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Coptotriche gaunacella

  • 1. College of Life and Geographic Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi 844000, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau, Kashi 844000, China.
  • 2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Economic Forest Germplasm Improvement and Resources Comprehensive Utilization; College of Biology and Agricultural Resources, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China.
  • 3. College of Life and Geographic Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi 844000, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau, Kashi 844000, China. & College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.

Description

Coptotriche gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843)

Elachista gaunacella Duponchel, 1843: 319, pl. 76, fig. 14. TL: Europe. TD: ZMUC.

Tischeria gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843): Zeller, 1848: 338.

Emmetia gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843): Leraut, 1993: 65.

Coptotriche gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843): Puplesis & Diškus, 2003: 430.

Material examined. 2♂, CHINA, Xinjiang: Qiongbola, Chabucha'er, 1871 m, 2.viii.2007, leg. X.P. Wang et al., gen. slide No. SH 21253; 16♂ 4♀, Awati, Kashi, 1231 m, 3.viii.2021, leg. X.Y. Zhang and G.H. Chen, gen. slide Nos SH 21240 ♂, SH21241 ♂, ZXY22001 ♀, ZXY22002 ♀, ZXY22003 ♀, ZXY22004 ♀.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to Coptotriche rosella (Gerasimov, 1937) in the male genitalia, but it can be distinguished by the forewing mixed with yellow and dark brown scales evenly but without a cilia-line, in the male genitalia by the phallus not constricted distally. In C. rosella, the forewing has dense brown scales at tornus and the cilia-line formed by a row of brown scales; and the phallus is distinctly constricted at distal 1/ 7 in the male genitalia (Diškus 1998: 28, fig. 21).

Host plants. Prunus sp., Armeniaca sp. and Persica sp. (Rosaceae) (Cao et al. 1983); Cerasus microcarpa, C. vulgaris, Prunus domestica and P. spinosa (Rosaceae) (Puplesis & Diškus 2003). In this study, we found C. gaunacella fed on Prunus persica (Rosaceae) in Xinjiang, China.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Xinjiang), Caucasus, Europe, Iran, Turkmenistan.

Remarks. Cao et al. (1983) recorded this species from Beijing, Hebei and Shanxi.We firstly report its occurrence in Xinjiang, China.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Xiuying, Sun, Hao & Li, Houhun, 2025, Preliminary taxonomic review of the genus Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) in China, including descriptions of three new species, pp. 243-254 in Zootaxa 5679 (2) on pages 250-252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/16984031

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Duponchel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tischeriidae
Genus
Coptotriche
Species
gaunacella
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coptotriche gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843) sec. Zhang, Sun & Li, 2025

References

  • Zeller, P. C. (1848) Die Gattungen der mit Augendeckeln versehenen blattminirenden Schaben. Linnaea Entomologica, 3, 339-340.
  • Leraut, P. (1993) Creation d'un nouveau genre de Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera). Entomologica gallica, 4 (2 / 3), 64-65.
  • Puplesis, R. & Diskus, A. (2003) The Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea (Lepidoptera) - a global review, with strategic regional revisions. Lutute Publishers, Kaunas, 512 pp.
  • Diskus, A. (1998) Review of the Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) of Central Asia. Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 8 (3), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/13921657.1998.10512245
  • Cao, K. C., Guo, S. F. & Wang, C. X. (1983) Observations of the biological characteristics of Tischeria gaunacella Duponchel (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae). China Fruits, 4, 43-46.