Liocrobyla indigofera Liu, Wang & Wang, 2018

Jiang, Yurong, Zhao, Yang, Wang, Encui, Zhang, Tongyou & Liu, Tengteng, 2021, Taxonomic review on Acrocercopinae, Gracillariinae and Ornixolinae from Shandong, China, with new data on distribution and host associations (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zoological Systematics 46 (3), pp. 240-257 : 253

Liocrobyla indigofera Liu, Wang & Wang, 2018

Liocrobyla indigofera Liu, Wang & Wang, 2018: 313 . TL: Shandong (Qingdao), China. TD: SDNU.

Diagnosis. The species resembles L. lobata in the male genitalia, but can be separated by the phallus longer than the valva and the minute cornutus; In L. lobata , the phallus is shorter than valva and the cornutus is more than 1/12 length of the phallus (Liu et al. 2018). In L. indigofera , the head is dark grey and the forewing ground colour is blackish fuscous, while in L. lobata , the head is white and the forewing ground colour is brownish grey.

Material examined. Shandong: 1♂, holotype, Mt. Laoshan , Qingdao, 120.609°E, 36.204°N, 400 m, 2017.VII.01, leaf mine collected on Indigofera kirilowii, pupated VII.05, emerged VII.18, leg. Tengteng Liu & Zhenquan Gao, genitalia slide no. LIU0030, registration no. SDNU. QD170710.2 . Paratype . 1♀, genitalia slide no. LIU0029, registration no. SDNU. QD170710.1 , other data same as holotype. Others . 1♂, Mt. Laoshan , Qingdao, 120.593°E, 36.211°N, 390 m, 2015.VII.10, leg. Tengteng Liu, registration no. SDNU. Ent 150092 ; 1♂, Mt. Laoshan , Qingdao, 120.605°E, 36.211°N, 600 m, 2018.VII.02, leaf mine collected on Indigofera kirilowii, leg. Tengteng Liu, registration no. SDNU. Ent 001220 .

Host plants. Indigofera kirilowii Palib., I. tinctoria L. ( Fabaceae ).

Distribution. China (Shandong).

Notes. This species was well described and illustrated in the recent open access publication (Liu et al., 2018).