Notes on Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) injurious to Lycium (Solanaceae), with descriptions of two new species from China
Author
Li, Houhun
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-04-24
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1184.1.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1184.1.4
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Coleophora mosasaurus
(
Falkovitsh, 1988
)
(
Figs. 1
,
5–7
)
Omphalopoda mosasaurus
Falkovitsh, 1988: 148
, fig. 11.
Coleophora mosasaurus
(
Falkovitsh, 1988
)
:
Baldizzone
et al.
, 2006: 83
.
Male. Wing expanse 14.0–15.0 mm.
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 5–6
). As illustrated.
Abdomen
(
Fig. 7
). As illustrated.
Material examined
1 ♂
,
CHINA
:
Yangling
[
34 17’ N
,
108 04’ E
],
Shaanxi Province
, alt.
450 m
,
16. iv.1993
, leg.
Houhun Li
, genitalia slide no.
L96144
;
1 ♂
,
Xining
[
36 38’ N
,
101 48’ E
],
Qinghai Province
, alt.
2280 m
,
23.v.1995
, genitalia slide no.
L96163
.
Distribution
China
:
Shaanxi
,
Qinghai
;
Turkmenistan
.
Biology
Falkovitsh (1988)
recorded the
Lycium
sp.
and
Lycium kopetdaghi
Pojark
as host plants in
Turkmenistan
. In
China
C. mosasaurus
feeds on wild
Lycium barbarum
Linnaeus.
Remarks
The genus
Omphalopoda
Falkovitch, 1987
was proposed as a synonym of
Coleophora
(
Vives Moreno, 1988
)
.
Coleophora mosasaurus
(Falkovitsh)
is similar to
Coleophora stegosaurus
Falkovitsh
by having the sacculus with a bifurcated apex, and the appendix of the outer sheath and the cornuti absent in the male genitalia, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the symmetrical bifurcation of the saccular apex, which is asymmetrical in
C. stegosaurus
. This species is recorded from
China
for the first time.