Tineidae Latreille, 1810

Lee, Dong-June, Ko, Jae-Ho, Lee, Tak-Gi & Bae, Yeong-Bin Cha and Yang-Seop, 2020, First report of Harmacloninae (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) in Korea, Journal of Species Research 9 (2), pp. 162-166 : 163-164

Family Tineidae Latreille, 1810

Subfamily Harmacloninae Davis, 1998 Harmacloninae Davis, 1998: 18 . Type genus: Harmaclona

Busck, 1914.

General morphology. Generally, from small to large sized moths. Wings slender, devoid of microtrichia except on subhumeral and subanal regions of forewing; wings with an additional wing-locking mechanism consisting of stiff rows of scales from dorsal edge of forewing and subcostal area of hindwing. Pretarsus with arolium and pseudempodial seta absent. Male with a single, stout frenular bristle; female with 0-4 smaller frenular bristles. Abdomen with a pair of tuberculate plates on sternum II ( Fig. 1 ). Male genitalia with short to elongate saccus; uncus and tegumen fused, slightly concave; gnathos present ( Micrerethista ) or absent ( Harmaclona ); valva divided into a dorsal cucullar lobe and a ventral saccular lobe; juxta forming a firm, sclerotized tube around aedeagus; aedeagus with a basal midventral keel and without cornuti. Female genitalia elongate, telescoping, with a pair of ventral pseudapophyses within A10; signum present ( Harmaclona ) or absent ( Micrerethista ) ( Davis, 1998).

Biology. Life history is very little known for this group. Fletcher (1933) reported on the biology of Harmaclona tephrantha (Meyrick, 1916) in India. Larvae of this moth are found from Buchanania latifolia Roxburgh ( Anacardiaceae ). The larval tunnels are to be several inches long, black stained, and free of wood-dust. Prior to pupation the larva closes the tunnel with a thin operculum.

Figures

Fig. 1. Paired tympanic organs on SII of Micrerethista denticulata Davis, 1998.