Zimmermannia Hering, 1940

Rocienė, Agnė & Stonis, Jonas R., 2013, Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist, Zootaxa 3652 (2), pp. 75-116 : 107-108

Subgenus Zimmermannia Hering, 1940

72. Ectoedemia amani Svensson, 1966

Ectoedemia amani Svensson, 1966: 200 , 201, fig. 34, pl. 4, fig. 3. Ectoedemia emendata Puplesis, 1985: 69 .

Host-plants. Ulmus spp.

Distribution. Palaearctic. Widespread in Europe (from Great Britain and Norway to Italy and Ukraine (the Crimea). In Asia known from the Caucasus ( Azerbaijan: Lenkoran), the Russian Far East (Primorskiy Kray), Kuril Islands (Kunashir) (Puplesis 1994), China (Heilongjiang) and Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu) (van Nieukerken et al 2010).

Material examined. 23, Gornotayezhnoe, 21–31.vii.1978, leg. S. V. Seksyaeva, gen. slide nos AG 170, 175, 220 (ZIN); 53, ibid., 24.vii–08.viii.1983, leg. R. Puplesis, gen. slide nos AG 238, 239, 252, 141, 190 (ZIN); 53, Andreevka env., 25–28.vii.1985, leg. S. V. Seksyaeva, gen. slide nos AG 300, 304, 342, 348, 351 (ZIN); 13, Gornotayezhnoe, 02.viii.1988, leg. R. Puplesis, gen. slide no. AG 241 (ZIN); 13, Barabash Levada, 03.viii.1989, leg. S.V. Seksyaeva, gen. slide no. AG 176 (ZIN).

73. Ectoedemia admiranda Puplesis, 1984

Ectoedemia admiranda Puplesis, 1984b: 588 , 590.

Host-plant. Unknown.

Distribution. The Russian Far East: Primorskiy Kray.

Material examined. 63, Gornotayezhnoe, 7.vii–27.viii.1982, leg. R. Puplesis, gen. slide nos AG 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 202 (ZIN); 43, ibid., 12.vii–19.viii.1983, leg. R. Puplesis, gen. slide nos AG 134, 180, 162, 202 (ZIN).

74. Ectoedemia sivickisi Puplesis, 1984

Ectoedemia sivickisi Puplesis, 1984b: 590 .

Ectoedemia laura Puplesis, 1985: 68 , 69 (new synonymy).

Host-plant. Unknown.

Distribution. The Russian Far East: Primorskiy Kray.

Material examined. 13, Gornotayezhnoe, 16.vii.1978, leg. S. V. Seksyaeva, gen. slide no. AG 169 (ZIN); 33, ibid., 08–19.viii.1983, leg. R. Puplesis, gen. slide nos AG 166, 249, 258 (ZIN); 13, ibid., 26.vii.1985, leg. S. V. Seksyaeva, gen. slide nos AG 305 (ZIN); 13, Kamenushka, 03.vii.1990, leg. S. Zakharov, gen. slide no. AG 146 (ZIN).

Discussion. Based on the examination of the holotypes of Ectoedemia laura and E. sivickisi (Stonis & Rocienė 2013) and six non-type specimens listed in the present paper ( Figs 41–46 ), it is clear that they are conspecific. The characters of E. laura mentioned by Puplesis (1985) are not consistent when more material is examined: shape of valvae and uncus varies slightly; moreover, artefacts of slide-mounting influence the appearance of these structures. Therefore we synonymize E. laura here.

Figures

FIGURES 41 – 46. Male genitalia of Ectoedemia sivickisi Puplesis. 41, general view, slide no. AG 249 (ZIN); 42, 43, valva, focused from ventral to respectively more dorsal, slide no. AG 166 (ZIN); 44, same, apical part of genitalia; 45, 46, aedeagus, focused from ventral to respectively more dorsal, slide no. AG 258 (ZIN). Scale bar 100 µm.