Coleophora virgaureae Stainton, 1857

Koo, Jun-Mo & Cho, Soowon, 2024, Taxonomic revision of the family Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) in Korea, including seven newly recorded species of the genus Coleophora Hübner, Zootaxa 5558 (1), pp. 1-102 : 88-89

43. Coleophora virgaureae Stainton, 1857

(Korean name: chwi-tong-na-bang)

Coleophora virgaureae Stainton, 1857: 105 . Type locality: UK, England, Exeter // [lectotype (male) deposited in NHMUK]. Coleophora virgaureella Doubleday, 1859: 33 [an unjustified emendation of C. virgaureae Stainton, 1857 ]. Eupista virgaureae ; Toll 1953: 170. Ecebalia virgaureae ; Anikin 2019: 81; Anikin & Knyazev 2024: 95. Coleophora virgaureae ; Stainton 1859: 216; Spuler 1910: 404; Schütze 1931: 181; Benander 1939: 92; Hackman 1945: 55;

Toll 1962: Pl. 11 S, Fig. 134; Patzak 1974: 262; Baldizzone 1979a: 58; Baldizzone 1982a: 158; Vives 1988: 127; Razowski

1990: 124; Falkovitsh et al. 1997: 317; Baldizzone & Tabell 2002: 17; Roweck & Savenkov 2002: 208; Baldizzone et al.

2006: 122; Oku 2013: 242; Kim et al. 2013a: 126; Park 2014: 70; Richter 2017: 90; Baldizzone 2019: 386. Coleophora virgaurea [sic, recte virgaureae ]; Nel 2001: 17.

Diagnosis. See the diagnosis of C. kamchatica above, particularly focusing on the characteristics of C. obscenella , C. virgaureae , and C. cinerea .

Adult: ( Benander 1939: wingspan 11.0–15.0 mm; Toll 1953: wingspan 12.0–15.0 mm; Oku 2013: wingspan 11.5–13.0 mm; Baldizzone 2019: wingspan 12.0–14.0 mm). See Oku (2013: Fig. 3 -31-14); Kim et al. (2013a: Figs 1a, b ); Park (2014: Pl. for adults, Fig. 31); Baldizzone (2019: Pl. AD XXXII, Fig. 182).

Male genitalia: See Benander (1939: Pl. V, Fig. 69); Hackman (1945: Figs 131–133); Toll (1953: Fig. 114); Patzak (1974: Fig. 196); Oku (2013: Fig. Col1-13); Baldizzone (2019: Pl. GM LIV, Fig. 175).

Female genitalia: See Hackman (1945: Fig. 147); Toll (1953: Fig. 271); Patzak (1974: Fig. 323); Oku (2013: Fig. Col2-14); Kim et al. (2013a: Fig. 1c ); Park (2014: Fig. 31); Baldizzone (2019: Pl. GF LIX, Fig. 176).

Larval case (seed miner): Tubular silken case (trivalved) covered with hairs of host plants. See Toll (1962: 134); Patzak (1974: Fig. 73); Baldizzone (2019: Pl. AST XXIII, Fig. 163); Jinbo & Suzuki (2023).

Host plants. [ Asteraceae ] Solidago L. ( S. virgaurea L.), Galatella sedifolia (L.) Greuter, Tripolium pannonicum (Jacq.) Dobrocz. , Aster sp. ( Baldizzone 1979a; Baldizzone 2019).

Distribution. Great Britain, Denmark, Finland, Norway, France, Italy, Austria, Central Europe, Caucasus, Russia (European part, Siberia, Far East), Kazakhstan, Japan, Korea ( Baldizzone et al. 2006; Kim et al. 2013a; Park 2014; Anikin 2019; Baldizzone 2019; Anikin & Knyazev 2024).

Remarks. The species was first reported from Korea by Kim et al. (2013a).

The species C. cinerea was synonymized with C. virgaureae by Baldizzone (1981), and later C. virgaureae was synonymized with C. obscenella by Baldizzone (1992). However, Baldizzone & Tabell (2002) demonstrated that the three species are distinct from each other.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Newly recorded Coleophora spp.Adult.A, Coleophora clypeiferella, CBNUPM000333 (female); B, C. kamchatica, CBNUPM000212 (male); C, C. lativittella, OONNIN0000015631 (female); D, C. levantis, OONNIN0000015632 (male); E, C. parthenica, CBNUPM000160 (male); F, C. parthenica, CBNUPM000161 (female); G, C. uliginosella, CBNUPM000214 (male); H, C. vacciniella, CBNUPM000385 (male).

FIGURE 3. Newly recorded Coleophora spp. Genitalia. A, female genitalia of Coleophora clypeiferella, with closeup of sterigma+colliculum (top), posterior portion of ductus bursae (middle), and signum (bottom), slide no. KJM0228 (CBNUPM000333); B, male genitalia of C. kamchatica, with close-up of transtilla bearing small spines (left) and distal portion of sacculus (right), slide no. KJM0157 (CBNUPM000212); C, phallus of male genitalia of C. kamchatica, with close-up of dorsal view of juxtal rods (left) and cornuti (right), slide no. KJM0157 (CBNUPM000212); D, female genitalia of C. lativittella, with close-up of sterigma+colliculum (top), posterior portion of ductus bursae (middle), and signum (bottom), slide no. KJM0088 (OONNIN0000015631).