Review of the genus Helcystogramma Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Dichomeridinae) from China
Author
Li, H. H.
Author
Zhen, H.
text
Journal of Natural History
2011
2011-04-19
45
17 - 18
1035
1087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.552798
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2011.552798
1464-5262
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Helcystogramma lutatella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
(
Figures 8D
,
10H
,
12C
,
14F
,
16A
)
Anacampsis lutatella
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854: 201
.
Brachmia lutatella
(Herrich-Schäffer)
:
Meyrick, 1925: 249
;
Gaede, 1937: 540
;
Piskunov, 1981: 736
;
Kostyuk et al., 1994: 10
;
Budashkin and Kostjuk, 1994: 20
.
Helcystogramma lutatella
(Herrich-Schäffer)
:
Hodges, 1986: 123
;
Ponomarenko, 1997: 8
;
Heckford and Sterling, 1999: 247
;
Ponomarenko, 1999: 211
;
Elsner et al., 1999: 56
;
Ponomarenko, 2008: 103
.
Diagnosis
Adult (
Figure 8D
): Wingspan 12.5–16.0 mm. This species is characterized by the yellowish-brown forewing with rounded brown spots at middle and near end of cell as well as at three-fifths length of fold, and the spots margined with yellowish-white; the eighth tergite roughly triangular, anterior margin heavily sclerotized, broadly concave in an arch, posterior margin rounded (
Figure 10H
), the lobes of vinculum sharp lateroapically, and the sacculus slightly narrowed gradually to apex in the male genitalia (
Figure 12C
); the corpus bursae irregularly oval-shaped, and the signum absent in the female genitalia (
Figure 14F
).
Material examined
CHINA
:
Fujian Province
:
1 male
,
Mt Wuyi
(
26
◦
54
′
N
,
116
◦
42
′
E
),
820 m
,
30 July 1980
;
Gansu Province
:
1 male
,
1 female
,
Bifenggou
,
Wenxian
(
32
◦
58
′
N
,
104
◦
41
′
E
),
860 m
,
9–10 July 2005
, coll.
Haili Yu
;
Guizhou Province
:
1 male
,
1 female
,
Huguo Temple
,
Mt Fanjing
(
27
◦
55
′
N
,
108
◦
41
′
E
),
1300 m
,
3 August 2001
, coll.
Houhun Li
and
Xinpu Wang
;
Hebei Province
:
1 male
,
Mt Baishi
,
Laiyuan
(
39
◦
21
′
N
,
114
◦
41
′
E
),
1300 m
,
20 July 2000
, coll.
Haili Yu
;
1 female
,
Wenquan
,
Chicheng
(
40
◦
55
′
N
,
115
◦
50
′
E
),
800 m
,
21 July 2001
, coll.
Yanli Du
and
Shulian Hao
;
Heilongjiang Province
:
1 male
,
Liangshui National Natural Reserves
,
Dailing
(
47
◦
12
′
N
,
129
◦
12
′
E
),
21 July 2009
, coll.
Weichun Li
and
Huaijun Xue
;
Henan Province
:
3 males
,
2 females
,
Huangshian
,
Xixia
(
33
◦
18
′
N
,
111
◦
29
′
E
),
890 m
,
17–19 July 1998
, coll.
Houhun Li
;
5 males
,
3 females
,
Shaolin Temple
,
Songshan
(
34
◦
28
′
N
,
112
◦
55
′
E
),
Dengfeng
,
700 m
,
15–17 July 2002
, coll.
Xinpu Wang
;
1 male
,
Mt Baiyun
,
Song County
(
34
◦
08
′
N
,
112
◦
05
′
E
),
1580 m
,
21 July 2002
, coll.
Xinpu Wang
;
1 female
,
1400 m
,
14 August 2008
, coll. Houhun Li et al.;
1 male
,
3 females
,
Xiaguan
,
Neixiang County
(
33
◦
02
′
N
,
111
◦
50
′
E
),
650 m
,
10–12 July 1998
, coll.
Houhun Li
;
2 females
,
Mt Jigong
,
Xinyang
(
32
◦
06
′
N
,
114
◦
07
′
E
),
700 m
,
9–11 July 1997
, coll.
Houhun Li
;
3 males
,
Shibanyan
,
Linzhou
(
36
◦
03
′
N
,
113
◦
49
′
E
),
550 m
,
22–23 July 2006
, coll.
Hui Zhen
and
Denghui Kuang
;
1 female
,
Mt Wangwu
,
Jiyuan
(
35
◦
04
′
N
,
112
◦
35
′
E
),
800 m
,
29 July 2006
, coll.
Hui Zhen
and
Denghui Kuang
;
1 female
,
Guanshan
,
Huixian
(
35
◦
27
′
N
,
113
◦
47
′
E
),
550 m
,
26 July 2006
, coll.
Denghui Kuang
and
Hui Zhen
;
1 female
,
Mt Huaguo
,
Yiyang
(
34
◦
31
′
N
,
112
◦
10
′
E
),
1000 m
,
5 July 2006
, coll.
Denghui Kuang
and
Hui Zhen
;
Hubei Province
:
6 males
,
1 female
,
Lichuan
(
30
◦
18
′
N
,
108
◦
56
′
E
),
1100 m
,
2 August 1999
, coll.
Houhun Li
et al.;
1 male
,
Maoba
,
Lichuan
(
30
◦
18
′
N
,
108
◦
56
′
E
),
700 m
,
30 July 1999
, coll.
Houhun Li
et al.;
Jiangxi Province
:
1 female
,
Lushan
(
29
◦
30
′
N
,
115
◦
58
′
E
),
1100 m
,
8 July 1975
, coll.
Youqiao Liu
(
IZCAS
)
;
Shaanxi Province
:
1 male
,
Yangling
(
34
◦
17
′
N
,
108
◦
04
′
E
),
450 m
,
9 August 1986
, coll.
Houhun Li
;
1 male
,
Ningshan
(
33
◦
19
′
N
,
108
◦
20
′
E
),
880 m
,
11 August 1987
, coll.
Houhun Li
;
Sichuan Province
:
2 males
,
2 females
,
Fengtongzai
,
Baoxing
(
30
◦
22
′
N
,
102
◦
50
′
E
),
1600 m
,
2–3 August 2004
, coll.
Yingdang Ren
;
Xizang
(
Tibet
)
Autonomous Region
:
1 male
,
Bomi
(
29
◦
53
′
N
,
95
◦
45
′
E
),
2800 m
,
19 August 2003
, coll.
Xinpu Wang
and
Huaijun Xue
;
Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region
:
2 males
,
Kuerdening
,
Gongliu
(
43
◦
28
′
N
,
82
◦
13
′
E
),
1500 m
,
27 July 1994
, coll.
Houhun Li
and
Hongyan Qin.
Host plants
Poaceae
:
Calamagrostis epigeios
(L.),
Agropyrum repens
(L.) (
Ponomarenko 1997
).
Distribution
China
(
Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Xinjiang
),
Russia
, Europe
.
Remarks
This species is newly reported for
China
.