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Two new Palaearctic species of the genus Bucculatrix
(Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae)
S.V. Baryshnikova
Baryshnikova, S.V. 2007. Two new Palaearctic species of the genus Bucculatrix (Lepidoptera:
Bucculatricidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 16(2): 285-288.
Bucculatrix malivorella sp. n. from Middle Asia and B. pectinifera sp. n. from the Far East
of Russia are described.
S.V. Baryshnikova, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya
nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
The type specimens of new species described Male genitalia (Fig. 1). Genital ring (annulus)
in this paper are kept at Zoological Institute, reduced and weakly sclerotized. Tegumen with
St. Petersburg. small, widely spaced, rounded lobes; vinculum
narrow, rounded apically. Aedeagus very large,
Bucculatrix malivorella sp. n. slightly widened and curled basally, 5 times as
long as valva, wider than valva, with 2 spirally
Holotype. M, Tajikistan, Kondara, at light, 4.VIII.1996 coiled rows of numerous spine-like cornuti; one
(V. Kuznetzov). row is much longer than the other and stretching
Paratypes. Tajikistan: 66 M and F, Kondara, at light, almost throughout full length of aedeagus. Valvae
31.VII-26.VIII.1996 (V. Kuznetzov); 8 M and F, same
narrow, merged with vinculum as well as with
locality, 16-18.VI.1971, ex l. from Malus domestica and
24.VI.1971, at light (Scherniyazova); 20 M and F, same each other by their basal halves.
locality, at light, 28.VI-13.VIII.1986 (Puplesis); 1 F, Varzob Eversible sac in male abdomen robust and
gorge, 7.VIII.1962, micropreparation no. 17955 (Malyavin); broad, seeming to consist of two lobes.
Uzbekistan: 1 M (with uniformly greyish fore wings) and 1 Female genitalia (Fig. 2). Papillae anales weakly
F, Bukhara, ex l. from apple-tree, 14.VII.1928, microprepa-
sclerotized; apophyses short and slender. Ostium
rations no. 2402 and no. 2403 (Gerasimov); Kyrgyzstan:
1 F, Frunze (Bishkek), ex l. from apple-tree, 10.VIII.1932, widely opened in membrane near posterior mar-
micropreparation no. 2399 (Egorova); 8 M and F, with iden- gin of abdominal sternum VIII and covered with
tical labels, 6, 10.VIII.1931 and 10.VIII.1932; 1 F, Osh, ex rounded lobe of abdominal sternum VII. Sclero-
l., 26.VI.1930, micropreparation no. 2404 (Gerasimov); 1 M, tized portion of ductus bursae comparatively long,
1 F, same locality and collector: at light, 27.IV.1930, and ex
twice very smoothly curved and asymmetrically
l., 26.VI.1930; Kazakhstan: 1 M, 1 F, Tyulkubas District,
widened in middle part. Inner walls of ductus
ex l., Malus, 13.VIII.1938 (Gerasimov); Turkmenistan: 1
specimen, Sandy-Kachi, 2.V.1986 (Puplesis). bursae covered with numerous longitudinally
Description. Length of fore wing 3.5 mm. oriented fi ne spines. Signum rather small.
Head tuft, thorax, tegulae and eye caps white, Biology. Larvae mine leaves of the apple-tree;
occasionally with admixture of scarce brownish pupae develop within ribbed cocoon, which is
scales. Antennae annulate, their segments white snow-white in the reared specimen from Osh and
basally and brownish apically. Fore wing brightly creamy in the reared specimen from Bukhara.
white, with yellowish shade in several specimens Comparison. The new species is most similar
and brownish scales sparsely scattered throughout to B. bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg,
wing area. Brown spots at middle of costal and 1805) from Europe and Georgia in the general
dorsal margins and oval plical spot in the center of appearance and genital structures, differing in the
wing apical third. One paratype referred to the new markedly longer aedeagus, which is slightly curled
species owing to its genital characters possesses and widened basally. Cornuti in the aedeagus of
uniformly greyish fore wings with slight admix- B. malivorella sp. n. are more numerous and form
ture of irregularly scattered, apically brown scales; considerably more extended rows as compared to
its head tuft coloured as fore wing (according to those of B. bechsteinella (Fig. 3). Valvae of the
the label, this male has been reared from the larva new species differ from those of the species in
mining a leaf of apple-tree in Bukhara). comparison, being merged by their basal halves.
