Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera)

Haiyan Bai; Jiasheng Xu; Xiaohua Dai

doi:10.3897/zookeys.559.6812

Two new and one newly recorded species of Gracillariidae from China (Lepidoptera)

Zookeys. 2016 Feb 3:(559):139-50. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.559.6812. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Haiyan Bai¹, Jiasheng Xu², Xiaohua Dai²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Changzhi College, No. 73, East street north of the city, Changzhi, 046011 Shanxi Province, P. R. China.
² School of Life and Environmental Science, Gannan Normal University, South of College Road, Economic-Technological Development Area, Ganzhou, 341000 Jiangxi Province, P. R. China.

Abstract

The paper presents four Chinese species belonging to the genera Metriochroa Busck, Eumetriochroa Kumata, and Gibbovalva Kumata & Kuroko (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), including two new species: Metriochroa alboannulata Bai, sp. n. and Gibbovalva clavata Bai, sp. n. Eumetriochroa hiranoi Kumata, 1998, is newly recorded from China. Photographs of adults and figures of the genital structures are provided, along with keys to the Chinese species of Metriochroa, Eumetriochroa, and Gibbovalva.

Keywords: China; Gracillariidae; new record; new species; taxonomy.