Hellinsia kuwayamai ( Matsumura 1931 )

Kim, Sora, Byun, Bong-Kyu, Park, Kyu-Tek & Lee, Seunghwan, 2010, Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species, Journal of Natural History 44 (23 - 24), pp. 1377-1399 : 1390

Hellinsia kuwayamai ( Matsumura 1931)

( Figures 2G,H ; 4M,N ; 5H,I )

Pterophorus kuwayamai Matsumura 1931 : No. 2078. TL: Japan.

Wingspan 16 mm in both sexes.

Diagnosis

This species is externally similar to H. nigridactylus (Yano) , but can be distinguished by the both sides of antevaginalis lamella trapezoid in female genitalia.

Material examined

One male, Mt Chukryung, Namyangju, GG, 12 July 2007, S.R. Kim , gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8046 ; one male, one female, same locality, 18 July 2007, S. R . Kim , gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8044 (male) , 8055(female). One male, Yanggu, GW, 15 August 1985, K. T . Park , gen. prep. no. – CIS 5516 ; one female, Hongcheon , GW, 5 September 1986, K. T . Park , gen. prep. no. – CIS 5539 ; two females, same locality, 2 September 1996, B.K. Byun, gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8056 ; one female, Mt Daedeok , Taebaek, GW, 8 July 1997, Y.S. Bae and N.H. Ahn ; one female, Jeongseon , GW, 15 July 2000, K. T . Park ; one male, Mt Gahak , Haenam, JN, 26 July 2005, B.K. Byun ; one male, one female, Mt Tongmyung , JN, 29 July 2005, S. R . Kim , gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8072 (female) , 8093(male).

Distribution

Korea, Japan and China.

Host plant

Aster ageratoides Turcz. Var. ovatus Nakai ( Yano 1963; Arenberger 1995), Aster yomena (Kitam.) Honda ( Yano 1963; Arenberger 1995; Gielis 2003; Li et al. 2003) ( Asteraceae ).

Remarks

This species is reported for the first time from Korea.

Figures

Figure 2. Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus sp. nov., adult (A) and wing pattern (B); Hellinsia distinctus, adult (C) and wing pattern (D); Hellinsia ishiyamanus, adult (E) and wing pattern (F); Hellinsia kuwayamai, adult (G) and wing pattern (H); Hellinsia lienigianus, adult (I) and wing pattern (J).

Figure 4. Emmelina argoteles, male genitalia (A) and aedeagus (B); Emmelina monodactyla, male genitalia (C) and aedeagus (D); Hellinsia albidactylus, male genitalia (E) and aedeagus (F); Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus sp. nov., male genitalia (G) and aedeagus (H); Hellinsia distinctus, male genitalia (I) and aedeagus (J); Hellinsia ishiyamanus, male genitalia (K) and aedeagus (L); Hellinsia kuwayamai, male genitalia (M) and aedeagus (N); Hellinsia lienigianus, male genitalia (O) and aedeagus (P); Hellinsia nigridactylus, male genitalia (Q) and aedeagus (R); Oidaematophorus iwatensis, male genitalia (S) and aedeagus (T); Pselnophorus vilis, male genitalia (U) and aedeagus (V).

Figure 5. Adaina microdactyla, female genitalia (A); Emmelina argoteles, female genitalia (B); Hellinsia albidactylus, female genitalia (C); Hellinsia chuncheonensis sp. nov., female genitalia (D) and part of female genitalia (E); Hellinsia distinctus, female genitalia (F); Hellinsia ishiyamanus, female genitalia (G); Hellinsia kuwayamai, female genitalia (H) and part of female genitalia (I); Hellinsia lienigianus, female genitalia (J) and part of female genitalia (K); Oidaematophorus iwatensis, female genitalia (L); Pselnophorus vilis, female genitalia (M).