Phyllonorycter nigristella ( 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 : 23

Phyllonorycter nigristella ( Kumata, 1957)

( Fig. 12F )

Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe , MTS, 43.69N, 132.15E, 152 m alt., Quercus dentata , 22.VII.2016, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), NK528 , MK 403687 , deposited in INRA.

Leaf mine. The mine is whitish blotch between secondary veins on the lower side of the leaf ( Fig. 12F ). No preceding epidermal tunnel. In the later stage, the mine is significantly contracted ( Fig. 12F ). Pupation in the mine.

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

Distribution. Russia: RFE—KK, PK ( Ermolaev 1981b; Baryshnikova 2008, 2016); Japan ( Kumata 1957).

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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.