scholarly journals Documenting trumpet leaf-miner moths (Tischeriidae): new Neotropical Coptotriche and Astrotischeria species, with notes on Sapindaceae as a host-plant family

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5047 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-320
Author(s):  
JONAS R. STONIS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
ANDRIUS REMEIKIS ◽  
JOSÉ L. FERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO ◽  
SVETLANA V. BARYSHNIKOVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Leaf Miner ◽  
Biodiversity Assessment ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Novel Host ◽  
Species Descriptions

Four new species of trumpet leaf-miner moths (Tischeriidae) are described from the Neotropics: Coptotriche serjaniphaga Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., feeding on Serjania Mill. (Sapindaceae), Astrotischeria mystica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., feeding on Verbesina L. (Asteraceae), A. yungasi Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., feeding on Oyedaea DC. (Asteraceae), and A. parapallens Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., feeding on Baccharis L. (Asteraceae). Records on Sapindaceae-feeding Tischeriidae are very rare and Serjania is a novel host-plant genus for Tischeriidae. It is hypothesized that Serjania, a diverse genus in the tropical and subtropical Americas, may be a host for many undiscovered species of specialized stenophagous Tischeriidae. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and, if available, female genitalia, and the leaf mines. We briefly discuss the importance of new species descriptions as a part of biodiversity assessment.  

scholarly journals Most trumpet moths don’t feed on plants of the nettle family but Paratischeria does: the first discovery of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) on Urticaceae in Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5040 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-264
Author(s):  
JONAS R. STONIS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
ALEXANDRE K. MONRO ◽  
XIAOHUA DAI ◽  
JIASHENG XU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
First Record ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Leaf Mining

This is the first record of Urticaceae-feeding trumpet moths (Tischeriidae) from Asia. We describe Paratischeria boehmerica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and P. grossa Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., two distinctive new species of Tischeriidae recently discovered from Laos, South East Asia, feeding on plants of the nettle family. Urticaceae is a rare host-plant family for leaf-mining Tischeriidae worldwide. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and female genitalia, and the leaf mines.  

First report on Paratischeria from Asia (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4350 (2) ◽  
pp. 331 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIASHENG XU ◽  
XIAOHUA DAI ◽  
PENG LIU ◽  
HAIYAN BAI ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
First Report ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
Leaf Mining ◽  
Novel Host ◽  
A New Species

We provide the first report on the leaf-mining Tischeriidae genus Paratischeria Diškus & Stonis from Asia. We describe Paratischeria jingdongensis Xu & Dai, sp. nov., a new species discovered in Yunnan, China, feeding on Dalbergia assamica Benth., Fabaceae and redescribe P. hestias (Meyrick, 1915), comb. nov., a hitherto very little known species from India, which has been recently discovered in northern Vietnam, feeding on Helicteres viscida Blume, Malvaceae. We also report on the Fabaceae family as a novel host-plant family of Tischeriidae. The described and redescribed Paratischeria species are illustrated with photographs of the leaf-mines, adults, genitalia, and habitats. We also provide maps of new Paratischeria findings, and, along with a diagnostic scheme to the genus, present some data on global distribution of Paratischeria occurring in tropical and subtropical regions on both sides of the Equator. In addition, we designate a new Paratischeria neotropicana species group and provide two more new taxonomic combinations: Paratischeria heteroterae (Frey & Boll, 1878) comb. nov. and P. capnota (Meyrick, 1915) comb. nov. 

Discovery of the new Coptotriche species in China revealed two novel host-plant families and host-plant orders for Tischeriidae, a family of stenophagous, leaf-mining lepidopterans

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5071 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-96
Author(s):  
JIASHENG XU ◽  
XIAOHUA DAI ◽  
JOLANTA RIMŠAITĖ ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
JONAS R. STONIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Camptotheca Acuminata ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
Leaf Mining ◽  
Novel Host ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
Three New Species

