Ancylis melanostigma Kuznetsov, 1970

Byun, Bong-Kyu & Yan, Shanchun, 2005, Description of a new species, records of five previously unrecorded species, and rediscovery of a lost species in the genus Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China, Zootaxa 1103 (1103), pp. 17-26 : 21-22

Ancylis melanostigma Kuznetsov, 1970

( Figs. 3, 14)

Ancylis melanostigma Kuznetsov, 1970: 436 . TL: Russia (Maritime Territory, Amur, Suputinka Reservation).

Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to A. amplimacula Falkovitsh but is easily distinguished by the paler subapical patch of the forewing and the long antrum, which constitutes the posterior 1/3 of the ductus bursae of the female genitalia.

Re­description. Adult: Wingspan 16 mm in female. Forewing with costa curved at base then arched towards apex, strongly arched basally, becoming gently arched apically; ground color white; basal patch dark brown, fairly broad, covering 1/3 of forewing; subapical patch indistinct, light brown; apical spot reddish brown, very small, with characteristic tiny, black, subapical costal spot. Hindwing light brown, slightly darker in outer area; cilia long, grayish brown.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 14): Papillae anales slender, long. Apophyses anteriores twice as long as apophyses posteriors. Ostium bursae with antrum trumpet­shaped, representing posterior 1/3 of ductus bursae. Ductus bursae moderately long, approximately the same length as corpus bursae; ductus seminalis originating from middle of ductus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate with two, large, different­sized signa.

Material examined: [Heilongjiang] 1♀, Laoyeling, Early July 1995 (SC Yan), Genitalia slide NEFU ENT­ 95025 .

Distribution. China (new record); Korea; Japan; Russia.