A new species of Ptycholoma (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from South China
Author
Chen, Liusheng
Author
Jinbo, Utsugi
Author
Wang, Min
text
Zootaxa
2009
2087
65
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.187401
c943bf63-30ad-4973-a98a-e7c43a1b4b53
1175-5326
187401
Biogeography of Chinese
Ptycholoma
species
(Fig. 5)
Most species of
Ptycholoma
are restricted to the Palaearctic region. In
China
,
P. micantana
is only known from Heilongjiang Province;
P. imitator
from the Northeastern (Heilongjiang, Jiling) and South areas (Fujian); and
P. lecheana
from the Northeastern (Heilongjiang, Jiling) and South areas (Hunan, Fujian) (
Liu & Li, 2002
;
Hua, 2005
). In this study, we recorded
P. lata
only from its type-locality in Hunan Province, where
P. lecheana
also is recorded.
P. l a t a
can be regarded as a Palaearctic element because the type-locality is placed at the margin of the Palaearctic region, where many palaearctic plants such as
Fagus
(Fagaceae)
are distributed. To the present,
P. lecheana
and
P. lata
have been confused with each other. To determine distributions and abundances of these two species, previous records of
P. lecheana
should be reexamined, and further field surveys should be conducted.
FGURE 5.
Distribution map of
Ptycholoma
spp. in
China
.