Acroclita liui Zhang & Li, 2017

Zhang, Aihuan, 2023, Systematic study of Chinese Acroclita Lederer (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 195-200 : 198-199

Acroclita liui Zhang & Li, 2017

Acroclita liui Zhang & Li, 2017: 32 . TL: China, Qinghai Province, Xunhua County; TD: NKUM.

Specimens examined. 1♁, Qinghai Province, Xunhua County (35.50 °N, 102.28 °E), alt. 2240 m, 15 July 1995, leg. Li H.H. & Wang S.X. (genitalia slide no. ZAH04097 ); 2 ♁, Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou , alt. 2700 m, 13 August 2002, leg. Hao S.L. (genitalia slide no. ZAH04186 ); 1♁ 1♀ , Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou , alt. 2350 m, 18 August 2002, leg. Hao S.L. (genitalia slide nos. ZAH04313 , ZAH04314 ); 1♀ , Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou , alt. 2250 m, 19 August 2002, leg. Hao S.L.; 7 ♁, Shaanxi Province, Xunyi County, Malan Forestry Station , 30~ 31 May 1984, leg. Li H.H.; 1♁ 2♀ , Sichuan Province, Kangding County, alt. 2400 m, 8 July 2001, leg. Li H.H. & Wang X.P. (genitalia slide nos. ZAH04320 , ZAH04321 ); 1♁ 14♀ , Gansu Province, Yuzhong County, Mt. Xinglong, alt. 2120~ 2130 m, 30 July ~ 2 August 1993, leg. Li H.H. (genitalia slide no. MZ96122 ); 1 ♁, Gansu Province, Yuzhong County, Mt. Xinglong ( East Mt. ), alt. 2230 m, 1 August 1993, leg. Li H.H. (genitalia slide no. MZ96123 ); 1♁ 2♀ , Sichuan Province, Wolong Nature Reserve , 25 July 2005, leg. Yu H.L. (genitalia slide nos. ZAH10001 , ZAH10002 ); 1♀ , Qinghai Province, Xunhua County, alt. 2240 m, 13 July 1995, leg. Li H.H. & Wang S.X.; 1 ♁, Shaanxi Province, Ningshan County, Huoditang , alt. 1620 m, 24 May 1990, leg. Li H.H.; 1 ♁, Shaanxi Province, Yangling , 14 July 1985, leg. Li H.H.

Host plant. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai); Japan.

Remarks. This species is similar to A. elaeagnivora Oku , but can be distinguished by the following characters: socius long and narrow, horn-shaped; ventral margin of basal opening with a nearly triangular process; and cucullus about three times as long as wide. In A. elaeagnivora the socius is much longer and hook-like; the ventral margin of the basal opening bears a process with a blunt termination; and the cucullus is about twice as long as wide.

This species is also similar to A. digitata Zhang & Li , but can easily be separated by its long, horn-shaped socii, and U-shaped sterigma. In A. digitata the socius is digitate, and the sterigma is bilateral, crescent-shaped.