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Issue: Vol. 4527 No. 1: 4 Dec. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-12-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.11
Page range: 131–139
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 3

Remarks on the genus Metacosma Kuznetzov, 1985 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae, Eucosmini), with description of a new species from Japan and Korea

Art and Primary Education Department, Osaka University of Arts, Kanan-chō, Osaka 585-8555, Japan Present address: The University Museum (Fujukan), the University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-chō, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa 903-0129, Japan
Kenjyu R1-23, Toozu 5-6-1, Kochi-shi, Kochi 781-0114, Japan
Lepidoptera taxonomy biology larva pupa minor pest pine plantation Pinus Spilonota group

Abstract

Metacosma Kuznetzov, 1985 is briefly reviewed and its affinities within Eucosmini are discussed. A checklist of species is presented, including a species of questionable generic assignment, M. miratorana Kuznetzov, 1988. One new species, M. echinophora Komai, Byun & Yamazaki, is described from Japan and Korea. In Japan this species is a minor pest in pine plantations. Its larva bores into needles and buds of pines (Pinus spp.), forming a resin dome as a shelter. Photographs of the adult, the genitalia of both sexes, and the larval habitat, along with line drawings of the wing venation, the larva, and the pupa are provided.

 

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