The article describes three new species of Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890 from China and adjacent northern Vietnam: C. camptotheca Xu & Dai, sp. nov. feeding on Camptotheca acuminata Decne. (Nyssaceae); C. turpinia Xu & Dai, sp. nov. feeding on Turpinia arguta (Lindl.) Seem. (Staphyleaceae); and C. asiana Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. The latter appeared to be a narrow oligophagous species feeding on various Symplocos Jacq.: S. sumuntia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, S. poilanei Guill., and Symplocos glauca (Thunb.) Koidz. (Symplocaceae). Nyssaceae and Staphyleaceae are novel host-plant families of Tischeriidae. The new species are illustrated with photographs of adults, male and female genitalia, and leaf mines. The article also briefly discusses about the proportion of monophagous and oligophagous species of Tischeriidae.  

scholarly journals Diagnostics of new species of Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), with the first record of Coptotriche Walshingham from South America

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4691 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
JONAS R. STONIS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
ANDRIUS REMEIKIS ◽  
LILIANA KATINAS ◽  
NIXON CUMBICUS TORRES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
First Record ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
New Host ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Plant Distributions

We describe seven new Neotropical species of Tischeriidae: Astrotischeria dondavisi Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. bacchariphaga Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. guatemalica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. sanjosei Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. truncata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., Coptotriche parvisacculata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and C. carmencita Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov. We report the discovery of Coptotriche Walsingham in South America and provide the following new host-plant records for the Neotropical Tischeriidae: Terminalia australis Cambess. (Combretaceae), Baccharis latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers., and B. emarginata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae). We update the biology of Astrotischeria ochrimaculosa Diškus, Stonis & Vargas with the discovery that Wissadula (Malvaceae) is a new, verified host plant. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and, if available, female genitalia, and the leaf mines. We expect broader distributions of tisheriid species in South America inferred from known host-plant distributions. 

scholarly journals Two new species of Spiniphallellus Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Afghanistan and Iran

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
Oleksiy Bidzilya ◽  
Ole Karsholt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
The Other ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Two New Species

Spiniphallelusebertisp. nov. (Iran) and Spiniphallellusnaumannisp. nov. (Afghanistan) are described. The position of the genus within the subfamily Anomologinae is briefly discussed, as is the degree of development of the gnathos in the male genitalia of two species within the same genus. A key to all Spiniphallellus species is given, and adults and male and female genitalia of the new species are illustrated. Introduction The genus Spiniphallellus was established for three species of Gelechiidae, respectively from the deserts of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan (S.desertus Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008), mountains of Kazakhstan (S.stonisi Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008) and mountains of Turkey (S.fuscescens Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008). Recently an additional new species, S.chrysotosella Junnilainen, 2016, was described from Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia. The first three species are externally very similar, but can easily be separated by their genitalia. S.chrysotosella looks externally quite distinct from the other species both by its wingspan and wing pattern, but its genitalia match well the configuration for the genus, being most similar to those of S.fuscescens. The host plant is known only for S.desertus, whose larva feeds on Rheum sp. (Polygonaceae) in Kazakhstan (Falkovitsh and Bidzilya 2009). The adults of S.chrysotosella were observed around Jasminumfruticans L. (Oleaceae) in all three localities where this species was recorded (Junnilainen 2016). As a result of studying collected material in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Karlsruhe, five plain coloured, rather narrow-winged greyish black specimens of Gelechiidae were discovered amongst material from Afghanistan and Iran. Their assignment to the genus Spiniphallellus was proved by the study of the genitalia. It turned out that they represent two different species, which do not match any known species in the genus. Their description is given below.

scholarly journals Description of Kavayva, gen. nov., (Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) and two new species associated with Guarea (Meliaceae), and a review of New World eurytomids associated with seeds

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
Y. Miles Zhang ◽  
Michael W. Gates ◽  
Rogerio Silvestre ◽  
Manuela Scarpa
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
New World ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
New Host ◽  
Two New Species

Kavayva Zhang, Silvestre & Gates, gen. nov., and two species are described from the Neotropics, Kavayva bodoquenensis Zhang, Silvestre & Gates, sp. nov., and Kavayva davidsmithi, Zhang & Gates, sp. nov. Specimens of the new species were collected independently during separate research efforts in Peru and Brazil, reared from the seeds of Guarea F. Allam ex L. (Meliaceae), which represents a new host plant family for Eurytomidae. A differential diagnosis of the New World seed-feeding eurytomids is also provided.

