Spilonota semirufana (Christoph, 1882)

Choi, Seokhoon, Kim, Jeong-Nam, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Jang, Chang Moon, Kim, Hanul, Nasu, Yoshitsugu & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2024, Taxonomic study of the genus Spilonota Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Eucosmini) with descriptions of two new species in Korea, Zootaxa 5418 (4), pp. 357-370 : 363-365

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.4.4
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scientific name	Spilonota semirufana (Christoph, 1882)
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Spilonota semirufana (Christoph, 1882) View in CoL

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Grapholitha semirufana Christoph, 1882 , Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat . Muscou, 56(2): 408 ( Russia).

Spilonota ochrea Kuznetzov,1966 , Trudy. Zool. Inst. Leningr., 37: 189 ( Russia).

Description. Adult. Wingspan 16–19 mm; head and thorax reddish brown; forewing ground color dark gray; basal area to apex reddish brown; dorsum 1/2 to apex creamy; boundary between upper and lower color patterns black; costa strigulae creamy white, indicated by pair; strigulae 1 and 2 located in basal fascia indistinct; strigulae not indicated by pair; strigulae 7 extended to inner line; strigulae 8 and 9 extended to outer line; tornal blotch subtriangular pattern, indistinct, from dorsum 2/3 to tornus; apex darkness; speculum ground color dark creamy, inner and outer line of speculum color silver, line of speculum extended to tornus, with 3 to 5 small black inner spots; hindwing yellow brown, turning reddish toward the apex; cilia yellowish; abdomen dark reddish brown.

Male genitalia. Uncus absent; socii inward curved horn apex, waisted; tuba analis membranous; tegumen strong; aedeagus 1/3 of length from tegumen to vinculum, bends lightly, deciduous cornuti; anellus narrow; vinculum small; caulis inverted trapezoid; basal opening about half width of valva, round rectangular shaped; sacculus hairy; valva long, tapering neck; cucullus hump-shaped, skewed outward, setae moderately dense; one pollex on edge.

Female genitalia. Papillae anales with long and short hairs; lamella antevaginalis modestly towering, medially concave, bifid peaks, slightly raised at both ends; colliculum more than half of ductus bursae; corpus bursae spherical; signa pair, small, subtriangular, equal size.

Material examined [ Korea]. 2 ♀, Seoul-shi , Changdeokgung, 30. VI. 1999 (Bae et al.), genitalia slide No. INU-13584, 13585 ; 1 ♀, Inje-gun , Jinbu-ryeng, 7. VII. 1998 (Bae, Ahn & Kim), genitalia slide No. INU-13586 ; 1 ♀, Chengsong-gun , Mt. Juwang, 16. VII. 1999 (Lee, Kim & Kim), genitalia slide No. INU-13587 ; 1 ♀, Hongcheongun , Undu-ryeong, 20. VII. 2000 (Bae, Lee & Lee), genitalia slide No. INU-13594 ; 3 ♀, Seoul-shi , Changdeokgung, 30. VI. 1999 (Bae et al.), genitalia slide No. INU-13595, 13596, 13597 ; 1 ♀, Wonju-shi , Mt. Chiak, 16. VII. 1998 (Bae, Ahn & Kim), genitalia slide No. INU-13604 ; 1 ♂, Namweon-shi , Mt. Jangah, 21. VII. 1998 (Bae, Paek & Lee), genitalia slide No. INU-13605 ; 1 ♀, Sangju-gun , Mt. Sokri, 17. VII. 1998 (Paek, Ahn & Kim), genitalia slide No. INU-13606 .

Host plant. Quercus dentata [ Fagaceae ] ( Nasu 2021).

Distribution. Korea (GG, GW, GB, JN, N) ( Byun et al. 1998; Byun 2011), China ( Zhang & Li 2005), Japan ( Nasu 2021), Russian Far East ( Kuznetzov 2001).

Remarks. The species was first recorded in Korea by Byun & Park (1993).