Cameraria niphonica Kumata, 1963

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 : 33

Cameraria niphonica Kumata, 1963

( Figs 8E , 14 F–G)

Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe , forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., A. caudatum subsp. ukurundense , 22.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK537 , MK 403685 ,; same location, A. pseudosieboldianum , 25.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK529 , MK 403719 , deposited in INRA; same location, host and date, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), 109.3 / [1Cn-2016-male] ( Fig. 8E ), deposited in SIF.

Leaf mine. The mine is a relatively large elongated flat blotch, with a very short preceding epidermal tunnel that usually starts nearby secondary vein on the upper side of the leaf ( Fig. 14F ). The mine is white ( Fig. 14F ); an exceptionally dark mine was found on A. caudatum subsp. ukurundense ( Fig. 14G ). The frass is not granular, like in Phyllonorycter species, but has a tar-like aspect and covers the bottom of the mine. Pupation in mine.

Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Acer : A. barbinerve , A. japonicum , A. palmatum , A. pseudosieboldianum (Sapindaceae) ( De Prins & De Prins 2018), A. caudatum subsp. ukurundense (new record).

Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK ( Baryshnikova 2008); Japan ( Kumata 1963).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Male genitalia of Phyllonorycter and Cameraria spp. from the Russian Far East. (A) Ph. reduncata, host plant Lonicera maackii, [23Pr-2016-male]; (B) Ph. ringoniella, Malus mandshurica, [10Prin-2016-male]; (C) Ph. similis, Quercus dentata, [8Psim-2016-male]; (D) Ph. ulmifoliella [15Pu-2016-male]; (E) Cameraria niphonica, Acer pseudosieboldianum, [1Cn-2016-male]. Sampling location: Gornotaezhnoe, Primorskii Krai, 22–26.VII.2016. Scale bars: (A–D) 200, (E) 250 µm.

FIGURE 14. Mines, leaf shelters and pupation sites of Phyllonorycter, Chrysaster and Cameraria spp. from the Russian Far East. (A) Phyllonorycter sp. 7, host plant Ulmus glabra; (B–C) Phyllonorycter sp. 8, Juglans mandshurica; (D–E) Chrysaster hagicola, Lespedeza bicolor; (F–G) Cameraria niphonica, Acer pseudosieboldianum and A. caudatum subsp. ukurundense, respectively; (H) Phyllocnistis sp. 1, Salix sp. Indications: (m) mine; (b) blotch part of the mine; (t) epidermal tunnel; (l) larva; (p) pupation site. Close up: (C–G) mine; (H) pupation site. Sampling locations: (A) SO, Sakhalin Isl., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 11–20.VII.2017; (B–H) PK, Gornotaezhnoe, MTS and forest, 22–26.VII.2016.