Acroclita digitata Zhang & Li, 2017

Zhang, Aihuan, 2023, Systematic study of Chinese Acroclita Lederer (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 195-200 : 198

Acroclita digitata Zhang & Li, 2017

Acroclita digitata Zhang & Li, 2017: 33 . TL: China, Qinghai Province, Arboretum of Xining City ; TD: NKUM.

Specimens examined. 9♁ 14♀, Qinghai Province, Arboretum of Xining City (36.38 °N, 101.48 °E), alt. 2280 m, 20 July 1995, leg. Li H.H. & Wang S.X. (genitalia slide nos. WXP02455 , WXP02456 ) ; 1♁ 2♀, Qinghai Province, Xining City, Beichuan , alt. 2290 m, 8 July 1995, leg. Li H.H. & Wang S.X. (genitalia slide no. ZAH04098 ) ; 1♁, Qinghai Province, Huangyuan County, 25 August 1995, leg. Zhu L.F. ; 1♀, Hebei Province, Weichang County, Mt. Qipan , 17 July 2001, leg. Du Y.L. & Hao S.L. ; 1♀, Hebei Province, Yuxian, Mt. Xiaowutai , alt. 1200 m, 25 July 2000, leg. Du Y.L. & Li Z.D.

Host plant. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Hebei, Qinghai).

Remarks. This species is similar to Acroclita elaeagnivora Oku , but can be separated by the following features of the male genitalia: socius digitate, and ventral margin of basal opening with a nearly triangular process. In Acroclita elaeagnivora , the socius is long, hook-shaped, and the ventral margin of the basal opening bears a process with a blunt termination.