Nemophora ochsenheimerella, : Zumkehr, 1987

Liao, Cheng-Qing, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Yagi, Sadahisa, Wang, Min, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, The fauna of the family Adelidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Adeloidea) from China, Zootaxa 5348 (1), pp. 1-152 : 66

(77) Nemophora ochsenheimerella (Ḩbner, [1813])

Tinea ochsenheimerella Ḩbner, [1813]: 53, fig. 259 (TL: Europe; BMNH).

Adela ochsenheimerella: Walker 1863: 500 ; Scḩtze 1899: 165; Rebel 1901: 245 (catalog); Ķppers 1980: 277.

Nemotois ochsenheimerella: Meyrick 1912a: 10 ; Meyrick 1912b: 8 (C. Europe).

Nemophora ochsenheimerella: Zumkehr 1987: 21 ; Karsholt & Razowski 1996: 342; Shen & Liu 1999: 264 ( China, Henan); Kozlov 2004b: 118 (checklist of Europe); Lesar & Govedič 2010: 45 (checklist of Slovenia); Hirowatari 2013: 108, fig. 3-09-5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Umetsu 2014: 6, fig. 16 ( Japan, Akita Prefecture); Fukuda & Kanai 2016: 18 ( Japan, Kirishima); Bryner 2020: 130, figs. 64–68 (biology).

Nemotois chibiana Matsumura, 1931: 1112 , fig. 2334 (TL: Japan, Hokkaido; SEHU); Matsumura 1932: 126, pl. IV, fig. 20 ( Japan); Razowski & Kumata 1985: 7 (Type catalog).

Nemophora japanalpina Yasuda, 1957: 38 , fig. 2, 9, 10, 11 (TL: Japan, Honsẙ [Honsyu]).

Diagnosis. This species can be easily distinguished by its characteristic V-shaped yellow spot on the distal part of the forewing. Although this species is very similar to N. wakayamensis and N. recurvatifera , it is very small with 10–15 mm of wing expanse (while more than 20 mm in the latter two species).

Specimens examined. Specimens from China were not available in this study.

Distribution. China (Henan); Japan, Central Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland.

Remarks. This species is widely distributed in Central Europe and East Asia, and it was firstly recorded in China by Shen & Liu (1999). Bryner (2020) reported immature stages and related biology of this species and suggested that this species was associated with Picea abies and Abies alba .