First report of the genus Pelecystola Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) in China, with description of a new species

By

Yang, Linlin
Li, Hou-Hun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1046

Pages

189--206

Subjects

CAD , COI , molecular phylogeny , Morphology , new record , taxonomy , wingless

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1046.68329

 

Abstract

The genus Pelecystola Meyrick, 1920 and the species Pelecystola strigosa (Moore, 1888) are newly recorded from China, and Pelecystola peculiarissp. nov. is described as new to science. Adults, head, venation, and genitalia of the two species are illustrated. A molecular phylogenetic analysis is presented to ascertain the generic affiliation of the new species. Forty-four species of 38 genera in Tineidae are analyzed using maximum likelihood methods based on one mitochondrial (COI) and two nuclear gene fragments (CAD and wingless). DNA barcodes of the two species are provided, and the genetic distance of barcode divergence among four species of Pelecystola is calculated.