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
materials_examined
Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68 N, 132.15 E, 224 m alt., Malus mandshurica, 25. VII. 2016, 1 larva, NK 534, MK 403676, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. Mine similar to Ph. ringoniella. Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Malus mandshurica (Rosaceae). Distribution. Russia: RFE — PK. Remarks. BIN of unknown species — BOLD: ADF 3338. In East Asia, three Malus - feeding Phyllonorycter are known: Ph. malicola Kuznetzov, Ph. ringoniella (Matsumura) and Ph. sorbicola (Kumata) (De Prins & De Prins 2018). No DNA barcodes exist in BOLD for Ph. malicola Kuznetzov. DNA barcod of Phyllonorycter sp. 2 does not match the other two species. The nearest neighbor to Phyllonorycter sp. 2 is Ph. ringoniella, with minimum genetic distance 3.3 % (Table 2). The divergence with the Ph. sorbicola reaches 9.4 % (Table 2). Our specimen may possibly represent Ph. malicola that is known to develop in RFE on M. mandshurica (Kuznetzov 1979 b).