TL: Germany (Kasakewitsch). TD: MGAB.
Argyresthia andereggiella
Dup.
f.
kuwaymella
Matsumura, 1931: 1095. TL: Japan (Hokkaidô, Kuwayama). TD: HUIC.
Argyresthia andereggiella kuwayamella
Matsumura
: Réal & Balachowsky, 1966: 218.
Argyresthia andereggiella
Fischer von Röslerstamm subsp.
kuwaymella
: Inoue, 1954: 40
.
Argyresthia ivella
(Haworth)
:
Friese, 1969
: 733.
Description.
Adult (
Fig. 57
) wingspan 11.0̄13.0 mm.
Male genitalia
: As in
Figs. 123
,
179
and
235
.
Female genitalia
: As in
Fig. 281
.
Variation.
In specimens from
Xizang
the forewing is tinged with blackish fuscous along the basal 1/3 of the costa, and the inverted V-shaped black pattern barely reaches the termen (
Fig. 57
).
Material
examined.
Xizang
Autonomous Region
: 5Ƌ,
7♀
,
Paizhen
(
29.51°N
,
94.86°E
),
Milin County
,
2900 m
, 1̄
2.viii.2010
, leg.
Houhun Li
et al.
, slide nos. LTT12221
♂
, LTT12226♀, LTT1304W;
1♂
,
1♀
,
Wolong Town
(
29.14°N
,
93.71°E
),
Milin County
,
3040 m
,
3.viii.2010
, leg.
Houhun Li
et al.
;
1♂
,
Mt. Birishen
(
29.66°N
,
94.38°E
),
Bayi Town
,
Linzhi County
,
3245 m
,
28.vii.2010
, leg.
Houhun Li
, slide no. LTT12270
;
1♀
,
Plant station
(
29.69°N
,
94.37°E
),
College
of
Agriculture
and
Animal Husbandry
,
Bayi Town
,
Linzhi County
,
3110 m
,
13.viii.2010
, leg.
Houhun Li
et al
.
Gansu Province
:
1♀
,
Huamiao
(
34.25°N
,
106.17°E
),
Dangchuan Forest
Farm
,
Tianshui City
,
1331 m
,
29.vii.2006
, leg.
Xinpu Wang
and
Xiangfeng Shi
, slide no. LTT12272
♀
.
Beijing
:
1♀
,
Xiaolongmen Forest
Farm
(
39.97°N
,
115.44°E
),
1080 m
,
14.viii.2009
,
Aihuan Zhang
and
Aihua Sun
;
1♀
,
Dakezhuang Village
(
40.48°N
,
115.85°E
),
Mt. Song
,
12.vii.2010
, leg.
Aihuan Zhang
and
Xiaoyu Shi
, slide no. LTT12230
;
1♀
,
Dakezhuang Village
(
40.48°N
,
115.85°E
),
Mt. Song
,
2.viii.2010
, leg.
Aihuan Zhang
and
Zheng Li
.
Jilin Province
: 1Ƌ,
2♀
,
Baihe Town
(
42.46°N
,
128.15°E
),
Erdao County
,
760 m
,
1.viii.2004
, leg.
Aihuan Zhang
, slide no. LTT12715
♂
;
1♂
,
Huinan County
(
42.69°N
,
126.06°E
),
12.vii.1991
, leg.
Beijiansuo
;
1♀
,
Baihe Town
(
42.46°N
,
128.15°E
),
Erdao County
,
760 m
,
6.viii.2004
, leg
.
Zhijie Wang.
Heilongjiang Province
:
2♀
,
Mt. Maoershan National forest
park (
42.85°N
,
129.48°E
), 18/
19.vii.2009
, leg.
Weichun Li
and
Jiayu Liu
, slide no. LTT12103
.
Liaoning Province
:
1♀
,
Shilazi
(
40.56°N
,
124.69°E
),
Kuandian
, 10̄
12.viii.2009
, leg.
Weichun Li
and
Jiayu Liu
, slide no. LTT12102
.
Host plants
:
Malus baccata
(Linn.) Borkh.
,
M. sieboldii
(Regel) Rehder
,
M. pumila
Miller (Rosaceae)
;
Corylus avellana
Linn. (Betulaceae)
(
Moriuti 1977
.
Liu 1981
.
Agassiz 1996
).
Biology
: Descriptions and illustrations of larval characters can be found in
Moriuti (1977)
, and brief notes on the life history are presented by
Agassiz (1996)
.
Distribution.
China
(
Beijing
,
Gansu
,
Heilongjiang
,
Jilin
,
Liaoning
,
Xizang
), Europe,
Russia
,
Japan
,
Korea
.
Diagnosis.
This species is characterized by the forewing having an inverted V-shaped blackish fuscous pattern on distal 2/3. The diagnosis is given under
A.
(
A.
)
basistriata
,
sp. nov.