Phyllonorycter Hübner 1822
- Dataset
- Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Gracillariidae
- genus
- Phyllonorycter
description
(Figs 13 G – H) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68 N, 132.15 E, 224 m alt., Acer pseudosieboldianum, 25. VII. 2016, 1 larva, NK 540, MK 403701, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a white elongated contracted blotch with three to four folds on the epidermis covering mine, between secondary veins or along leaf margin on the lower side of the leaf (Fig. 13 G – H). Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Acer pseudosieboldianum (Sapindaceae). Distribution. Russia: RFE — PK. Remarks. BIN of unknown species — BOLD: ADF 4563. DNA barcode of Phyllonorycter sp. 6 does not no match any Acer - feeding Phyllonorycter species in BOLD. In East Asia, only Ph. orientalis (Kumata) is known to develop on A. pseudosieboldianum (De Prins & De Prins 2018). Phyllonorycter sp. 6 is significantly divergent from Ph. orientalis (7.4 % genetic distance) (Table 2). Phyllonorycter sp. 6 may potentially be a new species.