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Olethreutes arcuella

  • 1. Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Harmonuy-ro, Incheon 22014, South Korea
  • 2. Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Harmonuy-ro, Incheon 22014, South Korea & Convergence Research Center for Insect Vectors, Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Songdo ˗ dong, Incheon, 22014, South Korea
  • 3. Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Harmonuy-ro, Incheon 22014, South Korea & Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Harmonuy-ro, Incheon 22014, South Korea

Description

Olethreutes arcuella (Clerck, 1759)

(Figs 2, 7, 12)

Phalaena arcuella Clerck, 1759: pl. 10, fig. 8. TL: Europe.

Phalaena arcuana Linnaeus, 1761: 344.

Phalaena lambergiana Scopoli, 1763: 234.

Diagnosis. This species closely resembles four other species: O. captiosana (Falkovitsh), O. oculata Kim, Byun & Bae, O. subtilana (Falkovitsh) and O. palbongensis sp. nov. Kim & Bae. However, it can be distinguished by its male genitalia, which feature two groups of cornuti.

Material examined. [Germany] 1 ♂, Hannover Misb Holz, 16 VI 1907, genitalia slide No. MGCL-1174104; 1 ♀, Bohemia: Bodenbach. Leg. Zimmermann, 20 VII 1938, genitalia slide No. MGCL-1174105.

Distribution. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Romania, Slovenia (Andreas et al. 2011).

Host plant. Larvae feed on dead Betula leaves (Heckford 2011).

Remarks. This species was reported in Korea by Walsingham (1900), but it was corrected later as a misidentification of O. captiosana by Park (1983).

Notes

Published as part of Kim, Jeong-Nam, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Lee, Tak-Gi, Cha, Yeong-Bin, Kim, Hanul & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2025, A new species of Olethreutes Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) from Korea, with diagnosis of four allied species, pp. 587-594 in Zootaxa 5590 (4) on page 590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/14953647

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References

  • Clerck, C. (1759) Icones Insectorum rariorum. Arch: R: et Equ: Aur: Syst: Nat: allegatis, Holmiae, [xii] + [iii] pp., 55 pp.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1761) Fauna Svecica sistens Animalia Sveciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus Insectorum. Editio Altera, Auctior. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 587 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46380
  • Scopoli, G. A. (1763) Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana, Vienna, 234 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.119976
  • Heckford, R. J. (2011) Stages of Olethreutes Arcuella (Clerck, 1759) (Lep.: Tortricidae). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 123 (2), 64-69.
  • Walsingham, L. (1900) Asiatic Tortricidae. Annals and magazine of natural history, 7 (6), 126-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930008678396
  • Park, K. T. (1983) Tortricidae. In: Park, K. T. (Eds.), Insecta Koreana 3. Editorial Committee of Insecta Koreana, Seoul, pp. 42-45.