Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella (Hubner, 1817)

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 : 30

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella (Hübner, [1817])

( Figs 4M , 8D )

Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe , MTS, 43.69N, 132.15E, 152 m alt., 22.VII.2016, 1 male (collected by sweep netting from Aesculus hippocastanum ), 37.1 / [15Pu-2016-male] ( Figs 4M , 8D ) ; SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Gagarin Park , 46.96N, 142.75E, 69 m alt., Betula platyphylla , 11.VII.2017, 1 female (reared from leaf mine) , NK- 66-17-1 / [17-female], deposited in SIF.

Leaf mine. The mine is indistinguishable from the one of Ph. ermani on Betula platyphylla ( Fig. 12B ). Pupation in the mine.

Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Betula : B. nigra , B. papyrifera , B. pendula , B. platyphylla , B. pubescens (Betulaceae) ( De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK, SO (Kuril Islands) ( Baryshnikova & Dubatolov, 2007; Baryshnikova 2016), SO (Sakhalin Island) (new record), Siberia, European part ( Baryshnikova 2008; Kirichenko et al. 2017a); Japan ( Kumata 1963), Kazakhstan ( Kuznetsov & Baryshnikova 1998), Europe ( De Prins & De Prins 2018).

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FIGURE 4. Forewing pattern of Phyllonorycter spp. from the Russian Far East. (A) Ph. caraganella, host plant Caragana fruticosa, NK- 184-16-9A; (B) Ph. cavella, Betula dahurica, 111.1; (C) Ph. cretata, Quercus mongolica, NK-85-17-4; (D) Ph. issikii, T. mandshurica, NK596; (E) Ph. japonica, Corylus mandshurica, 36.2; (F) Ph. jozanae, Crataegus sp., 44.1; (G) Ph. kisoensis, Alnus hirsuta, 45.1; (H) Ph. pastorella, Salix sp., 49.1; (I) Ph. reduncata, Lonicera maackii, 55.3; (K) Ph. ringoniella, Malus mandshurica, NK-179-16-1A; (L) Ph. similis, Quercus dentata, 42.1; (M) Ph. ulmifoliella, 37.1. Sampling locations: (A) PK, Rakovka, 27.VII.2016; (B, D–M) ibidem, Gornotaezhnoe, 16.VII.2013 (D), 22-25.VII.2016 (B, E–M); (C) SO, Sakhalin Isl., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 12.VII.2017. Scale bars 1 mm.

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 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.