Aspilanta "Vitis.arizonica_USA"

Nieukerken, Erik J. van & Eiseman, Charles S., 2020, Splitting the leafmining shield-bearer moth genus Antispila Huebner (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae): North American species with reduced venation placed in Aspilanta new genus, with a review of heliozelid morphology, ZooKeys 957, pp. 105-161 : 105

Aspilanta "Vitis.arizonica_USA" Figs 84-87

Antispila sp.; Eiseman 2019: 733.

Differential diagnosis.

Adult unknown. Larvae solitary, not forming communal mines as in A. voraginella ; different timing.

Host plants.

Vitaceae : Vitis arizonica .

Leafmine.

(Figs 84-87 ) A more or less triangular blotch with scattered black frass, concentrated toward the beginning; no linear part.

Larva.

Not examined.

Life history.

Larvae collected in November.

Distribution.

USA: Arizona.

Barcode.

A barcode of 407 bp groups in our tree (Fig. 44 ) with A. “Vitis1_USA”.

Remarks.

It is yet not certain whether this species belongs really to Aspilanta , as the (incomplete) barcode seems to group more with Holocacista species.

Material: Larvae and leafmines examined.

USA - Arizona • 1 larva (barcoded), vacated mines; Cochise Co., Coronado National Forest, near Chiricahua National Monument; 31.978922N, 109.357056W; alt. 1675 m; 11 Nov. 2012; C.S. Eiseman leg.; Vitis arizonica ; EventId: CSE-CH1/ CSE-L141; RMNH.INS.29643.P. • leafmines; Santa Cruz Co., Madera Canyon; 31.716527N, 110.87731W; alt. 1589 m; 06 Nov. 2012; C.S. Eiseman leg.; Vitis arizonica ; EventId: CSE-L140; RMNH.

Figures

Figure 44. Neighbor-Joining tree of COI barcodes of Aspilanta species, including Nearest Neighbours. Several species of Coptodisca serve as outgroup. Data with country, and for Canada and United States also the abbreviation for Province or State, plus the BIN number.

Figures 80 - 87. Aspilanta from SW USA, leafmines, larvae and shields on Vitis arizonica. 80, 81 A. voraginella, AZ, Cochise Co., 3. viii. 2019, photographs by Laura Gaudette 82, 83 A. voraginella, US, Zion National Park (type locality), 22. vii. 2008, lighting from resp,. above and beneath mines, photographs by Noah Charney 84 - 87 Aspilanta " Vitis. arizonica _ USA ", AZ, Cochise Co., 11. xi. 2012, CSE-L 141.