Assara hoeneella Roesler, 1965

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 : 288

Assara hoeneella Roesler, 1965

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Assara hoeneella Roesler, 1965 , Inaugural -Dissertation Saarbrücken, (1964): 43; Roesler, 1973, 4: 148; Du, Li & Wang, 2002, 27(1): 18; Li & Ren et al., 2009, 128. TL: China.

Diagnosis ( Figs. 3 , 10 , 14 ). This species is similar to A. funerella ( Ragonot, 1901) , both of them with wingspan 11–15mm; ground color of forewing grayish brown; antemedial and postmedial lines grayish white, median area with grayish white along costa, but it can be distinguished with A. funerella by the following characters: frons fuscous; labial palpus with 2nd segment fuscous, inner side with grayish white scales; in male genitalia, gnathos rodshaped; costa convex at middle; vinculum U-shaped; in female genitalia, papillae anales subtriangular, with length 2 times as long as width; ductus bursae same length as corpus bursae. As for A. funerella , frons grayish white; labial palpus with 2nd segment grayish white at base, fuscous at tip; gnathos slim, pointed and hooked at tip; costa straight, same length as valva; vinculum V-shaped; papillae anales subtriangular, with length same as width; ductus bursae about 1.5 times as long as corpus bursae.

Materials examined. 1 female, China, Prov. Liaoning, Jianchang, Mt. Bailangshan, (N 40°48′ 28″, E 119°54′ 16″), 7-VII-2012 (Qi M.J. & Liu S.Z.), Slide No. UIK-2879.

Host plant. Pinus massoniana Lamb ( Li & Ren et al. 2009) .

Distribution. China (Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Tianjin, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan), Japan.

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).