Aethes

Sun, Yinghui & Li, Houhun, 2013, Three new species of Aethes Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini), with a list of the species from China, Zootaxa 3669 (4), pp. 456-468 : 464-465

List of Aethes species in China

1. Aethes acerba , sp. nov.

Type locality: China (Mt. Baiyun, Song County, Henan). Holotype (3), paratype (2 Ƥ): NKU. Distribution. China (Henan).

2. Aethes alatavica (Danilevskij, 1962)

Phalonia alatavica Danilevskij, 1962: 111 . Type locality: Central Asia (Czilik, Zailijskij, Ala Tau). Holotype (3): ZMAS. Aethes alatavica (Danilevskij, 1962) : Razowski, 1970: 369.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang), Russia.

3. Aethes amurensis Razowski, 1964

Aethes amurensis Razowski, 1964: 348 . Type locality: Russia (Amur Region, Blagovesthensk). Holotype (3): MGAB.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi), Korea, Russia.

4. Aethes atmospila (Meyrick, 1937)

Phalonia atmospila Meyrick, 1937: 170 . Type locality: China (Likiang, Yunnan). Holotype (Ƥ): BMNH. Aethes atmospila (Meyrick, 1937) : Razowski, 1970: 371.

Distribution. China (Xinjiang, Yunnan).

5. Aethes bistigmatus Byun & Li, 2006

Aethes bistigmatus Byun & Li, 2006: 787. Type locality: Korea (Mt. Jeombong, Gangweon-do), China (Mt. Changbai, Jilin). Holotype (3), paratype (3): KNA.

Distribution. China (Jilin), Korea.

6. Aethes cinereoviridana (Kennel, 1899)

Cochylis cinereoviridana Kennel, 1899: 29 . Type locality: Central Asia (Namangan). Syntype (s): MNHU. Aethes cinereoviridana (Kennel, 1899) : Razowski, 1970: 302.

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Central Asia.

7. Aethes citreoflava Kuznetzov, 1966

Aethes citreoflava Kuznetzov, 1966: 203 . Type locality: Russia (Primorsky Krai, Yakovlevka). Holotype (3): ZMAS.

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Jilin), Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia.

8. Aethes cnicana (Westwood, 1854)

Argyrolepia cnicana Westwood, 1854: 280 . Type locality: Great Britain (Epping and Yaxley Fen). Holotype: BMNH. Phalonia arcticana Brandt, 1937: 71 . Type locality: Finland. Holotype (Ƥ): Brandt Collection. Aethes cnicana (Westwood, 1854) : Razowski, 1970: 309.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Tianjin), Europe, Japan, Russia.

9. Aethes delotypa Razowski, 1970

Aethes delotypa Razowski, 1970: 361 . Type locality: China (Likiang, Yunnan). Holotype (3): ZFMK.

Distribution. China (Tibet, Yunnan), Europe.

10. Aethes fennicana (Hering, 1924) ( Figs. 5 , 9 , 12)

Lozopera fennicana Hering, 1924: 77 . Type locality: Finland (Esbo). Syntypes (1 3, 1 Ƥ): Unknown. Lozopera adelaidae Toll, 1955: 62 . Type locality: Poland (Baligród). Holotype (3): ISEZ. Aethes adelaidae (Toll, 1955) : Razowski, 1960: 400.

Aethes (Cirriaethes) fennicana (Hering, 1924) : Razowski, 1960: 342.

Aethes fennicana (Hering, 1924) : Razowski, 1970: 366.

Material examined. CHINA: 3 3, 2 Ƥ, Nalati, Xinyuan County (40°43ʹN, 124°46ʹE), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 1562 m, 6−7.viii.2007, leg. Xinpu Wang (genitalia slide Nos.: SYH11437 Ƥ, SYH11440 3, SYH11454 Ƥ).

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 5 ). Wingspan 13.0−15.0 mm. This species can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the broad median process of the transtilla abruptly narrowed from the distal 1/3 to the pointed apex and the valva with a row of short, slender spines in the male genitalia ( Fig. 9 ); and by the corpus bursae without a sclerotized plate in the female genitalia (Fig. 12).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Europe.

Note. This species is recorded for the first time in China.

Figures

FIGURES 2 − 5. Adults of Aethes spp. 2. A. acerba, sp. nov., holotype, 3; 3. A. semicircularis, sp. nov., paratype, Ƥ; 4. A. subcitreoflava, sp. nov., holotype, 3; 5. A. fennicana (Hering), 3.

FIGURES 6 − 9. Male genitalia of Aethes spp. 6. A. acerba, sp. nov., paratype, slide no. SYH 12053; 7. A. semicircularis, sp. nov., holotype, slide no. SYH 11287; 8. A. subcitreoflava, sp. nov., holotype, slide no. SYH 11260; 9. A. fennicana (Hering), slide no. SYH 11440.