Emmelina monodactyla ( Linnaeus 1758 )

Kim, Sora, Byun, Bong-Kyu, Park, Kyu-Tek & Lee, Seunghwan, 2010, Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species, Journal of Natural History 44 (23 - 24), pp. 1377-1399 : 1383-1384

Emmelina monodactyla ( Linnaeus 1758)

( Figures 1E,F ; 4C,D )

Phalaena Alucita monodactyla Linnaeus 1758: 542 . TL: Europe.

Phalaena bidactyla Hochenwarth 1785: 336 .

Alucita pterodactyla Hübner [1805] , nec Linnaeus 1758.

Pterophorus cineridactylyus Fitch 1854: 848 .

Pterophorus naevosidactylus Fitch 1854: 849 .

Pterophorus impersonalis Walker 1864: 942 .

Pterophorus pergracilidactylus Packard 1873: 265 .

Pterophorus barberi Dyar 1903: 228 .

Pterophorus pictipennis Grinnell 1908: 320 .

Pterophorus monodactylus f. rufa Dufrane 1960: 6.

Wingspan 19–22 mm in male.

Diagnosis

This species is similar to E. argoteles (Meyrick) with a well-developed saccular process longer than the valva, but it is easily distinguished by the asymmetric right valva forming a pointed apex with long club-like saccular process.

Material examined

One female, Hongneung, S, 30 March 1998, B.K. Byun. one female, Suweon, GG, 27 May 1987, S.B. Ahn, gen. prep. no – CIS 5513 ; one male, Chuncheon , GW, 27 June 1989, K. T . Park and B.K. Byun, gen. prep. no – CIS 5519 ; one male, Jiam-ri , 4 April 1995, K. T . Park Y.D. Kwon .

Distribution

Korea, Japan and China.

Host plant

Atriplex L., ( Gielis 1996), Atriplex patula L. ( Barnes and Lindsey 1921), Chenopodium L. ( Wörz 1954; Gielis 1996, 2003; Li et al. 2003), Chenopodium album L., ( Barnes and Lindsey 1921) ( Amaranthaceae ); Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br., Calystegia spithamaea (L.) R. Br., ( Arenberger 1995; Gielis 1996, 2003; Li et al. 2003), Calystegia sodanella (L.) R. Br., ( Yano 1963; Arenberger 1995; Gielis 2003; Li et al. 2003), Cynara cardunculus L., ( Gielis 2003) ( Asteraceae ); Convolvulus arvensis L., Convolvulus cantabrica L., Convolvulus floridus L., Convolvulus prostrates Forssk , ( Arenberger 1995; Gielis 2003; Li et al. 2003), Convolvulus tricolor L., ( Barnes and Lindsey 1921), Ipomoea batatas L., I. eriocarpa R. Br. , Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth. ( Arenberger 1995; Gielis 2003; Li et al. 2003) ( Convolvulaceae ); Datura stramonium L., Hyoscyamus niger L. ( Arenberger 1995; Gielis 2003; Li et al. 2003) ( Solanaceae ).

Remarks

This species is reported for the first time from Korea.

Figures

Figure 1. Adaina microdactyla, adult (A) and wing pattern (B); Emmelina argoteles, adult (C) and wing pattern (D); Emmelina monodactyla, adult (E) and wing pattern (F); Hellinsia albidactylus, adult (G) and wing pattern (H); Hellinsia chuncheonensis sp. nov., adult (I) and wing pattern (J).

Figure 4. Emmelina argoteles, male genitalia (A) and aedeagus (B); Emmelina monodactyla, male genitalia (C) and aedeagus (D); Hellinsia albidactylus, male genitalia (E) and aedeagus (F); Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus sp. nov., male genitalia (G) and aedeagus (H); Hellinsia distinctus, male genitalia (I) and aedeagus (J); Hellinsia ishiyamanus, male genitalia (K) and aedeagus (L); Hellinsia kuwayamai, male genitalia (M) and aedeagus (N); Hellinsia lienigianus, male genitalia (O) and aedeagus (P); Hellinsia nigridactylus, male genitalia (Q) and aedeagus (R); Oidaematophorus iwatensis, male genitalia (S) and aedeagus (T); Pselnophorus vilis, male genitalia (U) and aedeagus (V).