A review of the Japanese species of the family Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera)

By

Kobayashi, Shigeki
Sato, Hiroaki
Hirano, Nagao
Yamada, Kazutaka
Toshiya, Hirowatari

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

601

Pages

127-151

Subjects

Betula , Carpinus , Corylus sieboldiana , genitalia , Leafminer , mine , Ostrya , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.601.7782

 

Abstract

This paper provides taxonomic and biological data on one new and one newly recorded species of Coptotriche Walsingham and one new and one newly recorded species of Tischeria Zeller from Japan. Coptotriche symplocosella Kobayashi & Hirowatari, sp. n. (host Symplocos lucida, Symplocaceae), and Tischeria kumatai Sato, Kobayashi & Hirowatari, sp. n. (host Tilia japonica, Malvaceae) are described. The pupal morphology of C. symplocosella is illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. Coptotriche minuta Diškus & Stonis, 2014 and Tischeria relictana Ermolaev, 1986 are newly recorded from Japan. The female, hostplants (Carpinus, Corylus, and Ostrya species), and immature stages of C. minuta and the adult features, female, and hostplants (Betula species) of T. relictana are described with photographs and drawings for the first time. Mine types and characters of Japanese Tischeriidae are reviewed with photographs.