Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera)

By

Bai, Haiyan
Xu, Jiasheng
Dai, Xiaohua

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

559

Pages

139-150

Subjects

China , Gracillariidae , new record , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.559.6812

 

Abstract

The paper presents four Chinese species belonging to the genera Metriochroa Busck, Eumetriochroa Kumata, and Gibbovalva Kumata & Kuroko (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), including two new species: Metriochroa alboannulata Bai, sp. n. and Gibbovalva clavata Bai, sp. n. Eumetriochroa hiranoi Kumata, 1998, is newly recorded from China. Photographs of adults and figures of the genital structures are provided, along with keys to the Chinese species of Metriochroa, Eumetriochroa, and Gibbovalva.