Coleophora currucipennella Zeller, 1839

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 : 38-39

8. Coleophora currucipennella Zeller, 1839

(Korean name: eun-baeg-nal-gae-tong-na-bang)

Tinea pedifera Geoffroy, 1785 in Fourcroy 1785: 334 [Nomen oblitum, declared by Baldizzone et al. (2006)]. Type locality:

France, Paris. Coleophora currucipennella Zeller, 1839: 207 [Nomen protectum, established in Baldizzone et al. (2006)]. Type locality:

Germany, Mecklenburg // [ Baldizzone (2019) stated that among Zeller’s original specimens from NHMUK under the name

“ currucipennella ”, specimens of various related species were found, but no C. currucipennella ]. Coleophora nemorum Heinemann, 1854: 6 . Type locality: Germany, Braunschweig. Coleophora tristrigella Heinemann, 1876: 580 . Type locality: Germany / Switzerland. Coleophora alaudipennella Căpuşe, 1971: 162 . Type locality: Romania [?]. Coleophora cristinae Căpuşe, 1971: 162 . Type locality: Romania. Coleophora (Apista) currucipennella ; Zeller 1849: 286. Eupista currucipennella ; Toll 1953: 123. Coleophora currucipennella ; Stainton 1859: 150; Spuler 1910: 399; Schütze 1931: 76; Benander 1939: 71; Hackman 1945:

41; Hering 1957: 857; Toll 1962: Pl. 13 S, Fig. 162; Patzak 1974: 252; Baldizzone 1979a: 43; Baldizzone 1982d: 413;

Baldizzone 1985: 188; Baldizzone 1986b: 136; Chalmers-Hunt 1987: 153; Vives 1988: 69; Baldizzone 1992: 304; Park &

Baldizzone 1992: 519; Baldizzone 1994: 89; Falkovitsh et al. 1997: 315; Baldizzone et al. 2006: 46; Kim & Park 2009:

185; Park 2014: 26; Richter & Pastorális 2015: 36; Buschmann & Richter 2016: 86; Lelej 2016: 100; Anikin 2019: 74;

Baldizzone 2019: 224; Anikin & Knyazev 2021: 311; Buschmann 2023: 109.

Diagnosis. This species is externally similar to C. ibipennella Zeller, 1849 , and C. betulella Heinemann, 1876 , and can also be compared with C. zelleriella Heinemann, 1854 , and C. quercicola Baldizzone & Oku, 1990 , due to the similarity in genitalia, especially the ductus bursae with the median lamina without spines in the female genitalia. However, it can be distinguished from the above mentioned species by the following genital characteristics: 1) in the male genitalia of C. currucipennella (see Baldizzone 2019: Pl. GM XXX, Fig. 95), male genitalia possess relatively short cucullus, the sacculus with the dorsal tooth directed inward and a dentate triangular ventral corner expansion, while in C. ibipennella (see Baldizzone 2019: Pl. GM XXX, Fig. 97), male genitalia possess the sacculus with only one triangular expansion having a bunt apex at the ventral corner, in C. betulella (see Baldizzone 2019: Pl. GM XXX, Fig. 96) male genitalia possess the sacculus with a smaller tooth at the dorsal corner and a triangular expansion having a rounded apex at the ventral corner, in C. zelleriella (see Baldizzone 2019: Pl. GM XXXI, Fig. 100), male genitalia possess the sacculus with only one triangular tooth at the ventral corner, and in C. quercicola ( Figs 15G, H ), male genitalia possess the sacculus with a rounded distal margin having a triangular tooth in the middle; 2) in the female genitalia of C. currucipennella (see Baldizzone 2019: Pl. GF XXXII, Fig. 96), the following characters are diagnostic: a wide ostium bursae, the ductus bursae with the median lamina and without the spinulate section, while in C. ibipennella (see Baldizzone 2019: Pl. GF XXXIII, Fig. 98) and C. betulella (see Baldizzone 2019: Pl. GF XXXIII, Fig. 97), female genitalia have a narrower ostium bursae, and the ductus bursae with the median lamina and the spinulate section, and in C. zelleriella (see Baldizzone 2019: Pl. GF XXXIV, Fig. 101) and C. quercicola ( Fig. 19B ), female genitalia are with a narrower ostium bursae.

Adult: ( Benander 1939: wingspan 15.0–17.0 mm; Toll 1953: wingspan 11.0–17.0 mm; Baldizzone 2019: wingspan 13.0–15.0 mm). See Kim & Park (2009: Fig. 4 ); Park (2014: Pl. for adults, Fig. 6 ); Baldizzone (2019: Pl. AD XV, Fig. 98).

Male genitalia: See Benander (1939: Pl. II, Fig. 35); Hackman (1945: Fig. 79); Toll (1953: Fig. 75); Patzak (1974: Fig. 165); Park & Baldizzone (1992: Figs 4, 4a ); Kim & Park (2009: Figs 31–31b); Park (2014: Figs 6A–C ); Baldizzone (2019: Pl. GM XXX, Fig. 95).

Female genitalia: See Hackman (1945: Fig. 90); Toll (1953: Fig. 232); Patzak (1974: Fig. 291); Park & Baldizzone (1992: Figs 17, 17c ); Kim & Park (2009: Fig, 51); Park (2014: Fig. 6E ); Baldizzone (2019: Pl. GF XXXII, Fig. 96).

