Phyllonorycter Hübner 1822

Phyllonorycter sp. 1 (Fig. 13F) Material examined. Russia: PK, Sikhote-Alin Mts, National park “Zov tigra”, 43.60N, 134.30E, 690 m alt., Tilia sp., 10.VII.2010, 1 larva, NK31, KX818885, (INRA); Vladivostok, Akademgorodok, city plantation, 43.19N, 131.92E, 82 m alt., T. mandshurica, 15.VII.2013, 1 pupa, NK205, KX818718; Gornotaezhnoe, MTS, arboretum, 43.69N, 132.16E, 160 m alt., T. taquetii, 25.VIII.2011, 1 larva, NK236, KX818723; same location, T. mandshurica, 16.VII.2013, 1 larva, NK208, KX818721; same location, T. amurensis, 10.VII.2015, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), M. Ponomarenko leg., NK601, MK403722, all deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine (Fig. 13F) is not distinguishable from that of Ph. issikii (Fig. 12C). Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Tilia (Malvaceae). T. amurensis, T. mandshurica, T. taquetii, Tilia sp. Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK (Baryshnikova 2006); Japan (Kumata 1963), Korea (Kumata et al. 1983), China (Kirichenko et al. 2017c). Phyllonorycter sp. 1 and Ph. issikii occur in sympatry (Kirichenko et al. 2017c). Remarks. BIN of unknown species—BOLD:ACC3074. The maximum intraspecific divergence in the cluster represented by five unidentified specimens (Fig. 3) is 1.2%. In East Asia, only one Tilia -feeding Phyllonorycter species is known— Ph. issikii (Kumata 1963). The minimum interspecific genetic distance between our unidentified species and Ph. issikii is 5.4% (Table 2), suggesting that Phyllonorycter sp. 1 may be an undescribed species. This putative new cryptic species was already mentioned in our previous study (Kirichenko et al. 2017c). To confirm its novelty, a representative series of adults is needed for morphological analysis.
Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475
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