Ancylis mandarinana ( Walsingham, 1900 )

Byun, Bong-Kyu & Yan, Shanchun, 2005, Description of a new species, records of five previously unrecorded species, and rediscovery of a lost species in the genus Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China, Zootaxa 1103 (1103), pp. 17-26 : 21

Ancylis mandarinana ( Walsingham, 1900)

( Figs. 2, 9)

Anchylopera mandarinana Walsingham, 1900: 440 . TL: East China (Ningpoo).

Diagnosis. This species is superficially similar to A. comptana (Frölich) but can be distinguished by the absence of an uncus in the male genitalia.

Re­description. Adult: Wingspan 15 mm in male. Forewing with costa arched towards apex; ground color pale yellow; basal patch small, dark brown; median fascia extending from middle of costa to termen, somewhat parallel to costa, with a sharp outer margin towards termen; apical spot tiny, dark brown. Hindwing grayish brown, cilia pale yellowish brown.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 9): Uncus absent, dorsum of tegumen rounded. Socii broad, with numerous long hairs. Valva strongly sclerotized, slightly arched inward, concave along costa, with a small subtriangular ventrobasal projection at base, deeply concave at ventrobasal 1/4 forming a narrow neck, cucullus broadened medially, venter evenly rounded to apex, with dense hairs along the ventral margin. Aedeagus moderately large, vesica with a bundle of approximately 30 cornuti.

Material examined. [Neimenggu] 2♂, Alihe, Mid­June 1995 (SC Yan), Genitalia slide NEFU ENT­0232 .

Distribution. China; Korea; Japan; Russia.

Host plant. Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. (Leguminosae) in Japan ( Issiki 1957).

Remarks. Since its description by Walsingham in 1900 based on a single specimen collected near Ningpoo, East China, there have been no records of this species from China. In the present study, we discovered two males from Alihe, Neimenggu, China.