Taxonomic study of the leafmining genus Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 from China (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) with a description of one new species

By

Liu, Tengteng
Wang, Encui
Wang, Shuxia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

94

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

305-314

Subjects

Biology , Distribution , host plant , new record , new taxon

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.25460

 

Abstract

Three species of the leafmining genusLiocrobylaMeyrick, 1916 from China are treated.Liocrobylaindigoferasp. n.feeding on the plant genusIndigoferais described as new to science.LiocrobylalobataKuroko, 1960 feeding on Puerariamontanavar.lobata is newly recorded in China.Lespedezabicoloris documented as a new host plant forL.desmodiellaKuroko, 1982. Photographs of adult habitus, male and female genitalia, as well as host plants, leaf mines and biology are provided.