Larval case [leaf miner (early) and skeletonizer (late)]: Pistol case. See Benander (1939: Pl. VIII, Fig. 12 ); Hering (1957: Fig. 397); Toll (1962: Pl. 13 S, Fig. 162); Patzak (1974: Fig. 35); Chalmers-Hunt (1987: Fig. 5 ); Baldizzone (2019: Pl. AST XII, Fig. 90).

Host plants. [ Fagaceae ] Quercus L., Fagus L.; [ Betulaceae ] Carpinus L. ( Ca. betulus L.), Betula L., Corylus L. ( Cor . avellana L.); [ Ulmaceae ] Ulmus L.; [ Salicaceae ] Salix L., Populus L.; [ Rosaceae ] Pyrus L., and Prunus L. ( Baldizzone 1979a; Falkovitsh 2006; Baldizzone 2019).

Distribution. Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Western and Southern European part, Western Siberia, Far East) ( Baldizzone et al. 2006; Anikin 2019), Japan ( Baldizzone 2019), China, Korea ( Kim & Park 2009; Park 2014).

Remarks. The species was first reported from Korea by Park & Baldizzone (1992).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Newly recorded Coleophora spp. Genitalia. A, male genitalia of Coleophora levantis, with close-up of sacculus, slide no. KJM0091 (OONNIN0000015632); B, male genitalia of C. levantis before slide preparation of A; C, phallus of male genitalia of C. levantis, with close-up of cornutus, slide no. KJM0091 (OONNIN0000015632); D, female genitalia of C. levantis, with close-up of sterigma+colliculum (left) and signum (right), slide no. KJM0420 (in INU); E, male genitalia of C. parthenica, slide no. KJM0476 (CBNUPM000160); F, phallus of male genitalia of C. parthenica, slide no. KJM0476 (CBNUPM000160); G, phallus of male genitalia of C. parthenica, slide no. KJM0121 (CBNUPM000018); H, female genitalia of C. parthenica, with close-up of sterigma+colliculum (top) and signum (bottom), slide no. KJM0477 (CBNUPM000161).

FIGURE 5. Newly recorded Coleophora spp. Genitalia. A, male genitalia of Coleophora uliginosella, slide no. KJM0461 (CBNUPM000214); B, phallus of male genitalia of C. uliginosella, with close-up of cornutus, slide no. KJM0461 (CBNUPM000214); C, phallus of male genitalia of C. uliginosella, with close-up of cornutus, slide no. KJM0296 (PCQAIN0000012023); D, female genitalia of C. uliginosella, with close-up of sterigma (top) and signum (bottom), slide no. KJM0462 (CBNUPM000215); E, male genitalia of C. vacciniella, with close-up of distal portion of sacculus, slide no. KJM0366 (CBNUPM000385); F, phallus of male genitalia of C. vacciniella, with close-up of cornuti (left) and spines forming a row in distal 1/3 (right), slide no. KJM0366 (CBNUPM000385).

FIGURE 6. Newly recorded Coleophora spp. Abdomen. A, female abdomen of Coleophora clypeiferella, slide no. KJM0228 (CBNUPM000333); B, male abdomen of C. kamchatica, slide no. KJM0157 (CBNUPM000212); C, female abdomen of C. lativittella, slide no. KJM0088 (OONNIN0000015631); D, male abdomen of C. levantis, slide no. KJM0091 (OONNIN0000015632); E, female abdomen of C. levantis, slide no. KJM0420 (in INU).

FIGURE 15. Reconfirmed Coleophora spp. Male genitalia. A, B, Coleophora melanograpta, slide no. KJM0183 (CBNUPM000090); C, D, C. montaniella, slide no. KJM0354 (CBNUPM000126); E, F, C. obducta, slide no. KJM0299 (CBNUPM000203); G, H, C. quercicola, slide no. KJM0199 (CBNUPM000006); I, J, C. serinipennella, slide no. KJM0277 (CBNUPM000026).

FIGURE 17. Reconfirmed Coleophora spp. Female genitalia (all photographed in dorsal view). A, Coleophora cristata, slide no. KJM0285 (CBNUPM000145); B, C. elodella, slide no. KJM0384 (CBNUPM000117); C, C. falkovitshella, slide no. KJM0342 (CBNUPM000229); D, C. fasciella, slide no. KJM0286 (CBNUPM000335); E, C. flavovena, slide no. KJM0107 (CBNUPM000099).

FIGURE 19. Reconfirmed Coleophora spp. Female genitalia (all photographed in dorsal view). A, Coleophora parki, slide no. KJM0531 (CBNUPM000395); B, C. quercicola, slide no. KJM0198 (CBNUPM000003); C, C. serinipennella, slide no. KJM0278 (CBNUPM000027); D, C. silenella, slide no. KJM0343 (CBNUPM000057); E, C. sternipennella, slide no. KJM0283 (CBNUPM000245).

FIGURE12. Reconfirmed Coleophora spp.Venation.A, Coleophora montaniella, slideno.KJM0492 (male, CBNUPM000126); B, C. obducta, slide no. KJM0502 (male, CBNUPM000203); C, C. parki, slide no. KJM0541 (female, CBNUPM000395); D, C. quercicola, slide no. KJM0166 (female, CBNUPM000008); E, C. serinipennella, slide no. KJM0339 (female, CBNUPM000027); F, C. silenella, slide no. KJM0485 (male, CBNUPM000051); G, C. sternipennella, slide no. KJM0514 (female, CBNUPM000245); H, C. therinella, slide no. KJM0515 (male, CBNUPM000261); I, C. versurella, slide no. KJM0518 (female, CBNUPM000347); J, C. vestianella, slide no. KJM0507 (male, CBNUPM000228).