Hieromantis kurokoi Yasuda, 1988

Guan, Wei & Li, Houhun, 2015, Review of the genus Hieromantis Meyrick from China, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae), ZooKeys 534, pp. 85-102 : 92-93

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Stathmopodidae

Hieromantis kurokoi Yasuda, 1988 Figs 11, 16, 22

Hieromantis kurokoi Yasuda, 1988: 494. Type locality: Japan.

Hieromantis nordella Sinev, 1988: 109.

Material examined.

CHINA: Tianjin: 1♂, Heishuihe, Mt. Baxian, Ji County, 550 m, 10.vi.2009, leg. Bingbing Hu; 1♀, Heishuihe, Mt. Baxian, Ji County, 600 m, 29.viii.2010, leg. Yinghui Mou & Shurong Liu; 1♀, Xiaogang, Ji County, 29.vi.2013, leg. Tengteng Liu; Hebei Province: 1♀, Laoniuyu Village, Jingxing County, Shijiazhuang City, 26.vii.2000, leg. Haili Yu; 1♂, Suanzaoping Village, Neiqiu County, Xingtai City, 670 m, 29.vii.2000, leg. Haili Yu; 1♀, Mt. Wuling, Xinglong County, 800 m, 27.vii.2011, leg. Houhun Li & Yanpeng Cai; Shanxi Province: 1♀, Dahe Forest Farm, 1340 m, 15.vii.2012, leg. Qiang Gao & Na Chen; 1♀, Dashuang Village, Magedang Town, Lingchuan County, 773 m, 21.vii.2012, leg. Wei Guan & Xiuchun Wang; 1♂, Zhangma Village, Mt. Li Nature Reserves, Qinshui County, Jincheng City (collected using sweep net in the day), 20.vii.2013, leg. Mingjing Li; 1♀, Dahe Forest Farm, Yicheng County, Linfen City, 1202 m, 24.vii.2013, leg. Shulian Hao & Mingjing Li; 1♀, Sijiao Forest Farm, Taikuanhe Nature Reserves, Linfen City, 893 m, 6.viii.2013, leg. Shulian Hao & Yunfei Peng; 1♂, 2♀, Taikuanhe Nature Reserves, Linfen City, 1020 m, 7.viii.2013, leg. Shulian Hao & Yunfei Peng; 3♀, Taikuanhe Nature Reserves, Linfen City, 1020 m, 8.viii.2013, leg. Shulian Hao & Mingjing Li; 1♂, 3♀, Mt. Tianlong, Taiyuan City, 1280 m, 14−15.vii.2013, leg. Tengteng Liu & Peixin Cong; Zhejiang Province: 1♂, 1♀, Chanyuan Temple, Mt. Tianmu, 350 m, 15.v.1999, leg. Houhun Li; 1♀, Tianmu Village, Mt. Tianmu, 335 m, 1.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu & Qingyun Wang; 1♀, Laoan, Mt. Tianmu, 555 m, 3.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu & Qingyun Wang; 1♀, Xiguan, Mt. Tianmu, 566 m, 19.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu & Qingyun Wang; 1♀, Neijiuxian Village, Mt. Jiulong, 430 m, 7.vii.2013, leg. Aihui Yin & Xiuchun Wang; 2♀, Yulingguan, Qingliang Peak, 220 m, 23.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu & Qingyun Wang; 2♀, Jiufu Village, Mt. Longtang, 520 m, 26.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu & Qingyun Wang; 4♀, Jiufu Village, Mt. Longtang, 520 m, 27−31.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang & Suran Li; 1♀, Longxushan Village, Mt. Longxu, 778 m, 22.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang & Suran Li; 1♂, Pinggang, Mt. Longxu, 754 m, 23.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang & Suran Li; Anhui Province: 2♂, 1♀, Tangkou Town, Huangshan City, 5.viii.2004, leg. Jiasheng Xu & Jialiang Zhang; 2♂, 4♀, Tanqiao Town, Huangshan City, 6−7.viii.2004, leg. Jiasheng Xu & Jialiang Zhang; 4♀, Mozitan Town, Huoshan County, 12.viii.2004, leg. Jiasheng Xu & Jialiang Zhang; Fujian Province: 2♀, San’gang, Mt. Wuyi, 740 m, 24.v.2004, leg. Haili Yu; Jiangxi Province: 1♀, Mt. Jinpen, 18.vii.2006, leg. Jiasheng Xu & Weichun Li; Henan Province: 1♂, 1♀, Lingshan Temple, Luoshan County, Xinyang City, 350 m, 23.v.1999, leg. Haili Yu; 2♀, Mt. Song, Dengfeng City, 800 m, 9.vi.2000, leg. Haili Yu; 1♀, Mt. Baotianman, Neixiang County, 1200 m, 13.viii.2006, leg. Hui Zhen & Denghui Kuang; 1♂, Zhuyu Peak, Mt. Yuntai, Jiaozuo City, 1297 m, 11.viii.2014, leg. Peixin Cong, Sha Hu & Linjie Liu; 1♀, Xiuwu Forest Farm, Mt. Yuntai, Jiaozuo City, 1028 m, 14.viii.2014, leg. Peixin Cong, Sha Hu & Linjie Liu; Hubei Province: 2♀, Maoba Region, Lichuan City, 700 m, 30.vii.1999, leg. Hounhun Li et al.; 1♀, Qingtaiguan Forest Farm, Luotian County, 570 m, 3.vii.2014, leg. Wei Guan & Meiqing Yang; Hunan Province: 1♂, 1♀, Cangxi Town, Jinhua County, 8−9.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: 1♀, Qinmu Village, Yongfu County, 160 m, 1.v.2008, leg. Hui Zhen & Li Zhang; 2♀, Qingshan Forest Farm, Pingxiang City, 300 m, 21.vii.2011, leg. Bingbing Hu et al.; 1♂, Zhoutong Village, Nanping Town, Yizhou City, 450 m, 17.viii.2011, leg. Shulian Hao & Yinghui Sun; 2♂, 6♀, Shaoping Forest Farm, Pingxiang City, 280 m, 28.iii.2012−19.iv.2012, leg. Xiaofei Yang; 1♀, Nonggang Protection Station, Longzhou County, 25.vii.2013, leg. Xiaofei Yang; 2♀, Miaotou Town, Quanzhou County, Guilin City, 100 m, 26.vii.2013, leg. Xiaofei Yang; Hainan Province: 1♀, Mt. Limu, Qiongzhou County, 640 m, 2.v.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan & Xuemei Hu; Chongqing: 1♀, Mt. Jinfo, 1100 m, 6.vi.2013, leg. Xiaofei Yang; Shaanxi Province: 1♀, Shuangshipu Town, Feng County, 1050 m, 23.viii.1987, leg. Houhun Li; Gansu Province: 1♀, Bifenggou, Wen County, 860 m, 9.vii.2005, leg. Haili Yu.

Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 11) with wingspan 6.0−11.0 mm. This species is similar to Hieromantis ephodophora Meyrick, 1897 by having similar forewing markings, but Hieromantis kurokoi can be separated by the valva having a rounded cucullus in the male genitalia (Fig. 16); and the appendix bursae about the same length as the corpus bursae in the female genitalia (Fig. 22). In Hieromantis ephodophora , the cucullus is subtriangular, and the appendix bursae is about four times length of the corpus bursae ( Kasy 1973: Figs 97-98).

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Tianjin, Zhejiang), Japan, Russia.

Host plant.

Cuscuta japonica Choisy ( Convolvulaceae ).