Ypsolopha leuconotella ( Snellen, 1884 )

Jin, Qing, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2013, Review of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 from China (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae), Zootaxa 3705 (1), pp. 1-91 : 16-17

Ypsolopha leuconotella ( Snellen, 1884)

( Figs 8 , 59 , 108 , 159 )

Cerostoma leuconotella Snellen, 1884: 157 ; Rebel, 1901: 138; Caradja, 1920: 93; Caradja, 1939: 14. Ypsolophus leuconotellus (Snellen) : Zagulajev, 1989: 490.

Ypsolopha leuconotellus (Snellen) : Moriuti, 1977: 88; Moriuti, 1982: 209. Ypsolopha leuconotellus (Snellen) : Sohn et al., 2010: 32.

Ypsolopha hebeiensis Yang : Sohn et al., 2010: 32, misidentification. Type locality: Russia (Khingan Mts., Jewish).

Adult ( Fig. 8 ): Wing expanse 17.0−20.0 mm. Forewing with R4 and R5 separated ( Fig. 59 ).

Material examined. 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Xiaolong, Beijing (39°55′ N, 116°24′ E), 1030 m, 2−28.viii.2009, coll. Aihuan Zhang & Xueling Tian; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Dakezhuang, Songshan, Beijing (39°55′ N, 116°24′ E), 19.viii.2010, coll. Aihuan Zhang, Zheng Li & Jingxue Cai; 33 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, Shuangyuanfeng, Mt. Xinglong (40°36′ N, 117°29′ E), Hebei Province, 800 m, 27−29.vii.2011, coll. Houhun Li & Yanpeng Cai; 2 ♂♂, Mt. Baishi, Laiyuan County (39°21′ N, 114°41′ E), Hebei Province, 1300 m, 20−21.vii.2000, coll. Haili Yu; 1 ♀, Shuangyuanfeng, Mt. Wuling (40°36′ N, 117°29′ E), Xinglong County, Hebei Province, 800 m, 6.ix.2011, coll. Qiang Gao; 1 ♀, Mt. Xiaogu, Wudalianchi (48°39′ N, 126°07′ E), Heilongjiang Province, 270 m, 30.vii.1997, coll. Houhun Li; 1 ♂, Liangshui (46°32′ N, 131°52′ E), Heilongjiang Province, 22.vii.2009, coll. Weichun Li & Jiayu Liu; 6 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Mt. Baiyun, Song County (34°08′ N, 112°05′ E), Henan Province, 1400 m, 14−16.viii.2008, coll. Houhun Li et al.; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Donglutianling, Horinger County (40°23′ N, 111°48′ E), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 1480 m, 12−13.viii.2007, coll. Houhun Li et al.; 1 ♀, Erdao (43°21′ N, 125°39′ E), Jilin Province, 760 m, 1.viii.2004, coll. Aihuan Zhang; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Changbai, Baihe (42°28′ N, 128°08′ E), Jilin Province, 960 m, 3.viii.2004, coll. Aihuan Zhang; 2 ♂♂, Erdao (43°21′ N, 125°39′ E), Jilin Province, 760 m, 6.viii.2004, coll. Zhijie Wang; 2 ♀♀, Suyukou, Mt. Helan (38°30′ N, 106°06′ E), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 2000 m, 10.vii.2005, coll. Xinpu Wang et al.; 2 ♂♂, Mt. Liupan (35°42′ N, 106°11′ E), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 2100−2330 m, 9−11.vii.2008, coll. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang; 1 ♀, Chengcheng County (35°11′ N, 109°56′ E), Shaanxi Province, 1000 m, 11.viii.1993, coll. Houhun Li; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Li, Jincheng (35°30′ N, 112°51′ E), Shanxi Province, 1520 m, 16.viii.2006, coll. Xu Zhang & Haiyan Bai; 2 ♀♀, Lingchuan County (35°46′ N, 113°18′ E), Jincheng, Shanxi Province, 900 m, 15.vii.2010, Haiyan Bai & Linlin Yang; 1 ♂, Mt. Baxian, Tianjin (39°02′ N, 117°12′ E), 500 m, 24.vi.2001, coll. Houhun Li et al.; 1 ♂, Heishuihe, Mt. Baxian, Tianjin (39°02′ N, 117°12′ E), 550 m, 27.viii.2009, coll. Bingbing Hu, Jing Zhang & Zhipin Liang; 16 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Buerjin County (47°41′ N, 86°59′ E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 1114 m, 22−24.vii.2007, coll. Xinpu Wang et al.; 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Habahe County (48°02′ N, 86°26′ E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 1264 m, 27.vii.2007, coll. Xinpu Wang et al.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Tianjin, Xinjiang), Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia (Far East, Siberia), Hungary, Romania, Slovakia.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the forewing grayish white mixed with black and grayish whitetipped ocherous yellow scales on the distal 1/3 ( Fig. 8 ). Ypsolopha leuconotella is similar to Y. flaviterminata sp. nov. in the forewing markings, but can be distinguished by the different colour, and the presence of the dark brown dot at the tornus that is absent in the latter species. Ypsolopha leuconotella is also similar to Y. yangi Ponomarenko et Sohn in genitalia, but differs in the medially dilated socius in the male genitalia ( Fig. 108 ), and the entirely granulous ductus bursae in the female genitalia ( Fig. 159 ); in Y. yangi , the male socius is parallel-sided on the basal 3/4 ( Fig. 120 ), and the female ductus bursae is sparsely granulous before the inception of the ductus seminalis ( Fig. 168 ).