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Figs 1-4. 1, 2, Bucculatrix malivorella sp. n.: 1, holotype, male genitalia; 2, paratype (Osh, micropreparation no. 2404),
female genitalia; 3, 4, B. bechsteinella: 3, male from Breslau, micropreparation no. 2400, genitalia; 4, female from Georgia
(Lagodekhi), genitalia.
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Fig. 5. Bucculatrix pectinifera sp. n., holotype, male genitalia.
Females of the new species are well distinguish- In the distinctive genital morphology and
able from females of B. bechsteinella in the no- trophic association with the rosacean plant, B.
ticeably longer sclerotized portion of the ductus malivorella sp. n. resembles also the Nearctic
bursae, which is curved less sharply than in B. species B. pomifoliella Clemens, 1860 and the
bechsteinella and forms smooth arches, instead of East Palaearctic species B. pyrivorella Kuroko,
right angles in the latter species (Fig. 4). The lobe 1994; all 4 species forming a taxonomic unit.
of the abdominal sternum VII in the females of the However, the new species is distinguished from
new species, unlike this lobe in B. bechsteinella, is B. pomifoliella by the markedly smaller vinculum,
not narrowed posteriorly. Also the host plants are non-sharpened aedeagus and 2 rows of cornuti (in-
different: the new species is associated with Malus, stead of 1 row) in the males and another shape of
whereas European specimens of B. bechsteinella the ductus bursae containing spines in the females.
are reared from Crataegus and Pyrus. B. pyrivorella differs from B. malivorella sp. n. in
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the absence of cornuti in the male genitalia and Female unknown.
the larger valva with a prominence on the upper Comparison. The new species resembles the
margin, as well as funnel-shaped and deprived of North American B. gossypiella Morrill, 1927 in
spines caudal portion of the ductus bursae in the the male genital characters, especially in those of
female genitalia. valvae (see: Braun, 1963, Fig. 233); it differs in the
shape of the tegminal lobes and markedly shorter
Bucculatrix pectinifera sp. n. aedeagus (as compared to the valva), which is
almost not widened in the basal half.
Holotype. M, Russia, Jewish Autonomous Province, Note. The new Far-Eastern species together with
Sutarskii range, 40 km S of Birakan, near Bidzhan River, B. gossypiella and several other Nearctic and Pa-
13-15.VII.2005 (S. Sinev). laearctic species form a special taxonomic group
Paratypes. Russia, Jewish Autonomous Province: 2 M,
based on the morphology of the male and female
Leninskii District, 5 km NE of Leninskoe, 6-7.VII.2005
(S. Sinev). genitalia as well as on the trophic associations
Description. Male. Wing expanse 10 mm. Head with malvaceous plants (Braun, 1993; Seksyaeva,
tuft, thorax, tegulae and eye caps whitish beige. 1994; Baryshnikova, 2002). This group has been
Antennae whitish, with golden brown semi-annu- hitherto represented in the Palaearctic by 2 well-
lations on segments. Fore wing whitish, irregularly defi ned species (B. lavaterella Milliere, 1865
darkened with brownish scales; its pattern varied. and B. pectinella Deschka, 1981) distributed in
In holotype, wings with small dorsal spots formed its western part.
by several blackish brown scales and situated
slightly above wing dorsal margin; the spot bet- Acknowledgements
ter developed on right wing. In paratypes, fore
wings without dorsal spots and with small apical The work was supported by the State Scientifi c Pro-
gramme “Bioraznoobrazie” (Biological Diversity). The
dots consisting of 2-3 scales. Fringes of fore wing
collection of Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, is sup-
whitish. Hind wing and fringe golden grey.
ported by Rosnauka for UFC no. 2-2.20.
Eversible sac in abdomen bilobed.
Male genitalia (Fig. 5). Tegumen weakly sclero- References
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