Phyllonorycter nigristella ( Kumata, 1957 )

Kim, Da-Som, Oh, Jae-In & Byun, Bong-Kyu, 2024, The checklist of leaf-mining moths Phyllonorycter Hübner (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) of Korea with description of two new species and nine newly recorded species, Zootaxa 5397 (3), pp. 397-417 : 406-407

14. Phyllonorycter nigristella ( Kumata, 1957)

( Figs 1f , 4c )

Lithocolletis nigristella Kumata, 1957: 62–66 . TD: Hokkaidō, Japan. TL: EIHU (Holotype).

Adult ( Fig. 1f ). Forewing length 4.0 mm.

Male genitalia. Unknown.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 4c ).

Material examined. [CN] 1♀, Sejong, 30 iv 2015 (leg. BK Byun), gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5213 -coll. HNUSEL ; [ GW] 1♀, Mt. Chiak , 8 v 1999 (leg. Bae, Park, Lee, Ahn, Kim & Kim)-coll. INU; [JB] 1♀, Jangsu, 29 iv 2015 (leg. JB Heppner, SM Na & DJ Lee), gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5227-coll. INU.

Distribution. Korea (New record), Japan, Russia.

Host plants. Quercus dentata , Q. serrata [ Fagaceae ] in Japan ( Kumata 1957, 1963a; De Prins & De Prins 2006–2023). Quercus dentata , Q. mongolica [ Fagaceae ] in Russia ( Ermolaev 1981a; Kirichenko et al. 2019).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Adults of Phyllonorycter spp. a, P. phallustenuis sp. n. (Holotype, gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5277); b, P. daehana sp. n. (Holotype, gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5638); c, P. ginnalae (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5633); d, P. jezoniella (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-4037); e, P. lonicerae (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5453); f, P. nigristella (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5655); g, P. ostryae (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5649); h, P. reduncata (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5328). (Scale bars = 2 mm).

FIGURE 4. Female genitalia of Phyllonorycter spp. a, P. ginnalae (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5646); b, P. lonicerae (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5808); c, P. nigristella (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5655); d, P. ostryae (gen. slide no. HNUSEL-5649). (Scale bars = 0.5 mm).