Phyllonorycter sorbicola (Kumata, 1963)

Kim, Da-Som, Oh, Jae-In & Byun, Bong-Kyu, 2024, The checklist of leaf-mining moths Phyllonorycter Hübner (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) of Korea with description of two new species and nine newly recorded species, Zootaxa 5397 (3), pp. 397-417 : 410

25. Phyllonorycter sorbicola (Kumata, 1963)

( Figs 2a , 5a )

Lithocolletis sorbicola Kumata, 1963: 14–16 . TL: Hokkaidō, Japan. TD: EIHU (Holotype).

Adult ( Fig. 2a ). Forewing length 3.0 mm.

Male genitalia. Unknown.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 5a ).

Material examined. [ IC] 2♀, Seokmodo Arboretum, Samsan-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, 10 vi 2019 (leg. JO Lim, SK Lee, YM Shin), gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5650 , 5651 -coll. KNAE .

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

Host plants. Prunus avium , Sorbus alnifolia , S. commixta , S. matsumurana [ Rosaceae ] in Japan ( Kumata 1963b, 1967; Prins & Prins 2006 –2023). Prunus maackii , P. padus , S. commixta [ Rosaceae ] in Russia ( Ermolaev 1987; Akulov et al. 2018; Kirichenko et al. 2019).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Adults of Phyllonorycter spp. a, P. sorbicola (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5651); b, P. tritorrhecta (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5634); c, P. zelkovae (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5634). (Scale bars = 2 mm).

FIGURE 5. Female genitalia of Phyllonorycter spp. a, P. sorbicola (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5651); b, P. tritorrhecta (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5634); c, P. zelkovae (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5634). (Scale bars = 0.5 mm).