Gibberifera glaciata ( Meyrick, 1907 )

Zhang, Aihuan, 2021, Review of Gibberifera Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5039 (3), pp. 409-416 : 412-413

Gibberifera glaciata ( Meyrick, 1907)

Cydia glaciata Meyrick, 1907: 143 . TL: India, Assam, Khasi Hills; TD: NHMUK.

Eucosma glaciata: Clarke, 1958: 364 .

Gibberifera simplana glaciata: Diakonoff, 1964: 24 .

Gibberifera glaciata: Kawabe & Nasu, 1994: 85 ; Razowski, 1999: 448; Kuznetzov, 2001, in: Ler (ed.): 347; Liu & Li, 2002: 320.

Gibberifera simplana: Kawabe & Sakurai, 1988: 110 ; Kawabe, 1989: 54; Kawabe, Komai & Razowski, 1992: 107. [Misidentification]

Specimens examined. 1♂, 3♀, Lijiang , Yunnan Province, alt. 2650 m, 17 July 2001, leg. Li H.H. & Wang X.P. ; 1♀, Weishan County, Yunnan Province, alt. 2200 m, 20 July 2001, leg. Li H.H. & Wang X.P. ; 2♂, Sangzhi County, Hunan Province, alt. 1250 m, 13 August 2001, leg. Li H.H. & Wang X.P. ; 1♂, 1♀, Zhangjiajie , Hunan Province, alt. 650 m, 7 August 2001, leg. Li H.H. & Wang X.P. ; 5♂, 2♀, Bomi County, Xizang Autonomous Region , alt. 2800 m, 19 August 2003, leg. Wang X.P. & Xue H.J. ; 1♂, 1♀, Neixiang County, Henan Province, alt. 1350 m, 14 July 1998, leg. Li H.H. ; 1♂, 1♀, Songxian , Henan Province, alt. 1580 m, 19–25 July 2002, leg. Wang X.P. ; 6♂, 1♀, Yadong County, Xizang Autonomous Region , alt. 2950 m, 26–28 August 2003, leg. Wang X.P. & Xue H.J. ; 16♂, 6♀, Linzhi County, Xizang Autonomous Region , 22 June–31 July 1983, leg. Li H.H. ; 8♂, 3♀, Linzhi County, Xizang Autonomous Region , alt. 2900 m, 6 August 2003, leg. Wang X.P. & Xue H.J. ; 4♂, 1♀, Mt. Fanjing , Guizhou Province, alt. 1300 m, 2–3 July 2001, leg. Li H.H. ; 1♂, Baozigou (32.91 ºN, 104.16 ºE), Wanglang National Nature Reserve , Sichuan Province, alt. 2369 m, 19 July 2017, leg. Qi M.J. & Yang X.F.

Host plants. Salix spp. (Salicaceae) .

Distribution. China (Henan, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang, Taiwan), Thailand, India, Nepal, Pakistan.

Remarks. This species was considered as a subspecies of G. simplana (Fischer von Röslerstamm) by Diakonoff (1964) based on the similarity of wing pattern and genitalia. Kawabe & Nasu (1994) upgraded it to species level based on the presence of a bifurcated uncus and a non-deciduous cornutus. Subsequently it has always been regarded as an independent species of Gibberifera ( Liu & Li, 2002; Zhang & Li, 2004; Gilligan et al., 2018). The male genitalia of this species is characteristic by having the uncus shallowly or deeply bifurcated and the vesica with one or two non-deciduous cornuti.