Cochylidia altivaga Diakonoff, 1976

Sun, Yinghui & Li, Houhun, 2012, Review of the genus Cochylidia Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini) in China, Zootaxa 3268, pp. 1-15 : 3

Cochylidia altivaga Diakonoff, 1976

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Cochylidia altivaga Diakonoff, 1976: 5 ; Diakonoff, 1984: 283; Brown, 2005: 200. Type locality: Nepal (Prov. Chisapani Garhi).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 13, Zhubalong Town, Batang County (30°00ʹN, 99°09ʹE), 2500 m, 10.vii.2001, leg. Houhun Li and Xinpu Wang. Gansu Province: 13, Bifenggou, Wen County, 860 m, 14.vii.2005, leg. Haili Yu.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 2 ) with wingspan 14.0 mm. The male genitalia of this species are similar to those of C. contumescens ( Meyrick, 1931) ( Fig. 12 ), but in C. altivaga the length of the valva is about 1.5 times its width, the phallus bears a spine at the distal 3/5, and the cornuti are a dense bundle of thin spines. In C. contumescens , the length of valva is about 2.0 times its width, the phallus bears a spine at the distal 1/4, and the cornuti consist of three curved, thick spines.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Sichuan), Nepal.

Note. This species is recorded for the first time in China.

Figures

FIGURE 2 – 11. Adults of Cochylidia spp. 2. C. altivaga, 3; 3. C. contumescens, 3; 4. C. oblonga sp. nov., holotype, 3; 5. C. heydeniana, 3; 6. C. implicitana, Ƥ; 7. C. moguntiana, 3; 8. C. multispinalis s p. nov., holotype, 3; 9. C. richteriana, Ƥ; 10. C. liui sp. nov., holotype, 3; 11. C. subroseana roseotincta, 3.

FIGURE 12 – 17. Male genitalia of Cochylidia spp. 12. C. altivaga, slide No. ZAH 03416; 13. C. contumescens, slide No. SYH 11474; 14. C. oblonga, sp. nov., paratype, slide No. SYH 11629; 15. C. heydeniana, slide No. ZX 06225; 16. C. moguntiana, slide No. SYH 11229; 17. C. multispinalis, sp. nov., paratype, slide No. SYH 11218.