Cavariella araliae Takahashi, 1921

Figs 6, 7, 32F

Cavariella araliae Takahashi, 1921: 37.

Specimens examined.

Two ap. viv. fems., China: Guizhou (Xishui County), 30.V.2000, No. 12518-1-1, on Aralia, coll. G.X. Qiao ; two ap. viv. fems., Sichuan ( Chengdu City), 21.VIII.2018, No. 43979-1-1, on Aralia, coll. Y. Xu and J.F. Ji ; one ap. viv. fem., Guizhou ( Fanjing Mountain), 1.VIII.2014, No. 33707-1-1, on Aralia, coll. Y.Q. Li and F.F. Niu ; five ap. viv. fems. and three ala. viv. fems., Hainan (Linshui County), 7.IV.2015, No. 32504-1-1, No. 32505-1-1, No. 32507-1-1, No. 32503-1-1, on Aralia, coll. R. Chen ; two ap. viv. fems., Yunnan (Jinping County), 17.IV.2018, No. 42356-1-1, on Aralia, coll. Y. Xu ; three ap. viv. fems., Hunan (Ningyuan County), 27.V.2017, No. 39559-1-1, No. 39557-1-1, on Aralia, coll. C.C. Du and K. Hao ; one ap. viv. fem., Guangdong ( Shaoguan City), 7. VI.2017, No. 39667-1-1, on Aralia, coll. C.C. Du and K. Hao ; two ap. viv. fems. (slides) and one ap. viv. fem. (COI: OP956137), Hubei (Yien County), 30.IV.2019, No. 45335-1-1, on Aralia, coll. X. L. Zhang ; one ap. viv. fems., Sichuan ( Leshan City), 7.VI.2014, No. 31318-1-1, on Salix, coll. Y. Wang and X. J Tang.

Diagnosis.

Supra-caudal long conical, pointed apex, much longer than cauda (Fig. 6G, I); antennae 5-segmented (Fig. 6C), PT 1.59 × Ant. Vb; URS wedge-shaped (Fig. 6D), 1.40 × HT II (Takahashi 1921; Jiang et al. 2011).

Biology.

The species mostly feeds on stems and shoots of Araliaceae (Fig. 32F) ( Aralia, Schleffera, Tetrapanax), and be found also feeding on Salix (Blackman and Eastop 2022). The species may migrate between Salix and Araliaceae .

Distribution.

China (Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) (Jiang et al. 2011), Japan, Korea, Russia.