Remarks. Sohn et al. (2010) reported this species as a new record to China. In fact, Caradja (1939) recorded it from Shanxi Province, China.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 11. Adults of Ypsolopha spp. 4. Y. vittella (Linnaeus), ♂; 5. Y. japonica Moriuti, ♂; 6. Y. amoenella (Christoph), ♂; 7. Y. hebeiensis Yang, ♀; 8. Y. leuconotella (Snellen), ♀; 9. Y. flaviterminata sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 10. Y. flavida sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 11. Y. asperella (Linnaeus), ♂.

FIGURES 55 – 60. Wing venation of Ypsolopha spp. 55. Y. vittella (Linnaeus), slide no. JQ 08232 ♂ W; 56. Y. japonica Moriuti, slide no. JQ 07267 ♀ W; 57. Y. amoenella (Christoph), slide no. JQ 07155 ♂ W; 58. Y. hebeiensis Yang, slide no. JQ 08217 ♀ W; 59. Y. leuconotella (Snellen), slide no. JQ 07259 ♂ W; 60. Y. flaviterminata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07235 ♂ W.

FIGURES 105 – 110. Male genitalia of Ypsolopha spp. 105. Y. vittella (Linnaeus), slide no. JQ 09008; 106. Y. japonica Moriuti, slide no. JQ 07066; 107. Y. amoenella (Christoph), slide no. JQ 07155; 108. Y. leuconotella (Snellen), slide no. JQ 07259; 109. Y. flaviterminata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07235; 110. Y. flavida sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07021.

FIGURES 158 – 163. Female genitalia of Ypsolopha spp. 158. Y. hebeiensis Yang, slide no. JQ 08217; 159. Y. leuconotella (Snellen), slide no. JQ 07260; 160. Y. flaviterminata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07236; 161. Y. flavida sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07277; 162. Y. parallela (Caradja), slide no. JQ 07258; 163. Y. sarmaticella (Rebel), slide no. JQ 07227.

FIGURES 117 – 122. Male genitalia of Ypsolopha spp. 117. Y. fascimaculata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07282; 118. Y. scabrella (Linnaeus), slide no. JQ 07229; 119. Y. acerella Ponomarenko et al., slide no. JQ 08224; 120. Y. yangi Ponomarenko et Sohn, slide no. JQ 07290; 121. Y. horridella (Treitschke), slide no. JQ 07292; 122. Y. mucronulata sp. nov., holotype, slide no. FXM 07023.

FIGURES 164 – 169. Female genitalia of Ypsolopha spp. 164. Y. parenthesella (Linnaeus), slide no. JQ 08228; 165. Y. fascimaculata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07151; 166. Y. scabrella (Linnaeus), slide no. JQ 07270; 167. Y. acerella Ponomarenko et al., slide no. JQ 08022; 168. Y. yangi Ponomarenko et Sohn, slide no. JQ 07279; 169. Y. mucronulata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. L 94243.