Hellinsia distinctus ( Herrich-Schäffer 1855 )

Kim, Sora, Byun, Bong-Kyu, Park, Kyu-Tek & Lee, Seunghwan, 2010, Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species, Journal of Natural History 44 (23 - 24), pp. 1377-1399 : 1388-1389

Hellinsia distinctus ( Herrich-Schäffer 1855)

( Figures 2C,D ; 4I ; 5F )

Pterophorus distinctus Herrich-Schäffer 1855: 379 .

Pterophorus sibericus Caradja 1920: 86 .

Leioptilus zermattensis Mü ĺ ler-Rutz 1933: 119.

Oidaematophorus acutus Yano 1963: 179 .

Wingspan 14 mm in both sexes.

Diagnosis

This species is close to H. ishiyamanus (Matsumura) , but it is differentiated by brownish yellow colour of forewing, and lemonish thorax and abdomen, a spine sharply developed in left valve in male genitalia, presence of apophyses anteriores and many scattered needle-like signa with corpus bursa in female genitalia.

Material examined

One male, Yongpyong, GW, 1 August 1991, K. T. Park; one male, one female, Mt Jeombong , Injae-gun, GW, 10 July 1992, K. T. Park, gen. prep. no. – CIS 5543 (male), 5546(female) .

Distribution

Korea, Japan, China and Russia.

Host plants

Antennaria dioica (L.) ( Wörz 1954; Gielis 1996, 2003), Artemisia absinthium L. ( Arenberger 1995; Gielis 1996, 2003; Li et al. 2003), Artemisia chamaemelifolia Vill. , ( Gielis 1996,

2003), Gnaphalium luteo-album L. ( Matthews and Lott 2005), Omalotheca sylvatica (L.) ( Arenberger 1995; Gielis 2003) ( Asteraceae ).

Remarks

This species is reported for the first time from Korea.

Figures

Figure 2. Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus sp. nov., adult (A) and wing pattern (B); Hellinsia distinctus, adult (C) and wing pattern (D); Hellinsia ishiyamanus, adult (E) and wing pattern (F); Hellinsia kuwayamai, adult (G) and wing pattern (H); Hellinsia lienigianus, adult (I) and wing pattern (J).

Figure 4. Emmelina argoteles, male genitalia (A) and aedeagus (B); Emmelina monodactyla, male genitalia (C) and aedeagus (D); Hellinsia albidactylus, male genitalia (E) and aedeagus (F); Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus sp. nov., male genitalia (G) and aedeagus (H); Hellinsia distinctus, male genitalia (I) and aedeagus (J); Hellinsia ishiyamanus, male genitalia (K) and aedeagus (L); Hellinsia kuwayamai, male genitalia (M) and aedeagus (N); Hellinsia lienigianus, male genitalia (O) and aedeagus (P); Hellinsia nigridactylus, male genitalia (Q) and aedeagus (R); Oidaematophorus iwatensis, male genitalia (S) and aedeagus (T); Pselnophorus vilis, male genitalia (U) and aedeagus (V).

Figure 5. Adaina microdactyla, female genitalia (A); Emmelina argoteles, female genitalia (B); Hellinsia albidactylus, female genitalia (C); Hellinsia chuncheonensis sp. nov., female genitalia (D) and part of female genitalia (E); Hellinsia distinctus, female genitalia (F); Hellinsia ishiyamanus, female genitalia (G); Hellinsia kuwayamai, female genitalia (H) and part of female genitalia (I); Hellinsia lienigianus, female genitalia (J) and part of female genitalia (K); Oidaematophorus iwatensis, female genitalia (L); Pselnophorus vilis, female genitalia (M).