Review of the Chinese species of Eupoecilia Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini)
Author
Zhang, Xu
Author
Li, Houhun
text
Zootaxa
2008
1692
55
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.180634
73a052dc-f882-4b4a-a077-ecced32422b8
1175-5326
180634
Genus
Eupoecilia
Stephens, 1829
Eupoecilia
Stephens, 1829
: 190
;
Razowski, 1968
: 103
;
Razowski, 1987
: 166
.
Type
species:
Tortrix angustana
Hübner, 1799
.
Clysia
Hübner, 1825
: 409
.
Type
species:
Tinea ambiguella
Hübner, 1796
. [preoccupied]
Eupecilia
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851: 179
. [misspelling of
Eupoecilia
]
Arachniotes
Diakonoff, 1952
: 24.
Type
species:
Arachniotes dactylota
Diakonoff, 1952
.
Diagnosis.
Eupoecilia
is characterized by the unique socii; the forewing with a distinct median fascia; the hindwing with R S and M1 stalked to about middle; and M3 and CuA1 variably stalked from 1/3 to 1/6. In the male genitalia, the socii have a broad base and a slender distal part, usually extending anteriorly; the sacculus sometimes has ventral spines or a prominence distally; the transtilla has a well developed central part armed with minute distal spines; and the aedeagus often has numerous cornuti of various size. In the female genitalia, the ductus bursae bears thorns and has a wrinkled surface, and the corpus bursae has sclerites bearing longitudinal folds accompanied by groups of spines.
Eupoecilia
is similar to
Eugnosta
Hübner,
1825
in the possession of a broad coecum penis in the male genitalia, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the socius having a broad base and a slender distal part extending anteriorly, and the tegumen slightly to acutely narrowed dorsally. In
Eugnosta
the socii are rodlike, erect, and directed posteriorly, and the tegumen is broad with an obtuse dorsum.
Biology
. The larvae of
Eupoecilia
feed on the leaves, flowers, and seeds of various plants. Documented host plants include
Acer campestris
(Aceraceae)
,
Achillea
sp. (
Asteraceae
),
Cornus mascula
(Cornaceae)
,
Gnaphalium
sp. (
Asteraceae
),
Hedera helix
(Araliaceae)
,
Ligustrum
sp. (
Oleaceae
),
Lonicera racemosa
(Caprifoliaceae)
,
Plantago
sp. (
Plantaginaceae
),
Prunus
sp. (
Rosaceae
),
Ribes
sp. (
Grossulariaceae
),
Rhamnus frangula
(Rhamnaceae)
,
Sanguisorba officinalis
(Rosaceae)
,
Solidago
sp. (
Asteraceae
),
Syringa persica
(Oleaceae)
,
Thymus
sp. (
Lamiaceae
), and
Viburnum
sp. (
Caprifoliaceae
) (
Razowski, 1968
;
Kawabe, 1982
).
Distribution
. The genus
Eupoecilia
is distributed in the Oriental and Palaearctic regions, with some fewer species in the Australian and Ethiopian regions. In
China
species richness is relatively high in the eastern part, but rather low in the western part (Map. 1).
MAP 1.
The distribution of
Eupoecilia
Stephens
in
China
:
E. quinaspinalis
Zhang & Li
,
sp. n.
;:
E. ambiguella
(Hübner)
;:
E. angustana
(Hübner)
;:
E. citrinana
Razowski
;:
E. inouei
Kawabe
;:
E. kobeana
Razowski
;:
E. sanguisorbana
(Herrich-Schäffer)
.