Coptotriche angusticollella (Duponchel, [1843])

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 angusticollella (Duponchel, [1843])

Material examined.

Iran, Tehrān Prov., Tehrān, Lavāsān, 28.ix.2007, J. Buszko leg., Rosa , 2 mines, 1♂, 1♀, emerged 3.-8.iii.2008, genitalia Slide ♂ EvN5296, RMNH.INS.25296, RMNH, HMIM .

Distribution.

Europe: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy (including Sardinia), Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, N. Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Asia: Turkey, Caucasus, Turkmenistan, far eastern Russia (Primorskiy Kray), South Korea, Japan (Honshu) ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a; Corley 2015; Aarvik et al. 2017; Karsholt and van Nieukerken 2017), and Iran ( Nematollahi and Radjabi 2002).

Host plants.

Rosa spp. (including R. arvensis Huds, R. canina L., R. x centifolia L., R. x damascena Mill., R. gallica L., R. indica L. (= borboniana N.H.F. Desp.), R. luciae Franch. & Rochebr (= wichuraiana Crép.), R. multiflora Thunb., R. pendulina L., R. rubiginosa L., R. rugosa Thunb., R. sempervirens L., R. tomentosa Sm., R. virginiana Herm.) ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a; Kobayashi et al. 2016; Ellis 2021).

Remark.

The species was earlier reported from Kashan on damask rose ( Rosa damascena ) ( Nematollahi and Radjabi 2002). The short description provided is confusing as they compare the moth and leafmine to a Stigmella species (family Nepticulidae ) and also give a size of the moth that fits a Stigmella better; we therefore doubt that this species was correctly identified. Our current record confirms the occurrence of this species in Iran. Recently Coptotriche angusticollella was reported from damask rose in Turkey ( Demirözer et al. 2018).