Scythropiodes malivora ( Meyrick, 1930 )

Wang, Qingyun & Li, Houhun, 2016, Review of the genus Scythropiodes Matsumura, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Oditinae) from China, with a checklist of the world, Zootaxa 4132 (3), pp. 301-329 : 312

Scythropiodes malivora ( Meyrick, 1930)

Figs 14 , 29 , 41

Odites malivora Meyrick, 1930: 555 . TL: China (Heilongjiang: Manchuria). TD: BMNH. Odites xenophaea Meyrick, 1931: 74 .

Scythropiodes xenophaea (Meyrick) : Lvovsky, 1996: 650.

Scythropiodes malivora (Meyrick) : Park & Wu, 1997: 32.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 14 ) with wingspan 19.0–28.0 mm. This species is similar to S. ussuriella Lvovsky, 1996 , but differs from the latter in the male genitalia by the apical process of the valva being deeply concave at the base of the outer margin, and by the phallus having neither a process at distal 1/5 nor denticles preapically ( Fig. 29 ). In S. ussuriella , the valva has an apical process shallowly concave at the base of the outer margin, and the phallus has a thorn-shaped process at distal 1/5 and two small preapical denticles ( Park & Wu 1997: Figs 17–18 ).

Material examined. CHINA : Tianjin: 1 Ƌ, Ji County, 170 m, 20.VII.2004, coll. Houhun Li et al.; Hebei Province: 1 ♀, Suanzaoping, 670 m, 28.VII.2000, coll. Haili Yu; 1 Ƌ, She County, 700 m, 31.VII.2000, coll. Haili Yu; Zhejiang Province: 1 ♀, Mt. Tianmu, 500 m, 16.VIII.1999, coll. Houhun Li et al.; 2 Ƌ, Xianrending, 1500 m, 18.VIII.1999, coll. Houhun Li et al.; 8 Ƌ, Mt. Tianmu, 1140 m, 17.VIII.1999, coll. Houhun Li et al.; 7 Ƌ, 4 ♀, Mt. Tianmu, 400 m, 24.VII–1.VIII.2011, coll. Lingling Yang and Na Chen; 3 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Mt. Tianmu, 1000 m, 28– 29.VII.2011, coll. Lingling Yang and Na Chen; 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Mt. Tianmu, 566 m, 18.VII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin et al.; 1 Ƌ, Mt. Tianmu, 789 m, 11.VIII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin et al.; 3 Ƌ, 3 ♀, Mt. Tianmu, 866 m, 12–15.VIII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin et al.; 2 Ƌ, Mt. Tianmu, 555 m, 16.VIII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin et al.; 1 Ƌ, Mt. Longxu, 754 m, 22.VII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin et al.; 1 ♀, Mt. Longxu, 778 m, 20.VIII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin et al.; 1 ♀, Mt. Longxu, 754 m, 23.VIII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin et al.; 3 Ƌ, Mt. Longtang, 520 m, 25–26.VII.2014, coll. Aihui Yin et al.; Anhui Province: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Mt. Jiuhua, 9.VIII.2004, coll. Jiasheng Xu and Jialiang Zhang; Fujian Province: 1 Ƌ, Mt. Wuyi, 740 m, 27.VII.2008, coll. Weichun Li et al.; Shandong Province: 4 Ƌ, Linyi City, 29.VII.2009, coll. Qing Jin; Henan Province: 2 Ƌ, Xinyang City, 700 m, 13.VII.2001, coll. Dandan Zhang; 2 Ƌ, Lushi County, 1100 m, 7.VIII.2006, coll. Hui Zhen and Denghui Kuang; Hunan Province: 2 Ƌ, Sangzhi County, 1250 m, 12– 13.VIII.2001, coll. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang; 1 ♀, Zhangjiajie, 650 m, 8.VIII.2001, coll. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang; Sichuan Province: 1 Ƌ, Mabian Yizu Autonomous County, 900 m, 21.VII.2004, coll. Yingdang Ren; Chongqing City: 1 Ƌ, Mt. Simian, 1280 m, 14.VII.2012, coll. Yinhui Sun and Aihui Yin; 1 ♀, Mt. Simian, 900 m, 18.VII.2012, coll. Yinhui Sun and Aihui Yin; 1 ♀, Youyang County, 660 m, 26.VII.2012, coll. Yinhui Sun and Aihui Yin; Guizhou Province: 2 Ƌ, Jiangkou County, 600 m, 27.VII.2001, coll. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang; 1 ♀, Mt. Fanjing, 2100 m, 30.VII.2001, coll. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang; 1 ♀, Daozhen Gelaozu Miaozu Autonomous County, 1350 m, 25.V.2004, coll. Shulian Hao; Gansu Province: 1 ♀, Bifenggou, 860 m, 12.VII.2005, coll. Haili Yu.

Host plants. Euphorbiaceae : Sapium sebiferum ; Fagaceae : Castanea crenata ; Lythraceae : Lagerstroemia indica ; Rosaceae : Malus pumila ( Park & Wu 1997; Sakamaki 2013). Moriuti (1982) mentioned that the larvae of this species were leaf-rollers.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hunan, Shandong, Sichuan, Tianjin, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Korea, Japan, Russia.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 18. Adults of Scythropiodes spp. 12, S. elasmatus Park et Wu, ♂; 13, S. oncinius Park et Wu, ♂; 14, S. malivora (Meyrick), ♂; 15 a, S. issikii (Takahashi), ♂; 15 b, S. issikii (Takahashi), ♂; 16, S. triangulus Park et Wu, ♂; 17, S. asymmetricus sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 18, S. taedus sp. nov., paratype, ♂. (Scale bars = 2.0 mm).

FIGURES 25 – 30. Male genitalia of Scythropiodes spp. 25, S. gnophus Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 13027; 26, S. dorsoprocessus sp. nov., holotype, genitalia slide No. WQY 13028; 27, S. elasmatus Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 14191; 28, S. oncinius Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 14152; 29, S. malivora (Meyrick), genitalia slide No. WQY 13043; 30, S. issikii (Takahashi), genitalia slide No. WQY 13035. (Scale bars = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 38 – 42. Female genitalia of Scythropiodes spp. 38, S. gnophus Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 15004; 39, S. elasmatus Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 14203; 40, S. oncinius Park et Wu, genitalia slide No. WQY 14139; 41, S. malivora (Meyrick), genitalia slide No. WQY 14181; 42, S. issikii (Takahashi), genitalia slide No. WQY 14027. (Scale bars = 1.0 mm).