YPONOMEUTINAE, Stephens, 1829

Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Wu, Chun-Sheng & Han, Hui-Lin, 2010, Three new species of Yponomeutinae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from China with faunistic supplements and an updated list of the Chinese species of the subfamily, Journal of Natural History 44 (45 - 46), pp. 2803-2816 : 2811-2815

Subfamily YPONOMEUTINAE

Cedestis gysselinella Duponchel, 1839 [mid-northern to northwestern provinces]

Cedestis leucopterostigmatis Sohn and Wu , n. sp. [Jiangxi]

“ Euhyponomeutoides ” leucotoma (Meyrick, 1935) [Hunan]

Euhyponomeutoides trachydeltus (Meyrick, 1931) [Jiangxi]

= Euhyponomeutoides lushanensis Gozmany, 1960

Euhyponomeutoides spadix Sohn and Wu , n. sp. [Sichuan]

Kessleria calculosa (Meyrick, 1914) [Zhejiang]

Kessleria insulella Moriuti, 1977 [ Taiwan]

Kessleria nivosa Meyrick, 1938 [Yunnan]

= Zelleria nuosa (sic)

Metanomeuta fulvicrinis Meyrick, 1935 [middle to southern provinces]

Metanomeuta yuexiensis Jin and Wang, 2008 [Anhui]

Metanomeuta spinisparsula Jin and Wang, 2008 [Hunan]

Niphonympha longispina Yu and Li, 2002 [Guizhou]

Niphonympha varivera Yu and Li, 2002 [middle to southern provinces]

Liu (1992) misidentified this as Niphonympha vera .

Ocnerostoma piniariellum Zeller, 1847 [Zhejiang]

Swammerdamia caesiella (Hübner, 1796) [Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi]

Li and Fan (2007) recorded this species as new to China, but Caradja (1939) already made its first Chinese record under the name Swammerdamia heroldella .

Swammerdamia caudinigra Li and Fan, 2007 [Guizhou]

Swammerdamia pyrella (de Villers, 1789) [Henan]

Swammerdamia zhangi Li and Fan, 2007 [mid-northern provinces]

Teinoptilia antistatica (Meyrick, 1931) [Guizhou]

Teinoptilia bolidias (Meyrick, 1913) [southern provinces]

= Choutinea shaanxiensis Huang, 1982

Teinoptila brunnescens (Moore, 1888) [Yunnan]

Teinoptilia guttella Moriuti, 1977 [ Taiwan]

Teinoptila clavata Jin, Wang and Li, 2009 [Guangxi]

Thecobathra acrivalvata Fan, Jin and Li, 2008 [Guizhou]

Thecobathra albana Liu, 1980 [Jiangxi, Hainan]

Thecobathra anas (Stringer, 1930) [southern provinces]

Thecobathra argophenes (Meyrick, 1907) [Yunnan, Zhejiang]

Thecobathra badagongshana Fan, Jin and Li, 2008 [Hunan]

Thecobathra basilobata Fan, Jin and Li, 2008 [ Taiwan]

Thecobathra bidentata Liu, 1980 [Jiangxi]

Thecobathra chiona Liu, 1980 [Yunnan]

Thecobathra delias (Meyrick, 1913) [southern provinces]

Thecobathra eta Moriuti, 1963 [Zhejiang]

Thecibathra flavida Yu and Li, 2001 [Hubei]

Thecibathra kappa (Moriuti) [ Taiwan]

Thecobathra lambda (Moriuti) [southern provinces]

Thecobathra latibasis Fan, Jin and Li, 2008 [Guangxi]

Thecobathra longisaccata Fan, Jin and Li, 2008 [Yunnan]

Thecobathra microsignata Liu, 1980 [Yunnan]

Thecobathra ovata Liu, 1980 [Jiangxi]

Thecobathra paranas Fan, Jin and Li, 2008 [Yunnan]

Thecobathra partinuda Fan, Jin and Li, 2008 [ Taiwan]

Thecobathra sororiata Moriuti [southeastern provinces]

Liu (1980) misidentified this as Thecobathra nivialis.

