Assara terebrella ( Zincken, 1818 )

Qi, Mu-Jie, Han, Hui-Lin, Park, Bo-Sun & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2014, Taxonomic study of the genus Assara Walker (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) in NE China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3814 (2), pp. 283-291 : 286-288

Assara terebrella ( Zincken, 1818)

( Figs. 2 , 6, 9, 13)

Phyctis terebrella Zincken, 1818, Magazin der Ent., Halle, 3: 162. TL: Germany. Myelois terebrella ( Zincken, 1818) : Walker, 1863, 27: 34.

Hyphantidium terebrella: Ragonot, 1901: 75 ; Rebel, 1901: 23. Seneca terebrella : Inoue, 1954, 133.

Assara terebrella ( Zincken, 1818) : Roesler, 1973, 4: 145; Inoue, 1982, 1: 387, 2: 249; Sinev, 1986, 4: 319; Emmet, 1988, 231; Choi, Paek & Bae, 1998, 15: 28; Bae, 2004, 22: 33; Bae et al., 2008, 240; Kirpichnikova, 2009, 201.

Redescription ( Fig. 2 ). Wingspan 18–22 mm. Frons covered with pale grayish brown scales; labial palpus with 1st segment white, 2nd and 3rd segment fuscous, 2nd segment with little white scales on inner side, about 2 times as long as 3rd segment; maxillary palpus fuscous, about 2/3 length of 3rd segment of labial palpus; proboscis grayish white at base; antenna fuscous; Thorax, patagium and tegula grayish brown. Femur of forelegs grayish white mixed with fuscous; tibia fuscous; tarsus fuscous, ringed with brownish white at tip of each segment. Midlegs with femur and tibia almost grayish white, mixed with few fuscous; tarsus fuscous, ringed with brownish white at tip of each segment. Hindlegs with femur grayish white; tibia grayish white, fuscous at middle; tarsus fuscous, with each tip of segment brownish white. Ground color of forewing blackish brown; antemedial line white and slightly dentate, oblique outwardly from costa; postmedial line white and waved; terminal line brown, interneural dots black; fringe fuscous. Hindwing dark grey; terminal line fuscous; fringe grey.

Male genitalia (Fig. 6). Uncus tongue-shaped, covered with hairs on dorsal part; gnathos slim, about 1/2 length of uncus, bulged at base, hooked at tip; transtilla connected at top, terminal margin flat, lateral part slightly concave; valva narrow at base, broad and rounded at apex, costa well-sclerotized, slightly shorter than valva, sacculus about 2/5 length of valva; juxta V-shaped, lateral lobes equal gnathos in length; vinculum U-shaped, with length same as width; saccus concave; aedeagus rod-shaped, about 2/3 length of valva, anterior part slim, middle part bulged, posterior part rounded, cornutus absent.

Female genitalia ( Figs. 9 , 13 ). Apophyses posteriores about 3/5 length of apophyses anteriores; antrum funnel-shaped; ductus bursae rather slim, about 2 times as long as apophyses anteriores; corpus bursae oblong, membranous, signum ( Fig. 13 ) rounded, located posteriorly, formed by minute triangular sclerites; ductus seminalis from posterior part of corpus bursae.

Materials examined. 1 female, China, Prov. Jilin, Mt. Changbai, Dixiasenlin, 1700m, 29-VII-2000 (Bae Y.S. & Park K.T.), Slide No. UIK-2643, (INU); 1 female, China, Prov. Jilin, Mt. Changbai, Malugou, 730m, 17-VII- 2001 (Bae Y.S. & Park K.T.), Slide No. UIK-2638, (INU); 1 male, China, Prov. Heilongjiang, Yichun, Dailing, Liangshui, (N 47°00′ 48″, E 129°02′ 58″), 25-VII-2011 (Qi M.J. & Jin X.X.), Slide No. UIK-2821; 1 female, China, Prov. Jilin, Mt. Changbai, Erdao, Electric plant, (N 42°24′ 11″, E 128°06′ 04″), 7-VII-2012 (Qi M.J. & Liu J.), Slide No. UIK-2874.

Host plant. The family of Pinaceae : Picea abies (L.) Karst, P. excels Link , Pinus montana Duroi , and P. strobus L. ( Roesler 1973).

Distribution. China (new record), Korea, Japan, Russia (E. Siberia), Europe.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Adults of Assara spp. 1. A. yanbianensis sp. n. 2. A. terebrella (Zincken, 1818). 3. A. hoeneella Roesler, 1965. 4. A. korbi (Caradja, 1910).

FIGURES 8 – 11. Female genitalia of Assara spp. 8. A. yanbianensis sp. n. 9. A. terebrella (Zincken, 1818). 10. A. hoeneella Roesler, 1965. 11. A. korbi (Caradja, 1910).

FIGURES 12 – 15. Enlarged signa of Assara spp. 12. A. yanbianensis sp. n. 13. A. terebrella (Zincken, 1818). 14. A. hoeneella Roesler, 1965. 15. A. korbi (Caradja, 1910).