Lopharcha moriutii, sp. nov. and Polylopha cassiicola Liu & Kawabe (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Chlidanotinae, Polyorthini) from Thailand and Hong Kong
Author
Nasu, Yoshitsugu
text
Zootaxa
2006
1369
55
61
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.174871
5c4e862e-3b9d-4764-9231-709ab4f38c66
1175-5326
174871
Polylopha cassiicola
Liu & Kawabe, 1993
Figs. 2
,
5, 6
,
8
Polylopha cassiicola
Liu & Kawabe, 1993
: 404
, figs. 1–15 (adult, wing venation, ď and Ψ genitalia, larva, pupa);
Liu & Li, 2002
: 27
, color pl. 1, fig. 3, pl. 1, fig. 3, pl. 54, fig. 3, pl. 99, fig. 3 (adult, ď and Ψ genitalia);
Brown
et al.
, 2005
: 511
.
Diagnosis.
Sexual dimorphism is not pronounced. Wing expanse is
9–12 mm
. The species has a bicolored forewing, with the basal 1/3 dark grayish brown and the apical 2/3 brownish (
Fig. 2
). The male genitalia are characterized by a long aedeagus, valva with a process on sacculus, and large vinculum (
Figs. 5, 6
). The female genitalia are characterized by a large rectangular sterigma, a sclerotized ductus bursae and a hornshaped signum with a round top (
Fig. 8
). The moth is distinguishable from its congeners by these characters.
Material examined.
China
:
Hong Kong
, Victoria Peak (
400 m
), 2ď, 1Ψ,
vii.1991
, K. Li leg., 1ď,
viii.1991
, K. Li leg., 1Ψ, viii-ix.1992, A. C. Galsworthy leg., 2ď,
v.1993
, A. C. Galsworthy leg., 1ď, 2Ψ,
vi.1993
, A. C. Galsworthy leg., 2Ψ,
vii.1993
, K. Li leg.; New Territories, 1ď, 2Ψ,
24.ii.2002
, M. S. Sterling leg., 2ď, 2002, M. S. Sterling leg. (all
BMNH
).
Distribution.
South
China
.
Host plant.
Lauraceae
:
Cinnamomum cassia
Presl
,
C. camphora
(L.) Presl,
C. parthenoxylon
(Jack) Meisn. (
Liu & Kawabe, 1993
)
.
Biology.
The adult moths are attracted to light. The larvae bore into the twigs of the host plant (
Liu & Kawabe, 1993
).
Remarks.
Liu & Kawabe (1993)
and
Liu & Li (2002)
gave only simple line drawings of the adult and genitalia of the species. Therefore I augment those illustrations with photographs.
Polylopha
is distributed in the Oriental and Australian regions, and seven species have been recorded previously (
Brown
et al.
, 2005
). The genus is associated with
Annonaceae
:
P. e p i d e s m a
Lower, 1901 (=
porpacias
Meyrick, 1908) feeds on
Polyalthia longifolia
(Wall.) Benth. et Hook. (Annonaceae)
(
Diakonoff, 1974
;
Robinson
et al
., 2001
),
P. hypophaea
Diakonoff, 1974
on “kalak” [
Miliusa horsfieldii
Baill. ex Pierre
] (
Diakonoff, 1974
), and
Lauraceae
: the present species on
Cinnamomum
spp. The genus is closely related to
Lopharcha
, and the distinguishing character is noted in the remarks for the preceding species.