Xyrosaris lichneuta Meyrick, 1918

Ponomarenko, Margarita G., 2024, Taxonomic status of Xyrosaris melanopsamma Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) with notes on congeneric species in East Asia, Zootaxa 5486 (3), pp. 338-350 : 344-345

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Xyrosaris lichneuta Meyrick, 1918 View in CoL

Xyrosaris lichneuta Meyrick, 1918 View in CoL , Exotic Microlepidoptera, 2: 188.

Type locality: Khasis, Assam, NE India.

Xyrosaris lichneuta View in CoL : Clarke 1965: 404, pl. 201, figs 2, 2a–c; Moriuti 1977: 224, Fig. 336; Sinev 2008: 46; Yamauchi & Hirowatari 2013: 162, pl. 3–17, figs 2, 3; Lewis & Sohn 2015: 119; Ponomarenko 2016: 61; Ponomarenko & Sinev 2019: 44; Komatsu 2020: 64, figs 7–9; Yagi 2022: 47, figs 1, 2; Na & Bae 2024: 420 View Cited Treatment , figs 3A.

Xyrosaris vaginata View in CoL : Na & Bae 2024: 424 View Cited Treatment , fig 4C (female genitalia), misidentification.

Material examined. Russia, Primorskii Krai: 3♂, Olginskii distr., upper course of Milogradovka riv., 31.5 km NEE Lazo settl., 24.05.2012, gen. slide 236 MP (leg. M. Ponomarenko) ; 1♀, Ussurijsk district , 3 km SE Krasnyi Jar vill., 14.07.2000, gen. slide 232 MP (leg. M. Ponomarenko) ; 1♀, Ussurijskii distr., 2.5 km S of Kamenushka, Kaimanovka vill., 43°36′14″ N 132°13′09″ E, 25.08.2001, gen. slide 231 MP (leg. M. Ponomarenko) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Ussurijskii distr., Gornotajezhnoe vill., 22.09.1995 (leg. M. Ponomarenko) ; 2♂, Chernigovskii distr., 10 km SE Chernigovka, Gribnoe vill. vicinity, 44°15′30″ N 132°40′41″ E, 25, 27.08.1998 (leg. M. Ponomarenko) GoogleMaps ; Sakhalin: 1♂, Nevelskii distr., Yasnomorskoe vill. 18.08.2019, gen. slide 179 MP (leg. M. Ponomarenko) , all in FSCB.

Primorskii Krai: 4♂, Pogranichyi distr., Barabash-Levada vill., 16.07– 8.08.1989 (leg. S. Sinev) ; 2♂, Oktyabr’skii distr., 15 km SW of Pokrovka, Orlikha , 1– 3.08.2005 (leg. S. Sinev) ; 1♂, Nadezhdinskii distr., De-Friz Peninsula , 8.08.1961 (leg. M. Omelko) ; 1♀, Khasanskii distr., 15 km SW of Slavyanka, Ryazanovka vill., 7.08.1983 (leg. S. Seksyaeva); Khabarovskii Krai: Khabarovsk env., Bol’shekhekhtsyrskii Nature Reserve : 1♂, Bychikha vill., 48°18′ N 134°49′ E, 13.05.2006 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Sosnenskii kordon, 48°14′ N 134°47′ E, 7– 8.06.2011 (leg. V. Dubatolov) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Chirki kordon, 48°12′ N 134°41′ E, 25– 26.08.2011 (leg. A. Dolgikh) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Chirki kordon, 48°11′ N 134°41′ E, 17– 18.09.2012 (leg. V. Dubatolov) GoogleMaps ; Sakhalin: 8♂, 4♀, Kholmskii distr., Kholmsk settl. vic., 47°028′ N 142°037′ E, 7– 10.10.2018, 31.08.2019 (leg. O. Titova); Kuril Islands GoogleMaps : 1♂, Kunashir Isl., 30 km SW Yuzhno-Kuril’sk settl., Alekhino kordon, 14– 16.08.1992 (leg. V. Zolotuhin) , all in ZIN.

Distribution. Russian Far East (Khabarovskii Krai, Primorskii Krai, Sakhalin and Kunashir Islands); South Korea; Northern, Eastern and Central China (Hebei, Jiangsu, Henan and Hubei); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); North–East India (Assam).

Host plants. Confirmed data are absent.

Remarks. Until recently, only two species, X. lirinopa and X. lichneuta , had been recorded in East Asia, but all specimens collected in the area were associated with the last species only. Despite the fact that all collected specimens possess high variability in colouration and wing pattern, the identification of them was made mainly by appearance. Thus, the sample from South Korea identified as X. lichneuta and posted to the Genbank (NCBI) was found to be conspecific with X. insularis based on genetic data ( Ponomarenko & Beljaev 2023). Moreover, both mentioned species are well differing by male and female genitalia. Therefore, data on the distribution of northeast Indian species X. lichneuta in Eastern Asia as well as its host plants require verification and clarification.

References

Clarke, J. F. G. (1965) Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 5. British Museum (Natural History), London, 581 pp.

Komatsu, T. (2020) Collecting records of Xyrosaris sp. 1 and sp. 2 (Yponomeutidae) from Hokkaido. Yugato, 240, 64 - 65.

Lewis, J. A. & Sohn, J. - C. (2015) Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae). In: Landry, B. (Ed.), World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 12. Brill, Leiden and Boston, pp. 1 - 253. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004264267

Meyrick, E. (1918) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (6). Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, pp. 161 - 192.

Moriuti, S. (1977) Fauna Japonica, Yponomeutidae s. lat. (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Keigaku publishing Co., Tokyo, 327 pp.

Na, S. - M. & Bae, Y. - S. (2024) Review of the genus Xyrosaris Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae, Yponomeutinae) from Korea, with two new species. Zootaxa, 5397 (3), 418 - 426. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5397.3.6

Ponomarenko, M. G. (2016) Fam. Yponomeutidae. In: Beljaev, E. A. (Ed.), Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. II. Lepidoptera. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, pp. 60 - 63.

Ponomarenko, M. G. & Sinev, S. Yu. (2019) Family Yponomeutidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. Edition 2. Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 43 - 46.

Ponomarenko, M. G. & Beljaev, E. A. (2023) Description of a new species of the genus Xyrosaris Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from the Far East of Russia with notes on congeneric species. Zootaxa, 5306 (1), 135 - 143. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5306.1.7

Sinev, S. Yu. (2008) Family Yponomeutidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. Petersburg-Moscow, pp. 45 - 48.

Yagi, S. (2022) Records of the genus Xyrosaris (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) from Fukuoka Prefecture. Japan Heterocerists' Journal, 302, 47 - 48.

Yamauchi, T. & Hirowatari, T. (2013) Yponomeutidae. In: Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. (Eds.), The Standart of Moths in Japan III. Gakken Education Publishing, Tokyo, pp. 26 - 28 + 156 - 163.