Fibuloides corinthia (Meyrick, 1912)

Zhang, Aihuan & Li, Houhun, 2011, Review of the genus Fibuloides Kuznetsov in China (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Olethreutinae), ZooKeys 81, pp. 39-50 : 43-44

Fibuloides corinthia (Meyrick, 1912) Figs 312

Acroclita corinthia Meyrick, 1912: 858; Diakonoff 1950: 277; Clarke 1958: 271; Kawabe et al. 1992: 108. Lectotype ♂, TL: Sri Lanka, deposited in BMNH.

Fibuloides corinthia (Meyrick, 1912): Horak 2006: 330.

Acroclita nigrovenana Kuznetsov, 1988: 88; Nasu 1993: 216; Kuznetsov 2001: 408. Holotype ♂, TL:Vietnam, deposited in ZMAS. syn. nov. Fibuloides nigrovenana (Kuznetsov, 1988): Horak 2006: 330.

Material examined.

China, Yunnan Province: 1 ♂, Yuanjiang County, 710 m, 28.IV.1995, coll. Guangyun Yan.

Host plant.

Sapindaceae : Litchi chinensis Sonn. (Kuznetsov 2001).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Taiwan); Sri Lanka; India.

Remarks.

The male uncus is produced into two sharp, outwardly bent tips, and the cucullus is nearly elliptic, ending in a spine, with a ventral process bearing a short distal spine.

Diakonoff (1950) designated the male lectotype and Clarke (1958) provided photographs of the adult and male genitalia. Horak (2006) transferred Acroclita corinthia and Acroclita nigrovenana to Fibuloides . We synonymize Fibuloides nigrovenana with corinthia based on the the study of the adult and the male genitalia. Though we were unable to locate the type of Fibuloides corintha in BMNH, the two species appear to be conspecific based on a comparison of the photo in Clarke (1958) and the illustration in Rose and Pooni (2005) of Acroclita corinthia with the photo of Acroclita nigrovenana from Japan in Nasu (1993) as well as with the adult and male genitalia of the Chinese specimen.