Ypsolopha albiramella ( Mann , 1861 )

Jin, Qing, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2013, Review of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 from China (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae), Zootaxa 3705 (1), pp. 1-91 : 34-35

Ypsolopha albiramella ( Mann, 1861)

( Figs 28 , 78 , 128 )

Plutella albiramella Mann, 1861: 188 ; Stainton, 1867: 51.

Cerostoma albiramella ( Mann) : Caradja, 1920: 93.

Ypsolophus albiramellus ( Mann) : Zagulajev, 1989: 491.

Ypsolopha albiramella ( Mann) : Gershenson & Pavlíček, 2002: 128; Vives 2003: 102; Gershenson & Kozhevnikova, 2013: 97. Type locality: Russia.

Adult ( Fig. 28 ): Wing expanse 19.0 mm. Wing venation as illustrated ( Fig. 78 ).

Material examined. 2 ♂♂, Tacheng (46°46′ N, 82°59′ E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 30.vii −7.viii.1990, coll. Jinfu Li.

Host plants. Abies grandis Douglas ex Forbes , Ephedra foemina Forskk. , E. distachya Linn. , E. equisetina Bunge , E. intermedia Schrenk ex Meyer ( Zagulajev 1989; Nevo et al. 1999; Gershenson et al. 2002; Kozhevnikova 2004; Gershenson & Kozhevnikova 2013).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Russia, Iran, Israel, Turkmenistan, Asia Minor, South Europe.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the forewing having white strips along the veins and having a large dark brown patch at middle of the fold ( Fig. 28 ), and by the male genitalia with a bandlike uncus and the specific cornuti composed of two large thorns ( Fig. 128 ). Ypsolopha albiramella resembles Y. cajaliella Vives, 2003 in the male uncus being a sclerotized band, but differs in the gnathos with a round ventral plate, which is broadly tongueshaped in the latter species ( Vives 2003: Fig. 21 ). In addition, Y. cajaliella Vives is known only from its type locality, Spain.

Remarks. This species is recorded for the first time from China.

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 32. Adults of Ypsolopha spp. 26. Y. minuta sp. nov., paratype, ♀; 27. Y. allochroa sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 28. Y. albiramella (Mann), ♂; 29. Y. helva Sohn et Wu, ♂; 30. Y. brevivalva sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 31. Y. longifloccosa sp. nov.: a. holotype, ♂, b. paratype, ♂; 32. Y. altissimella (Chrétien), ♂.

FIGURES 75 – 79. Wing venation of Ypsolopha spp. 75. Y. latiuscula sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07297 ♀ W; 76. Y. minuta sp. nov., a. paratype, slide no. XYL 03273 ♂ W, b. paratype, JQ 07283 ♀ W; 77. Y. allochroa sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07125 ♂ W; 78. Y. albiramella (Mann), slide no. L 93029 ♂ W; 79. Y. helva Sohn et Wu, slide no. JQ 07278 ♂ W.

FIGURES 123 – 128. Male genitalia of Ypsolopha spp. 123. Y. bicostata sp. nov., holotype, slide no. JQ 07232; 124. Y. latiuscula sp. nov., holotype, slide no. L 95031; 125. Y. purpurata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. JQ 07157; 126. Y. minuta sp. nov., holotype, slide no. JQ 07284; 127. Y. allochroa sp. nov., holotype, slide no. JQ 07362; 128. Y. albiramella (Mann), slide no. JQ 07341.

FIGURES 19 – 25. Adults of Ypsolopha spp. 19. Y. acerella Ponomarenko et al., ♀; 20. Y. yangi Ponomarenko et Sohn, ♀; 21. Y. horridella (Treitschke), ♂; 22. Y. mucronulata sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 23. Y. bicostata sp. nov.: a. holotype, ♂, b. paratype, ♂; 24. Y. latiuscula sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 25. Y. purpurata sp. nov., paratype, ♀.