scholarly journals Taxonomic study of the leafmining genus Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 from China (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) with a description of one new species

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tengteng Liu ◽  
Encui Wang ◽  
Shuxia Wang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
New Host ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
One New Species

Three species of the leafmining genus Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 from China are treated. Liocrobylaindigofera sp. n. feeding on the plant genus Indigofera is described as new to science. Liocrobylalobata Kuroko, 1960 feeding on Puerariamontanavar.lobata is newly recorded in China. Lespedezabicolor is documented as a new host plant for L.desmodiella Kuroko, 1982. Photographs of adult habitus, male and female genitalia, as well as host plants, leaf mines and biology are provided.

scholarly journals Differentiation of Paratischeria and Neotischeria gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae), with a description of new, mostly Asteraceae-feeding species from Central and South America

Biologija ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas R. Stonis ◽  
Arūnas Diškus ◽  
Andrius Remeikis ◽  
Brigita Paulavičiūtė ◽  
Liliana Katinas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
Female Genitalia

We describe a new genus, Neotischeria Diškus & Stonis, gen. nov., and four new species of trumpet moths. Three of them are trophically associated with Asteraceae plants: Neotischeria ochripennata Diškus & Remeikis, sp. nov. and N. longa Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., discovered from the western part of the equatorial Andes, N. conexa Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., discovered from the eastern part of the central Andes, and N. poseidonia Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., discovered from Guatemala (the host plant is unknown; it is presumed to be a Malvaceae plant). We briefly discuss the diagnostics of Neotischeria gen. nov. by differentiating it from the most similar Paratischeria Diškus & Stonis and Astrotischeria Puplesis & Diškus. We also newly combine seven formerly Paratischeria species, including P. neotropicana Diškus & Stonis, with Neotischeria and designate the latter species as the type species of a new genus. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the male and, if available, the female genitalia and the leaf mines. We also provide the first documentation of the hitherto little-known Peruvian Neotischeria capnota (Meyrick) deposited at NHMUK (London).

scholarly journals Dichrorampha carpatalpina sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), a high mountain species of the Romanian Carpathians

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Sándor Kovács ◽  
Zoltán Kovács
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Flight Period ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The North ◽  
Sunny Weather ◽  
Romanian Carpathians ◽  
Southern Carpathians

Dichroramphacarpatalpinasp. n., is described from the Southern Carpathians (Romania). It is closely related to D.inconspiqua (Danilevsky, 1948) and D.podoliensis (Toll, 1942). Adults, male and female genitalia, the habitat of the new species are described and figured and some details of the biology are given. The larva and its host-plant, Achilleaoxylobaschurii (Sch. Bip.) Heimerl, are illustrated. The species inhabits the north-facing slopes of the highest regions of the Carpathians. During their flight period from the beginning of July to the beginning of August the moths are on wing in the morning and only in sunny weather.

Review of the Palearctic Atemelia Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea, Praydidae), with description of a new leafmining species

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4250 (4) ◽  
pp. 327 ◽  
Author(s):  
TENGTENG LIU ◽  
JIAHE YAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Leaf Miner ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Ulmus Pumila ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Palearctic Region ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
First Time

The Palearctic Atemelia Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 is reviewed. Two species are treated, one of which is described as new: A. fusca Liu, sp. nov. The genus Atemelia is recorded in China for the first time, and it is also newly recorded from the Eastern Palearctic region. Larvae of A. fusca sp. nov. mine leaves of Ulmus pumila (Ulmaceae), sharing the same host plant genus with another leaf miner A. torquatella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) from Europe, but they are distinctive from the Nearctic and the Neotropical Atemelia species in host plant families and life styles. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the Palearctic Atemelia are provided. Additional photographs of immature stages, leafmines, and host plant are provided for the new species. In addition, three DNA barcodes are provided for A. fusca sp. nov. 

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