TY - JOUR
T1 - A Taxonomic study of two species of Thiotricha Meyrick (Lepidoptera
T2 - Gelechiidae), from southwestern Japan, with notes on the biology of their immature stages
AU - Kyaw, Khine Mon Mon
AU - Ueda, Tatsuya
AU - Yagi, Sadahisa
AU - Okamoto, Tomoko
AU - Wang, Min
AU - Hirowatari, Toshiya
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to thank Dr. Norio Hirai (Entomological Laboratory, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan) and Dr. Shouhei Ueda (Entomological Laboratory, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan), Dr. Koichi Tone (Okinawa Municipal Museum, Okinawa, Japan), and Dr. Takeshi Terada (Okayama Prefectural Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Environmental Conservation, Okayama, Japan) for providing specimens of the new species for our study. We also thank Dr. Tosihisa Saito (Ikeda, Osaka, Japan) and Dr. Furumi Komai (Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan) for providing information on immature stages of the new species. We also thank Mr. Kota Sakagami (Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Kobe University, Hyogo, Japan) for allowing the use of precious specimens of Thiotricha from the Tokara Islands, and these specimens were collected with permission. We say thanks to Dr. Bong-Kyu Byun (Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea), Dr. Ole Karsholt (Zoological Museum, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark), Dr. David Adamski (Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA), and Dr. Ga-Eun Lee (College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China) for improving our manuscript as editor and reviewers respectively. The first author thanks Dr. Satoshi Kamitani and Dr. Toshiharu Mita (Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan) for their invaluable advice and thanks all laboratory members for their kind assistance in various ways throughout the study. This research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number JP16H05766).
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PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - The taxonomy and biology of the immature stages of two gelechiid species of Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886, found in the southeastern part of the Sino-Japanese region is presented. Thiotricha lumnitzeriella Kyaw, Ueda & Hirowatari sp. nov., from islands in southwestern Japan is described. The larva of this species feeds as a portable case maker on Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. (Combretaceae). Thiotricha gemmulans Meyrick, 1931 originally described from India is newly recorded from Japan, mainland China, and Thailand. This species feeds as a portable case maker on Glochidion zeylanicum var. lanceolatum (Hayata) and G. zeylanicum var. zeylanicum (Gaertn.) A. Juss (Phyllanthaceae). Thiotricha acrophantis Meyrick, 1936 is newly synonymized with T. gemmulans. Images of the adults of Thiotricha lumnitzeriella sp. nov. and T. gemmulans including genitalia, and images and illustrations of the larval chaetotaxy and pupa for both species are provided. Larval feeding habits are described in detail.
AB - The taxonomy and biology of the immature stages of two gelechiid species of Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886, found in the southeastern part of the Sino-Japanese region is presented. Thiotricha lumnitzeriella Kyaw, Ueda & Hirowatari sp. nov., from islands in southwestern Japan is described. The larva of this species feeds as a portable case maker on Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. (Combretaceae). Thiotricha gemmulans Meyrick, 1931 originally described from India is newly recorded from Japan, mainland China, and Thailand. This species feeds as a portable case maker on Glochidion zeylanicum var. lanceolatum (Hayata) and G. zeylanicum var. zeylanicum (Gaertn.) A. Juss (Phyllanthaceae). Thiotricha acrophantis Meyrick, 1936 is newly synonymized with T. gemmulans. Images of the adults of Thiotricha lumnitzeriella sp. nov. and T. gemmulans including genitalia, and images and illustrations of the larval chaetotaxy and pupa for both species are provided. Larval feeding habits are described in detail.
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.2.5
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.2.5
M3 - Article
C2 - 34186978
AN - SCOPUS:85106997350
VL - 4980
SP - 331
EP - 354
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
SN - 1175-5326
IS - 2
ER -