Gibberifera simplana ( Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1836 )

Zhang, Aihuan, 2021, Review of Gibberifera Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5039 (3), pp. 409-416 : 414

Gibberifera simplana ( Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1836)

Penthina simplana Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1836: 38 . TL: Czech Republic (near Reichstadt); TD: unknown.

Semasia simplana: Kennel, 1916: 489 .

Gibberifera simplana: Obraztsov, 1946: 26 ; Swatschek, 1958: 155; Kuznetzov, 1978, in: Medvdev (ed.): 478; Bradley et al., 1979: 155; Kawabe, 1982, in: Inoue et al. (eds.), 1: 122, 2: 174; Kawabe & Nasu, 1994: 83; Razowski, 1987: 143; Byun et al., 1998: 165; Razowski, 1999: 448; Razowski, 2001: 73; Kuznetzov, 2001, in: Ler (ed.): 347; Liu & Li, 2002: 322; Zhang & Li, 2004: 293.

Specimens examined. 1♂, Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, alt. 880 m, 19 June 1987, leg. Li H.H. ; 1♂, Zhouzhi County , Shaanxi Province, alt. 1750 m, 20 July 1987, leg. Li H.H. ; 1♂, Fengxian , Shaanxi Province, alt. 1600 m, 9 July 1988, leg. Li H.H. ; 1♂, Tianshui , Gansu Province, 13 August 1988, leg. Wu X.Y. ; 2♂, Tianshui , Gansu Province, 11 July 1988, leg. Wu X.Y. ; 8♂, 7♀, Wufeng County, Hubei Province, alt. 1000–1100 m, 10–12 July 1999, leg. Li H.H. et al.; 1♀, Hefeng County, Hubei Province, alt. 1260 m, 16 July 1999, leg. Li H.H. et al.; 1♂, 1♀, Songxian , Henan Province, alt. 1580 m, 19–25 July 2002, leg. Wang X.P. ; 1♀, Qingliangfeng, Linan , Zhejiang Province, alt. 900 m, 11 August 2005, leg. Xiao Y.L. ; 1♂, Xixia scenic area, Xiachuan village , Qinshui County, Shanxi Province, alt. 1500 m, 16 July 2012, Gao Q. & Chen N .; 1♂, Maoershan National Forest Park, Heilongjiang Province, 18–19 July 2009, leg. Li W.C. & Liu J.Y. ; 1♂, Xiaoheishan, Longling , Yunnan Province, alt. 2300 m, 10 August 2005, leg. Ren Y.D. ; 1♂, Mt. Wuling , Xinglong County, Hebei Province, alt. 1000 m, 16 June 2014, leg. Liu S.R. et al.; 1♂, Dafan village (31.99 ºN, 111.10 ºE), Baokang County, Hubei Province, 17 July 2017, alt. 250 m, leg. Qi W.D. et al.; 1♂, Duchuan village (31.89 ºN, 110.71 ºE), Fangxian , Hubei Province, alt. 793 m, 19 July 2017, leg. Qi W.D. et al.

Host plants. Populus tremula , Salix spp. (Salicaceae) .

Distribution. China (Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Henan, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Taiwan), Korea, Japan, Russia, Europe.

Remarks. This species is the type species of Gibberifera , and in the male genitalia uncus is bifurcated deeply and non-deciduous cornuti are absent in vesica.