Coleophora mosasaurus ( Falkovitsh, 1988 )

Li, Houhun, 2006, Notes on Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) injurious to Lycium (Solanaceae), with descriptions of two new species from China, Zootaxa 1184 (1), pp. 57-68 : 60

Coleophora mosasaurus ( Falkovitsh, 1988)

( Figs. 1 , 5–7 )

Omphalopoda mosasaurus Falkovitsh, 1988: 148 , fig. 11.

Coleophora mosasaurus ( Falkovitsh, 1988) : Baldizzone et al., 2006: 83.

Male. Wing expanse 14.0–15.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 5–6 ). As illustrated.

Abdomen ( Fig. 7 ). As illustrated.

Material examined

1 ♂, CHINA: Yangling [34 17’ N, 108 04’ E], Shaanxi Province, alt. 450 m, 16. iv.1993, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide no. L96144 ; 1 ♂, Xining [36 38’ N, 101 48’ E], Qinghai Province, alt. 2280 m, 23.v.1995, genitalia slide no. L96163 .

Distribution China: Shaanxi, Qinghai; Turkmenistan.

Biology

Falkovitsh (1988) recorded the Lycium sp. and Lycium kopetdaghi Pojark as host plants in Turkmenistan. In China C. mosasaurus feeds on wild Lycium barbarum Linnaeus.

Remarks

The genus Omphalopoda Falkovitch, 1987 was proposed as a synonym of Coleophora ( Vives Moreno, 1988) . Coleophora mosasaurus (Falkovitsh) is similar to Coleophora stegosaurus Falkovitsh by having the sacculus with a bifurcated apex, and the appendix of the outer sheath and the cornuti absent in the male genitalia, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the symmetrical bifurcation of the saccular apex, which is asymmetrical in C. stegosaurus . This species is recorded from China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Adults and larval case. 1, Coleophora mosasaurus (Falkovitsh); 2, Coleophora ningxiana sp. n.; 3, Coleophora neolycii sp. n.; 4, larval case of Coleophora neolycii sp. n.

FIGURES 5–10. Male genitalia and abdomen. 5–7, Coleophora mosasaurus (Falkovitsh): 5, male genitalia (gen slide no. L96144); 6, valva and sacculus enlarged; 7, abdomen. 8–10: Coleophora ningxiana sp. n.; 8. male genitalia (gen slide no. L96165); 9, valva and sacculus enlarged; 10, abdomen.