First report of the leaf-mining genus Antispila Hübner, [1825] from mainland China, with the description of a new species feeding on Cornus (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae)

Tengteng Liu; Shuxia Wang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.686.13680

First report of the leaf-mining genus Antispila Hübner, [1825] from mainland China, with the description of a new species feeding on Cornus (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae)

Zookeys. 2017 Jul 24:(686):95-107. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.686.13680. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Tengteng Liu^{1

2}, Shuxia Wang²

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
² College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 370001, China.

Abstract

The genus Antispila Hübner, [1825] is newly recorded from mainland China. Antispila sinensissp. n., the first formally named Heliozelidae species in mainland China, is described. The host plant of the new species, Cornus walteri Wangerin (Cornaceae), is widespread through east Asia and is used as a shade tree in city parks in Jinan City, where the moth causes damage to foliage. Morphological and molecular analyses distinguish A. sinensissp. n. from its close relatives. The adult, pupa, larva, host plant, leaf-mines, and the shield of the new species are illustrated, as are male and female genitalia, venation, and larval chaetotaxy. DNA barcodes of the new species are also provided.

Keywords: Antispila; China; Cornus walteri; DNA barcode; Heliozelidae; Lepidoptera; new record; new species.