Coptotriche gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843) New for Iran., 1890

Alipanah, Helen, Nieukerken, Erik J. van, Farahani, Samira & Buszko, Jaroslaw, 2022, Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) leafminers new to Iran, including Tischeria caucasica on Quercus: a sibling species of T. ekebladella or a case of clinal variation?, Nota Lepidopterologica 45, pp. 9-32 : 9

Coptotriche gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843) New for Iran.

Fig. 10B, D

Material examined.

Iran, Māzandarān Prov., Nekā, 30.ix.2007, J. Buszko leg., Prunus cerasifera , 1 mine, 1 ♂ emerged 23.ii.2008, EvN5295, RMNH.INS.25295, RMNH ; Tehrān Prov., Tehrān, Lavāsān, 28.ix.2007, J. Buszko leg., Prunus cerasifera , 2 mines, 1♂, 1♀, emerged 3.-5.iii.2008, HMIM .

Distribution.

Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France (including Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Asia: Caucasus, Turkmenistan ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a; Laštůvka and Laštůvka 2015; Karsholt and van Nieukerken 2017).

Host plants.

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., P. cerasus L., P. domestica L., Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (L.) Bonnier & Layens, P. microcarpa C. A. Mey., P. persica (L.) Stokes, and P. spinosa L. ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a; Ellis 2021).

Figures

Figure 10. Tischeria dodonaea Stainton, 1858, East Azarbaijan (Kaleybar), genitalia slide EvN 5288 (A, C) and Coptotriche gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843), Mazandaran (Neka), genitalia slide EvN 5295 (B, D). A, B. Mounted adult males, dorsal view; C, D. Male genitalia.