Hellinsia nigridactylus ( Yano 1961 )

Kim, Sora, Byun, Bong-Kyu, Park, Kyu-Tek & Lee, Seunghwan, 2010, Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species, Journal of Natural History 44 (23 - 24), pp. 1377-1399 : 1392-1395

Hellinsia nigridactylus ( Yano 1961)

( Figures 3A,B ; 4Q,R )

Oidaematophorus nigridactylus Yano 1961: 154 . TL: Japan.

Wingspan 14–16 mm in both sexes.

Diagnosis

This species is superficially closed to H. kuwayamai (Matsumura) , but it is distinguished by a flat harpe, the dorsal margin bent internally in male genitalia.

Material examined

One female, Suweon , GG, 20 August 1974, K. T . Park , gen. prep. no. – CIS 350 ; one male, Mt Hwaya , Gapyeong-gun, GG, 21–22 August 2000, B.K. Byun ; two males, Mt Taehwa , Gwangju, GG, 25 August 2006, Park, Kim and Chae, gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8026 ; one male, Mt Chukryung , 26 June 2007, S. R . Kim ), gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8045 ; one male, Chuncheon , GW, 25 August 1988, K. T . Park , gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8073 ; one male, same locality, 12 August 1988, K. T . Park , gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8036 ; one male, same locality, 15 June 1995, H.L. Han ; same locality, 2 September 1996, K. T . Park; one male, Mt Deockga, Wonju , GW, 16 June 1997, K. T . Park and B.K. Byun, gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8019 ; one female, Hongcheon , GW, 5 September 1986, K. T . Park , gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8092 ; one male, same locality, 13 September 1988, K. T . Park ; one male, same locality, 12 June 1992, Y.S. Bae and N.H. Ahn, gen. prep. no. – CALS SNU 8050 ; one female, Andeok Valley , JJ, 1 July 1994, K. T . Park , gen. prep. no. – CIS 5534 .

Distribution

Korea, Japan, China and Russia. got to here

Host plant

Aster yomena Makino ( Yano 1963; Arenberger 1995; Gielis 2003; Li et al. 2003) ( Asteraceae ).

Remarks

This species is reported for the first time from Korea.

Figures

Figure 3. Hellinsia nigridactylus, adult (A) and wing pattern (B); Oidaematophorus iwatensis, adult (C) and wing pattern (D); Pselnophorus vilis, adult (E) and wing pattern (F).

Figure 4. Emmelina argoteles, male genitalia (A) and aedeagus (B); Emmelina monodactyla, male genitalia (C) and aedeagus (D); Hellinsia albidactylus, male genitalia (E) and aedeagus (F); Hellinsia cyrtoacanthaus sp. nov., male genitalia (G) and aedeagus (H); Hellinsia distinctus, male genitalia (I) and aedeagus (J); Hellinsia ishiyamanus, male genitalia (K) and aedeagus (L); Hellinsia kuwayamai, male genitalia (M) and aedeagus (N); Hellinsia lienigianus, male genitalia (O) and aedeagus (P); Hellinsia nigridactylus, male genitalia (Q) and aedeagus (R); Oidaematophorus iwatensis, male genitalia (S) and aedeagus (T); Pselnophorus vilis, male genitalia (U) and aedeagus (V).