Four new species of Epicephala Meyrick, 1880 (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) associated with two species of Glochidion (Phyllanthaceae) from Hainan Island in China

By

Li, Hou-Hun
Wang, Zhibo
Hu, Bingbing

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

508

Pages

53-67

Subjects

China , Epicephala , Glochidion , Gracillariidae , Lepidoptera , new species , Phyllanthaceae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.508.9479

 

Abstract

Four new Epicephala species that feed on the seeds of Glochidion sphaerogynum (Phyllanthaceae) from Yinggeling Mountain Nature Reserves in Hainan Province of China are described: E. domina sp. n., E. impolliniferens sp. n., E. angustisaccula sp. n. and E. camurella sp. n. The latter two species are also associated with Glochidion wrightii. Photographs of adults and genital structures are provided.