Heterarthrus flavicollis (Gussakovskij, 1947)

Phyllotoma flavicollis Gussakovskij, 1947: 179-181. Syntypes 10♀, 9♂, in ZISP (Lectotype designated below). Type locality: Georgia, Tbilisi.

Type material examined.

Lectotype Phyllotoma flavicollis, here designated: ♀ “DEI-GISHym4753”, "Tbilisi, 1946, iz min na klena, T. Zhizhilashvili", " Phyllotoma flavicollis, sp. nov. ♀ (typus) Gussakovski det. 1947", "Lectotype Phyllotoma flavicollis Gussakovskij, 1947 designated A. Liston 2010" (ZISP). Paralectotype ♂: “DEI-GISHym4754”, same data as lectotype (ZISP). Further paralectotypes in ZISP were not examined.

Other material examined.

Sweden: 6♂, Skåne (see Liston 1993) .

Remarks.

Apart from its darker head, H. flavicollis is very similar to H. cypricus . The slightly different number of antennomeres given in the key as distinguishing these species needs to be checked in a greater number of specimens.

Host plants and biology.

Acer platanoides L. (Altenhofer and Zombori 1987). Mine starts near leaf centre (Liston 1995). Cocoon falls from leaf before the leaf falls from tree. Univoltine.

Distribution.

Central Europe, north to southern Sweden (Taeger et al. 2006), but rarely recorded, and occurrence apparently very local; Georgia (Gussakovskij 1947).