Phyllonorycter ringoniella ( Matsumura, 1931 )

Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, Zootaxa 4652 (1), pp. 1-55 : 28-29

Phyllonorycter ringoniella ( Matsumura, 1931)

( Figs 4K , 8B , 13 A–B)

Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe , forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., Malus mandshurica , 25.VII.2016, 1 male (reared from leaf mine) , NK-179-16 - 1 A / [10Prin-2016-male] ( Figs 4K , 8B ) ; same location, Malus sp. 24.VII.2016, 1 female (reared from leaf mine), 70.1 / [3Prin-2016-female], deposited in SIF.

Leaf mine. The mine is a white elongated contracted blotch with very short or without preceding epidermal tunnel, along the leaf margin or between the secondary veins ( Figs 13 A–B). Epidermis covering mine soon becomes brownish ( Fig. 13B ). From the upper side of the leaf, the mine has a marbled appearance ( Fig. 13B ). Pupation in the mine.

Trophic specialization. Oligophagous on Rosaceae : Malus baccata , M. domestica , M. mandshurica , M. pumila , M. sieboldii , M. toringo , Prunus padus , P. salicina , Pyrus sp. ( De Prins & De Prins 2018).

Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, PK, SO (Sakhalin Island) ( Baryshnikova 2008, 2016), Siberia ( Kirichenko et al. 2017b); Japan ( Kumata 1959), Korea ( Nakayama & Okamoto 1940), China ( Kumata et al. 1983).

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FIGURE 4. Forewing pattern of Phyllonorycter spp. from the Russian Far East. (A) Ph. caraganella, host plant Caragana fruticosa, NK- 184-16-9A; (B) Ph. cavella, Betula dahurica, 111.1; (C) Ph. cretata, Quercus mongolica, NK-85-17-4; (D) Ph. issikii, T. mandshurica, NK596; (E) Ph. japonica, Corylus mandshurica, 36.2; (F) Ph. jozanae, Crataegus sp., 44.1; (G) Ph. kisoensis, Alnus hirsuta, 45.1; (H) Ph. pastorella, Salix sp., 49.1; (I) Ph. reduncata, Lonicera maackii, 55.3; (K) Ph. ringoniella, Malus mandshurica, NK-179-16-1A; (L) Ph. similis, Quercus dentata, 42.1; (M) Ph. ulmifoliella, 37.1. Sampling locations: (A) PK, Rakovka, 27.VII.2016; (B, D–M) ibidem, Gornotaezhnoe, 16.VII.2013 (D), 22-25.VII.2016 (B, E–M); (C) SO, Sakhalin Isl., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 12.VII.2017. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 8. Male genitalia of Phyllonorycter and Cameraria spp. from the Russian Far East. (A) Ph. reduncata, host plant Lonicera maackii, [23Pr-2016-male]; (B) Ph. ringoniella, Malus mandshurica, [10Prin-2016-male]; (C) Ph. similis, Quercus dentata, [8Psim-2016-male]; (D) Ph. ulmifoliella [15Pu-2016-male]; (E) Cameraria niphonica, Acer pseudosieboldianum, [1Cn-2016-male]. Sampling location: Gornotaezhnoe, Primorskii Krai, 22–26.VII.2016. Scale bars: (A–D) 200, (E) 250 µm.

FIGURE 13. Mines of Phyllonorycter spp. from the Russian Far East. (A–B) Ph. ringoniella, host plant Malus mandshurica; (C–D) Ph. sorbicola, Prunus padus and Prunus maackii respectively; (E) Ph. strigulatella, Alnus hirsuta; (F) Phyllonorycter sp. 1, Tilia mandshurica; (G–H) Phyllonorycter sp. 6, Acer pseudosieboldianum. Indications: (m) mine; (t) epidermal tunnel; (b) blotch. Close up: (B–C, F, H) mine. Sampling locations: (A–D, F–H) PK, Gornotaezhnoe, MTS and forest, 22–26.VII.2016; (E) SO, Sakhalin Isl., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 11–20.VII.2017.