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Issue: Vol. 5446 No. 3: 1 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.3.6
Page range: 420-432
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of Caloptilia (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Japan and Korea

Entomological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka Nishiku; Fukuoka 819-0395; Japan; Insect Science and Creative Entomology Center; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka Nishiku; Fukuoka 819-0395; Japan
Fruit Tree Research Institute; Kumamoto Prefectural Agricultural Research Center; 2566 Toyofuku; Matsubase; Uki 869-0524; Japan
Department of Science Education; Gongju National University of Education; Woongjinro 27; Gongju; Chungnam 32553; Republic of Korea
Lepidoptera DNA barcoding host-plants leaf-mining taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Caloptilia, C. rhynchosiae n. sp. is described, based on 16 specimens from Japan and Korea. The species is characterized by the presence of the saccular process in the male genitalia. A fabaceous vine, Rhynchosia tomentosa (L.) Hook. & Arn. is reported as the larval host of C. rhynchosiae n. sp. Larval feeding preference, biology and pupation process are described for the species. The species turned out to be host-specific. Two sets of COI barcodes were generated for C. rhynchosiae n. sp. The genetic distances of COI barcodes between the new species and other congeners in the public databases are compared. The conclusion was made that C. rhynchosiae n. sp. was misidentified as C. soyella in the BOLD and GenBank DNA barcode depositories.

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