Helcystogramma flavilineolella Ponomarenko, 1998

Li, H. H. & Zhen, H., 2011, Review of the genus Helcystogramma Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Dichomeridinae) from China, Journal of Natural History 45 (17 - 18), pp. 1035-1087 : 1042-1045

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2011.552798
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scientific name	Helcystogramma flavilineolella Ponomarenko, 1998
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Helcystogramma flavilineolella Ponomarenko, 1998 View in CoL

( Figures 7A View Figure 7 , 10A,R View Figure 10 , 11A View Figure 11 , 14A View Figure 14 , 16D View Figure 16 )

Helcystogramma flavilineolella Ponomarenko, 1998: 2 View in CoL ; Ponomarenko, 1999: 207; Ponomarenko and Huemer, 2001 ( 1999): 11; Park and Ponomarenko, 2007: 134; Ponomarenko, 2008: 103.

Helcystogramma arulensis View in CoL sensu auct. (nec Rebel, 1929): Omelko, 1999: 190, misidentified.

Diagnosis

Adult ( Figure 7A View Figure 7 ): Wingspan 13.0–16.0 mm. This species resembles H. klimeschi Ponomarenko et Huemer superficially. It can be distinguished from H. klimeschi by the valva with dorsal and ventral margins nearly parallel in the male genitalia ( Figure 11A View Figure 11 ), the eighth tergite with wedge-shaped sclerotization on posterior margin in the female genitalia ( Figure 14A View Figure 14 ); whereas in H. klimeschi , the dorsal margin of valva is projecting before apex in the male genitalia, the eighth tergite without wedge-shaped sclerotization in the female genitalia. In addition, the male eighth tergite is newly reported as follows: nearly heart-shaped, the anterior margin concave in an inverted trapezium, the lateral sides slightly concave, and the posterior margin rounded ( Figure 10A View Figure 10 ).

Material examined

CHINA: Henan Province: 1 female, Xiaguan , Neixiang County (33 ◦ 02 ′ N, 111 ◦ 50 ′ E), 650 m, 12 July 1998, coll. Houhun Li GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Shuiliandong, Tongbai (32 ◦ 21 ′ N, 113 ◦ 24 ′ E), 300 m, 11 September 2000, coll. Houhun Li and Ole Karsholt GoogleMaps ; Liaoning Province: 1 male, 1 female, Hongshadi, Faku (42 ◦ 30 ′ N, 123 ◦ 23 ′ E), 3–6 August 2006, coll. Yiping Wang GoogleMaps ; Shaanxi Province: 1 male, Chengcheng (35 ◦ 11 ′ N, 109 ◦ 56 ′ E), 1000 m, 11 August 1993, coll. Houhun Li GoogleMaps ; Sichuan Province: 1 male, Baoguo Temple, Mt Emei (29 ◦ 32 ′ N, 103 ◦ 19 ′ E), 20 May 1979 ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Heye, Jiuzhaigou (33 ◦ 17 ′ N, 103 ◦ 54 ′ E), 2350 m, 18 August 2002, coll. Shulian Hao GoogleMaps ; Zhejiang Province: 1 male, Shunxi, Lin’an (30 ◦ 14 ′ N, 119 ◦ 43 ′ E), 420 m, 12 August 2007, coll. Qing Jin. GoogleMaps

Distribution

China (Henan, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Russia .

Remarks

In H. flavilineolella Ponomarenko , the ventral surface of the abdomen is strongly sclerotized from abdominal support system to anterior margin of third segment, forming a sclerotized subrectangular plate that is longitudinally arched mesially and concave in a triangle or a semicircle posteriorly ( Figure 10R View Figure 10 ). This species is newly reported for China.