Ypsolopha albiramella (Mann, 1861)

(Figs 28, 78, 128)

Plutella albiramella Mann, 1861: 188; Stainton, 1867: 51.

Cerostoma albiramella (Mann): Caradja, 1920: 93.

Ypsolophus albiramellus (Mann): Zagulajev, 1989: 491.

Ypsolopha albiramella (Mann): Gershenson & Pavlíček, 2002: 128; Vives 2003: 102; Gershenson & Kozhevnikova, 2013: 97. Type locality: Russia.

Adult (Fig. 28): Wing expanse 19.0 mm. Wing venation as illustrated (Fig. 78).

Material examined. 2 ♂♂, Tacheng (46°46′ N, 82°59′ E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 30.vii −7.viii.1990, coll. Jinfu Li.

Host plants. Abies grandis Douglas ex Forbes, Ephedra foemina Forskk., E. distachya Linn., E. equisetina Bunge, E. intermedia Schrenk ex Meyer (Zagulajev 1989; Nevo et al. 1999; Gershenson et al. 2002; Kozhevnikova 2004; Gershenson & Kozhevnikova 2013).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Russia, Iran, Israel, Turkmenistan, Asia Minor, South Europe.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the forewing having white strips along the veins and having a large dark brown patch at middle of the fold (Fig. 28), and by the male genitalia with a bandlike uncus and the specific cornuti composed of two large thorns (Fig. 128). Ypsolopha albiramella resembles Y. cajaliella Vives, 2003 in the male uncus being a sclerotized band, but differs in the gnathos with a round ventral plate, which is broadly tongueshaped in the latter species (Vives 2003: Fig. 21). In addition, Y. cajaliella Vives is known only from its type locality, Spain.

Remarks. This species is recorded for the first time from China.