Acroclita gumicola Oku, 1979

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532346
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scientific name	Acroclita gumicola Oku, 1979
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Acroclita gumicola Oku, 1979 View in CoL

Acroclita gumicola Oku, 1979: 588 View in CoL ; Zhang & Li, 2017: 34. TL: Japan, Honshu, Iwate Prefecture, Morioka; TD: EIHU.

Specimens examined. 11♁, Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou , alt. 2350 m, 18 August 2002, leg. Hao S.L. (genitalia slide nos. ZAH04323 , YHL04423 , YHL04491 ); 2 ♁, Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou , alt. 2400 m, 14 & 16 August 2002, leg. Hao S.L. (genitalia slide nos. YHL04492 , YHL04493 ) .

Host plant. Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. (Elaeagnaceae) .

Distribution. China (Sichuan); Japan.

Remarks. This species is similar to Acroclita elaeagnivora Oku in appearance, but can be distinguished by the socius bifurcated from the basal 1/3, then produced into two branches with pointed or blunt terminations; and the outer margin of cucullus about 3.5 times as long as wide. In A. elaeagnivora the socius is long, curved; and outer margin of cucullus is about twice as long as wide.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Tortricidae
Genus	Acroclita