Two species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) new to China, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis and Eumetriochroa
Author
Kobayashi, Shigeki
Author
Huang, Guo-Hua
Author
Hirowatari, Toshiya
text
Zootaxa
2011
2892
25
32
journal article
46825
10.5281/zenodo.204720
c215e0b1-ea1b-4c09-9a9b-241fbabffd12
1175-5326
204720
Eumetriochroa hederae
Kumata, 1998
Figs. 1
C, 2M–O.
Eumetriochroa hederae
Kumata, 1998
: 85
–89, figs 1, 2A, 12(A, B), 14(A), 17, 18(A), 22(A), 24(A,B).
Type
locality:
Japan
(Fukuoka).
Diagnosis.
Antennal scape with a large scaly pecten. Forewing ocher brownish in ground color with five whitish fasciae. Male genitalia without a thorn-like apical seta; aedeagus with a long cornutus. Female genitalia with trapezoid seventh abdominal segment (
Kumata 1998
).
Pupa.
(
Fig. 5
). Brown, 5.0–6.2 mm in length, 0.8–1.0 mm in diameter. Vertex with a spade-like frontal process (cocoon cutter), acutelly elevated centrally. Antenna long and straight, extending over A10. Dorsum of A2–A10 with a concentration of small spines except for median part. A10 furcated with a pair of digital processes from caudal apex with small acute processes at apex (
Fig. 5
L); another pair of anteriorly curved, small caudal ones from dorsal side (
Fig. 5
K).
Host plant.
Hedera nepalensis
var.
sinensis
(Tobl.) Rehd.
(new record);
Hedera rhombea
(Miq.) Bean (
Kumata 1998
)
in
Japan
,
Araliaceae
.
FIGURE 4.
The genitalia of
Corythoxestis
sunosei
(Kumata, 1998)
. A. Male genitalia, lateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Female genitalia, ventral view and lateral view.va, valva; ae, aedeagus; ob: ostium bursae; ds: ductus bursae; cb: corpus bursae.
Distribution.
China
(new record),
Japan
(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) (
Kumata 1998
).
Specimens examined.
2 Ƥ,
China
: Tianpingshan, Badagongshan NNR, Sangzhi, Hunan,
28.v.–1. vi.2009
em. S. Kobayashi, T. Hirowatari & Guo-Hua Huang (genitalia slide no. OPU-SK174, 175), Host:
Hedera nepalensis
var.
sinensis
,
27.v.2009
(larva) (HUNAU, OPU).
Biology.
Kumata (1998)
recorded the biology of this species in
Japan
. In the present study, we observed the larva forming yellowish green serpentine mine on leaf of
Hedera nepalensis
var.
sinensis
. The mines (
Fig. 2
M–O) were found on the upper side of leaves and were entirely subepidermal, usually one mine per leaf.
Remarks.
This species is easily distinguished from other
Eumetriochroa
species by the characters summarized in the diagnosis. We describe the pupal morphology of this species for the first time based on Japanese specimens: 26 exs, Konagao, Soni, Nara Pref.,
Japan
(S. Kobayashi leg.),
14.iii.2010
(larva). We could not recognize any difference in the pupal morphology between Chinese and Japanese specimens.