Phyllonorycter cretata ( Kumata, 1957 )

Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, Zootaxa 4652 (1), pp. 1-55 : 21

Phyllonorycter cretata ( Kumata, 1957)

( Figs 4C , 12A )

Material examined. Russia: SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk , BGIS, 47.05N, 142.74E, 57 m alt., Quercus mongolica , 12.VII.2017, 1 larva, NK629 , MK 403709 , deposited in INRA; same location, host and collection date, 1 male (reared from leaf mine) , NK- 85-17-4 / [16-male] ( Fig. 4C ), deposited in SIF.

Leaf mine. The mine is contracted white elongated blotch, with one pronounced fold on the epidermis; situated between the two secondary veins on the lower side of the leaf ( Fig. 12A ). Ocassionally up to seven mines per a leaf were recorded in RFE. Pupation in the mine.

Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Quercus : Q. mongolica subsp. crispula , Q. mongolica , Q. serrata (Fagaceae) ( De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK, SO ( Baryshnikova 2008, 2016); Japan ( Kumata 1957), South Korea ( Kim & Byun 2017).

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FIGURE 4. Forewing pattern of Phyllonorycter spp. from the Russian Far East. (A) Ph. caraganella, host plant Caragana fruticosa, NK- 184-16-9A; (B) Ph. cavella, Betula dahurica, 111.1; (C) Ph. cretata, Quercus mongolica, NK-85-17-4; (D) Ph. issikii, T. mandshurica, NK596; (E) Ph. japonica, Corylus mandshurica, 36.2; (F) Ph. jozanae, Crataegus sp., 44.1; (G) Ph. kisoensis, Alnus hirsuta, 45.1; (H) Ph. pastorella, Salix sp., 49.1; (I) Ph. reduncata, Lonicera maackii, 55.3; (K) Ph. ringoniella, Malus mandshurica, NK-179-16-1A; (L) Ph. similis, Quercus dentata, 42.1; (M) Ph. ulmifoliella, 37.1. Sampling locations: (A) PK, Rakovka, 27.VII.2016; (B, D–M) ibidem, Gornotaezhnoe, 16.VII.2013 (D), 22-25.VII.2016 (B, E–M); (C) SO, Sakhalin Isl., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 12.VII.2017. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 12. Mines of Phyllonorycter spp. from the Russian Far East. (A) Ph. cretata, host plant Quercus mongolica; (B) Ph. ermani, B. platyphylla; (C) Ph. issikii, Tilia mandshurica; (D) Ph. japonica, Corylus mandshurica; (E) sampling location of Ph. junoniella; (F) Ph. nigristella, Quercus dentata; (G) Ph. orientalis, Acer pictum; (H) Ph. pastorella, Salix sp. Indications: (m) mine; (t) epidermal tunnel; (l) larva; (p) pupa. Close up: (B) deformation of the leaf due to mines (the view from the upper side); (C, F–H) mine, (E) the bush from that the specimens were collected. Sampling locations: (A–B, F) SO, Sakhalin Isl., Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk, Gagarin’s Park, 11–20.VII.2017; (E) SO, Sakhalin Isl., Susunay mountain range, 14.VII.2017; (C–D, G–H) PK, Gornotaezhnoe, MTS and forest, 22–26.VII.2016.