Phyllonorycter comparella (Duponchel, 1843)

Kirichenko, N. I., Akulov, E. N., Triberti, P. & Ponomarenko, M. G., 2017, New records of the leaf mining Gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Asian part of Russia, Far Eastern Entomologist 346, pp. 1-12 : 5

Phyllonorycter comparella (Duponchel, 1843)

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Krasnoyarsk krai, Krasnoyarsk, Udachny district , trees of Populus alba along the main road, 15.VII 2016, 2 leaf mines

(herbarium, vol. XV, 2016), 2♂, reared from mine (em. 22. VII 2016), gen. slides nos. NK 33♂, NK 36♂, N. Kirichenko; Krasnoyarsk, Akademgorodok , Populus alba tree near garage, 28.VI.2012, 2 leaf mines (herbarium, vol. VII, 2013), 2 larvae from mines, N. Kirichenko & O. Baskareva ; Krasnoyarsk, Akademgorodok,

Arboretum of Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Populus alba , 20.VI 2011 , 4

larva, 3 pupa, N. Kirichenko; Novosibirsk oblast, Novosibirsk, arboretum of

Central Siberian botanical garden SB RAS, Populus alba , 11.VII 2012, 6 leaf mines

(herbarium, vol. I, 2008), 1 larva, N. Kirichenko; Omsk oblast, Omsk, Victory park,

Populus alba , 29. VI 2013, 2 leaf mines (herbarium, vol. IX, 2013), 2 larvae, N.

Kirichenko; Tuva Republic, Kyzyl, Populus alba , Botanical garden of the Tuvan

State University, 13.VII 2016, 2 leaf mines (herbarium, vol. XV, 2016), 1 larva , 1

pupa, N. Kirichenko.

DIAGNOSIS. Forewings whitish with greyish scales and usually three costal and two dorsal strigulae, very oblique. Male genitalia with simple valva, endowed with a clump of thick bristles. Female genitalia with antrum fairly developed, bursa copulatrix with the usual round signum, characteristic of Phyllonorycter , with a central spine. This species was included in salicifoliella group (Davis & Deschka,

2001). In this group, feeding only on Salicaceae , Ph. comparella is similar to the

European Ph. chiclanella (Staudinger, 1859) but in the forewing pattern of this species there is a remarkable antemedian fascia not present in Ph. comparella .

DISTRIBUTION. Europe: from the United Kingdom to Ukraine (De Prins &

De Prins, 2017); Russia: European Central Chernozem region, Volga region,

Volga-Don region (Baryshnikova, 2008), South Urals (Stackelberg, 1955;

Baryshnikova, 2008), * Novosibirsk oblast, * Omsk oblasts, * Krasnoyarsk krai,

*Tuva Republic; Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (De Prins & De Prins,

2017).

HOST PLANTS. Monophagous species on Populus (Salicaceae) . Europe: P.

alba, P. canescens (Ellis, 2017) , P. nigra , P. tremula (De Prins & De Prins, 2017) .

European part of Russia: P. alba , P. nigra (Stackelberg, 1955; Gusev, 1984). In

Siberia we found mines exclusively on P. alba . In 2015–2016 we recorded P.

comparella mines in mass on Populus alba plantation in Krasnoyarsk ( Udachniy district ) .

Figures

Figs 1, 2. Male genitalia (ventral view). 1 – Micrurapteryx caraganella (with dissected