Spilonota eremitana Moriuti, 1972

Choi, Seokhoon, Kim, Jeong-Nam, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Jang, Chang Moon, Kim, Hanul, Nasu, Yoshitsugu & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2024, Taxonomic study of the genus Spilonota Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Eucosmini) with descriptions of two new species in Korea, Zootaxa 5418 (4), pp. 357-370 : 361-362

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Spilonota eremitana Moriuti, 1972 , Kontyû, 40(4): 258 ( Japan).

Description. Adult. Wingspan 13–18 mm; forewing ground color dark brown; overall gray speckled pattern similar thickness; costa strigulae gray, confluent with wing pattern, indistinct; speculum resembles wing pattern, difficult to distinguish, speculum ground color dark brown, inner and outer line of speculum color silver, line of speculum extended to tornus, with 3 to 5 small black inner spots but indistinct; hindwing dark brown, middle slightly lighter; cilia dark brown; abdomen dark brown.

Male genitalia. Uncus absent; socii tapering apically, bent inward apex; tuba analis membranous; tegumen strong; aedeagus 1/2 of length from tegumen to vinculum, bends lightly, deciduous cornuti; anellus about twice as wide as aedeagus; vinculum small; caulis inverted trapezoid; basal opening 1/3 width of valva, round isosceles triangle shaped; sacculus hairy; valva long, tapering neck; cucullus kidney-shaped, setae moderately dense; one pollex on edge.

Female genitalia. Papillae anales with long and short hairs; lamella antevaginalis towering, medially concaved, bifid peaks, slightly raised at both ends; colliculum long more than half of ductus bursae length; corpus bursae spherical; signa pair, small, equal size.

Material examined [ Korea]. 1 ♂, Mt. Odae , 26. VI. 1989 (K. T. Park), genitalia slide No. INU-13576 ; 1 ♂, Taebaek-shi, Mt. Taebaek , 12. VI. 1999 (Bae, Lee & Ahn), genitalia slide No. INU-13578 ; 1 ♂, Namyangju-shi, Gwangrung , 7. VIII. 1986 (K. T. Park, M.K. Ko), genitalia slide No. INU-13579 ; 1 ♀, Namyangju-shi, Gwangrung , 13. VIII. 1986 (K. T. Park, M.K. Ko), genitalia slide No. INU-13580 ; 2 ♀, Gyeonggi Prov., Mt. Gwangduk , 20. VII. 1996 (Bae, Paek, Lee, Ahn & Jeon), genitalia slide No. INU-13582, INU-13592 , 1 ♀, Inchen-shi, Is. Youngheung , 14. VIII. 1999 (Paek, Kim & Kim), genitalia slide No. INU-13593 ; 1 ♂, Inje-gun, Mt. Maebong , 24. VI. 1999 (Paek, Lee, Kim & Kim), genitalia slide No. INU-13598 ; 1 ♀, Inje-gun, Mt. Maebong , 24. VI. 1999 (Paek, Lee, Kim & Kim), genitalia slide No. INU-13599 ; 1 ♂, Gyeonggi Prov., Mt. Cheonma , 12. IX. 1995 (Bae & Paek), genitalia slide No. INU-13613 ; 1 ♂, Gyeonggi Prov., Mt. Gwangduk , 20. VII. 1996 (Bae, Paek, Lee, Ahn & Jeon), genitalia slide No. INU-13615 .

Host plant. Larix kaemferi [ Pinaceae ] ( Nasu 2021).

Distribution. Korea (GW, GG, N) ( Byun et al. 1998; Byun 2011), China ( Zhang & Li 2005), Japan ( Nasu 2021), Russian Far East ( Kuznetzov 2001).

Remarks. The species was first recorded in Korea by Park (1983). The larvae gather a bundle of Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carrière new leaves and hinder their growth, causing damage to the tree ( Shin et al. 1983).