Pseudacroclita hapalaspis (Meyrick, 1931)

Zhang, Aihuan, 2018, Synopsis of Pseudacroclita Oku from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Zootaxa 4379 (2), pp. 295-300 : 297-298

3. Pseudacroclita hapalaspis (Meyrick, 1931)

Acroclita hapalaspis Meyrick, 1931 , Exotic Microlepidoptera , 4: 144; Issiki, 1957, Icones Heterocerorum Japonicorum in Colorlbus Naturalibus, 1: 66.

Olethreutes hapalaspis: Clarke, 1958 , Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick, 3: 515.

Pseudacroclita hapalaspis: Oku, 1979 , Kontyû, 47(4): 592; Kawabe, 1982, in: Inoue et al. (eds.), Moths of Japan, 2: 120; Kawabe, 1989, Microlepidoptera of Thailand, 2: 51; Razowski, 1989, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 32(7): 187; Kawabe et al., 1992, in: Heppner & Inoue (eds.), Lepidoptera of Taiwan, 1(2): 108; Razowski, 1999, SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia, 27(108): 490; Kuznetzov, 2001, in: Ler (ed.), Key to the Insects of Russian Far East, 5(3): 299; Zhang & Li, 2005, Acta Entomologica Sinica, 48(3): 398.

Specimens examined. 1♀, Hubei Province, Hefeng County, 1260 m, 17 Jul 1999, H. Li et al. ; 1♂, 1♀, Fujian Province, Dehua County, 850 m, 15 Sep 2002, X. Wang ; 1♂, Hunan Province, Zhangjiajie , 650 m, 10 Aug 2001, H. Li & X. Wang ; 1♂, Guangdong Province, Heshan , 20 Sep 2002, G. Liu & B. Zhang ; 1♂, Guizhou Province, Chishui , 390 m, 28 May 2000, Y. Du ; 1♀, Guizhou Province, Mt. Fanjing , 530 m, 2 Jun 2002, X. Wang ; 2♂, Guizhou Province, Mt. Fanjing , 600 m, 28 May 2001, H. Li & X. Wang ; 1♂, Guizhou Province, Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui Natural Reserve , 16 Aug 2010, L. Yang ; 1♂, 1♀, Chongqing, Simianshan, Tudiyan , 1200 m, 16 Jul 2012, Y. Sun & A. Yin ; 2♀, Zhejiang Province, Jiulongshan , 400 m, 5 Aug 2011, L. Yang & N. Chen.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Guangdong, Guizhou, Taiwan), Japan.

Host plants. Rosaceae : Rubus siiboldii, R. buergeri, R. crataegifolius, and R. palnatus var. coptophyllus ( Oku 1979) .

Remarks. Pseudacroclita hapalaspis can be distinguished by the somewhat triangular, small, and right-angled dorsally cucullus in the male genitalia and the long horned signa in the female genitalia.