Strophedra nitidana ( Fabricius, 1794 )

Li, Houhun, 2017, Review of the species of Strophedra Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Grapholitini), Zootaxa 4318 (2), pp. 339-350 : 349-350

Strophedra nitidana ( Fabricius, 1794)

( Figs. 9, 10 , 17, 19 )

Pyralis nitidana Fabricius, 1794: 276 .

Stimonota redimitana Guenée, 1845: 184.

Grapholitha flexana Zeller, 1849: 281 .

Strophedra vigeliana Herrich-Schäffer, 1853: 94 . Pammene nitidulana Benander, 1930: 270 . Misspelling of nitidana . Pammene nitidiana Issiki, 1957: 54 . Misspelling of nitidana . Strophedra nitidana (Fabricius) : KaWabe, 1982: 148.

Material examined. CHINA: Shanxi Province: 1♂, Mt. Li (35.47°N, 112.02°E), Jincheng, 1520 m, 16.VIII.2006, coll. Xv Zhang and Haiyan Bai, genitalia slide no. LSH15261 ; 3♂, Manghe (35.25°N, 112.46°E), Yangcheng County, Jincheng, 594 m, 14–17.VII.2012, coll. Wei Guan and Xiuchun Wang, genitalia slide nos. LSH15358, LSH15359, LSH15404 ; 1♂, Waterfall Villa (35°15′N, 112°27′E), Manghe, Yangcheng County, Jincheng, 580 m, 1.VIII.2013, coll. Shulian Hao and Mingjing Li ; 3♂ 2♀, Mt. Mian (36.87°N, 111.99°E), Jiexiu, 1370 m, 15–21.VII.2014, coll. Tengteng Liu, Meiqing Yang and Sihan Lu, genitalia slide nos . LSH15405♂, LSH15416♀, LSH15417♂. Zhejiang Province: 1♂, Mt. Longtang (30.13°N, 118.91°E), Qingliangfeng, 500 m, 22.V.2012, coll. Linlin Yang and Zhenguo Zhang, genitalia slide no. LSH15488 ; 1♂, Chishui Village (29.81°N, 121.20°E), Zhangshui, Ningbo, 450 m, 26.VII.2015, coll. Aihui Yin, Kang Lou and Tao Wang, genitalia slide no. LSH15460 ; 1♀, Simingshan National Forest Park (29°43′N, 121°4′E), Ningbo, 822 m, 2.VIII.2016, coll. Qingyun Wang, Meiqing Yang and Ping Liu, genitalia slide no. LSH16352 ; 1♂, Daishan Island (30°14′N, 122°12′E), Zhoushan, 21 m, 4.VIII.2016, coll. Qingyun Wang, Meiqing Yang and Ping Liu, genitalia slide no. LSH16353 ; 1♂, Laofoyan Village (28°21′N, 118°41′E), Shuangxikou, Jiangshan, 424 m, 8.VIII.2016, coll. Qingyun Wang, Meiqing Yang and Ping Liu, genitalia slide no. LSH16212 . Henan Province: 1♂, Zushi (32.17°N, 115.68°E), Gushi County, 120 m, 16.V.1995, coll. Guangyun Yan, genitalia slide no. LJM 04511 ; 2♂, Lingshansi (31.90°N, 114.25°E), Luoshan County, Xinyang, 350 m, 21.V.2000, coll. Haili Yu, genitalia slide nos. LJM 04297, LJM04298 ; 6♂, 2♀, Xiuwu Forest Farm (35.44°N, 113.37°E), Mt. Yuntai , Jiaozuo, 1028 m, 7–10.VIII.2014, coll. Peixin Cong, Sha Hu and Linjie Liu, genitalia slide nos . LSH15489♂, LSH15490♀, LSH16251♂, LSH16253♂, LSH16297♂. Hubei Province: 1♂, 1♀, Taohuachong (30°59.248′N, 116°01.521′E), Yingshan County, 635 m, 23– 25.VI.2014, coll. Wei Guan and Meiqing Yang, genitalia slide no . LSH15703♂. Yunnan Province: 1♂, Kunming (24.95°N, 103.15°E), 1900 m, 30.VIII.2005, coll. Yingdang Ren, genitalia slide no. LSH15715 ; 1♂, Institute of Shellac (24.45°N, 100.85°E), Houshan, Jingdong County, 1140 m, 5.VII.2013, coll. Zhenguo Zhang, genitalia slide no. LSH16317 . Shaanxi Province: 15♂, 1♀, Chengcheng County (35.19°N, 109.94°E), 1000 m, 30.VII.1986, coll. Houhun Li, genitalia slide nos . LJM04121♂, LJM04124♀; 2♂, 1♀, Xinjiashan Forest Farm (34.18°N, 106.62°E), Fengxian, 1600 m, 9–11.VII.1988, coll. Houhun Li, genitalia slide nos . LJM04553♂, LJM04554♀. Gansu Province: 1♀, Dangchuan Forest Farm (34.42°N, 106.11°E), Mt. Xiaolong , Tianshui, 13.VIII.1988, coll. Xingyu Wu, genitalia slide no. LJM 04555 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 9 ) wingspan 7.0̄ 10.5 mm. The male genitalia of S. nitidana ( Fig. 17 ) are characterized by the tegumen produced triangularly to a narrowly rounded apex and the valva having an indistinct neck. In the female genitalia ( Fig. 19 ) the posterior margin of the 7th sternite is excavated to about half its length in a broad Ushape. It can be distinguished from its congeners by its conical phallus tapering to the apex.

Hosts. Fagaceae : Quercus spp., Fagus spp., Betula spp., Castanea spp. ( Liu & Li 2002).

Distribution. China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Russia, England.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 10. Adults of Strophedra spp. 3, S. paraspinifera, sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 4, S. nigrifusca, sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 5, S. laticolla, sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 6, S. tricornuta, sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 7, S. quercivora, ♂; 8, S. magna, ♂; 9, S. nitidana, ♀; 10. Head of S. nitidana, ♀. (Scale bars: Figs. 3 – 9 = 2.0 mm, Fig. 10 = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 16 – 19. Genitalia of Strophedra spp., 16, 17: Male genitalia (16 a, 17 a. Enlarged phalli): 16, S. magna, slide no. LSH 16368; 17, S. nitidana, slide no. LSH 15404; 18, 19, Female genitalia: 18, S. laticolla, sp. nov., paratype, slide no. LSH 15428; 19, S. nitidana, slide no. LSH 16352. (Scale bars: Figs. 16 – 19 = 0.2 mm, Figs. 16 a, 17 a = 0.1 mm).