Zelleria japonicella Moriuti, 1977

Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Wu, Chun-Sheng & Han, Hui-Lin, 2010, Three new species of Yponomeutinae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from China with faunistic supplements and an updated list of the Chinese species of the subfamily, Journal of Natural History 44 (45 - 46), pp. 2803-2816 : 2810-2811

Zelleria japonicella Moriuti, 1977 , new to China

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Material examined. [IZCAS] 535♀, Wuying , Heilongjiang Prov., 15-20 VI 1981 (JW Bai); 336♀, Dailing , Heilongjiang Prov., 17 VI 1963 (JW Bai), geni. slide no. SJC- 09032 (3), 09033 (♀), reared by Syringa persica L.

Distribution. China (northeast) and Japan.

Host plant. The larvae are known to feed on Ligustrum tschonoskii Decaisne var. glabrescens Koidzumi of Oleaceae ( Moriuti 1977) . Syringa persica L., which belongs to the same plant family, is added as a new host as a result of this study.

Remarks. Prior to this study, this species was regarded as endemic to Japan. Our new find of Z. japonicella from China indicates that its distributional range may be much broader than previously thought.

An updated checklist of the Chinese Yponomeitinae

A total of 71 species are listed here. Three invalid names are recognized in Hua (2005) and their deletion is suggested. Provincial distribution of each species in China is provided in parentheses. For species ranging over four provinces, their larger distribution is noted.

Figures

Figures 9–11. (9) Adult of Zelleria japonicella Moriuti. Notes: Scale bar = 3 mm, (10) Male genitalia and aedeagus (a) of Zelleria japonicella Moriuti. Note: Scale bar = 0.5 mm, (11) Female genitalia of Zelleria japonicella Moriuti. Note: Scale bar = 1 mm.