Choreutis atrosignata ( Christoph, 1888 )

Sohn, Jae-Cheon, 2022, Three species of Choreutidae (Lepidoptera) new to Korea with the first record of Brenthiinae for the country, Journal of Species Research 11 (3), pp. 202-207 : 203-204

Choreutis atrosignata ( Christoph, 1888)

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Simaethis atrosignata Christoph, 1888: 311 . Type locality: Russia, Ussuri .

Simaethis moiwana Matsumura, 1931: 1080 . Type locality: Japan.

Anthophila moiwana ; Inoue, 1954: 49.

Hemerophila ussuriensis Danilevsky and Kuznetsov, 1973: 16 . Type locality: Russia, Ussuri .

Eutromula atrosignata ; Diakonoff, 1978b: 199.

Choreutis atrosignata ; Heppner and Duckworth, 1981: 53.

Description. Head - Vertex and frons fuscous. Antenna 1/2 as long as forewing, dark fuscous, annulated with white. Labial palpus white, intermixed with dark brown

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scales on distal half. Thorax - Patagium, tegula and mesonotum fuscous. Forewing length 4.2 mm, brownish gray, tinged with dark fuscous basally and distally; antemedian and postmedian fasciae zigzagged, dark brown; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwing and cilia dark fuscous. Female genitalia ( Fig. 2D ) - Papillae anales subrectangular, long-setose. Apophyses posteriores as long as apophyses anteriores. Ostium bursae large, oval. Ductus bursae narrow, of even width along entire length. Corpus bursae globular; signum long-elliptical, with round expansions at middle, scobinate. See Arita (1987) for the characteristics of the male genitalia.

Material examined. [ Korea] 2$, Gangwon Prov., Yeongweol, Mt. Wantegsan , 7 June 2004, leg. J.-C. Sohn, genitalia slide no. SJC-508, GJUE .

Distribution. Korea (new record), Japan, Russia (Far East).

Host plants. Ulmaceae - Ulmus davidiana var. japonica (Rehder) Nakai ( Arita, 1987).

Figures

Fig. 2. Genitalia of Choreutidae.A. Litobrenthia japonica(Issiki, 1930), male(a=phallus). B. Litobrenthia japonica(Issiki, 1930), female. C. Choreutis japonica (Zeller, 1877), female. D. Choreutis atrosignata (Christoph, 1888), female.