Cochylidia richteriana (Fischer von Rölerstamm, 1837)

Byun, Bong-Kyu & Li, Cheng-De, 2006, Taxonomic review of the tribe Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Korea and northeast China, with descriptions of two new species, Journal of Natural History 40 (13 - 14), pp. 783-817 : 792-793

Cochylidia richteriana (Fischer von Rölerstamm, 1837)

Cochylis richteriana Fischer von Röslerstamm 1837, p 92 , Plate 40, Figure 3a, b . TL: Poland (Glogan).

Cochylis olindiana Snellen 1883, p 194 .

Cochylis ineptana Kennel 1901, p 233 .

Phalonia xanthodryas Caradja & Meyrick 1937, p 155 .

Cochylidia richteriana: Razowski 1970, p 382 .

Diagnosis

Wingspan 14–15 mm. Wing pattern variable. It can be distinguished from the congeneric species by the distinct and straight median fascia followed by several tiny blackish dots in the subapical region.

Material examined

Two males, Yangyang, GW, 25 July 1987, K. T . Park; one male, Mt Jiri , GN, 17 July 1976, K. T . Park; one male, one female, Sangju, GB, 9 May 1976, K. T . Park , in CIS . Two males, Suweon, GG, 16 May 1974, P. E. S. Walley, in NIAST . Five males, Zalong, Qiqihaer, HL, 8 August 2002, B. K. Byun, C. D. Li, Genitalia slide no. NEFU 602 , in NEFU.

Distribution

Korea (South); China: Heilongjiang (Qiqihaer), Liaoning, Anhui (Mt Huangshan); Japan (Honshu, Hokkaido); Russia (Amur, Siberia); Mongolia; Europe (middle).

Host plant

Kawabe (1982) recorded Artemisia sp. ( Asteraceae ) as the host plant of this species.

Remarks

There is considerable variation in the material from Northeast China, which has a narrower forewing with slender and dark pattern and ground colour, and the shorter costa of valva with a narrowed apex.

Figures

Figures 1–3. Aethes bistigmatus sp. nov. (1) Adult. (2) Male genitalia. (3) Aedeagus. Scale bar: 1 mm.