Thecobathra tetragona Liu, 1983 [Sichuan]

Thecobathra yasudai (Moriuti, 1965) [Yunnan]

Thecobathra yunnana Liu, 1984 [Yunnan]

Xyrosaris lichneuta Meyrick, 1918 [northeastern to southern provinces]

Xyrosaris lirinopa Meyrick, 1922 [Shanghai]

Yponomeuta anatolicus Stringer, 1930 [Heilongjiang, Jilin, Zhejiang]

Yponomeuta bipunctellus Matsumura, 1931 [Shaanxi, Sichuan]

Yponomeuta catharotis (Meyrick, 1935) [Hunan, Jiangsu, Henan]

“ Yponomeuta ” chalcocoma Meyrick, 1938 [Yunnan]

Yponomeuta cinefactus Meyrick, 1935 [Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei]

Yponomeuta eurinellus Zagulajev, 1969 [eastern provinces]

This species has been known as Yponomeuta solitariellus in the latest Chinese list ( Hua, 2005).

Yponomeuta evonymellus (Linnaeus, 1758) [northern to south-eastern provinces]

Note: Gershenson (1993) distinguished Y. refrigeratus Meyrick, 1931 from Y. evonymellus and found populations from Far East Russia and northern Japan that belonged to the former. It is very possible that some previous records of evonymellus from China have been confused with refrigeratus.

Yponomeuta griseatus Moriuti, 1977 [mid- to south-eastern provinces]

Yponomeuta kanaiellus Matsumura, 1931 [eastern provinces]

Yponomeuta meguronis Matsumura, 1931 [ Taiwan]

Yponomeuta orientalis Zagulajev, 1969 [northern provinces]

Note. In previous Chinese literature, two Yponomeuta species , malinellus Zeller, 1838 and padellus (Linnaeus, 1758), which are well-known pests on rosaceous fruit trees, have frequently been cited ( Yang 1979; Hua 2005). Gershenson and Ulenberg (1998) reported that those two species are restricted to Europe and the Caucasus regions and all records of malinellus or padellus from East Asia have been confused with orientalis. According to their confusions, both Y. malinellus and Y. padellus are excluded from this list. Y. padellus illustrated in Liu (1983) is more likely Y. spodocrossus Meyrick , but to confirm this, re-examination of the material figured is required.

Yponomeuta polystictus Butler, 1879 [mid- to south-eastern provinces]

Yponomeuta polystigmellus Felder and Felder, 1862 [eastern provinces]

Yponomeuta rorellus Hübner, 1795 [Hebei]

Yponomeuta sociatus Moriuti, 1972 [eastern provinces]

Yponomeuta spodocrossus Meyrick, 1935 [Shaanxi, Henan]

Yponomeuta tokyonellus Matsumura, 1931 [northern provinces]

Wu (1938) used the name Hyponomeuta minuella , a synonym of Y. tokyonellus .

Yponomeuta sedellus Treitschke, 1832 [eastern provinces]

Liu and Huang (1996) reported this species under the name Yponomeuta vigintipunctatus.

Yponomeuta zagulajevi Gershenson, 1977 [Beijing]

Yponomeuta zebra Sohn and Wu , n. sp. [Tibet]

Zelleria coniostrepta Meyrick, 1938 [Yunnan]

Zelleria japonicella Moriuti, 1977 [Heilongjiang]

Zelleria strophaea Meyrick, 1914 [Yunnan]

The following three Yponomeuta species are listed in Hua (2005). Apparently, this must be an error, because no descriptions under the species name and the authorship have been published. Regulated by the IUZN’s rule (article 13), all the names are invalid.

Yponomeuta hebeiensis Liu, 1984 ; in Hua, 2005, nomen nudum

Yponomeuta nigrofasciatus Yang, 1979 ; in Hua, 2005, nomen nudum

Yponomeuta ulingensis Yang, 1979 ; in Hua, 2005, nomen nudum