Taxonomic Study Of The Subfamily Phycitinae(Anerastiini, Cryptoblabini And Phycitina) In China(Lepidoptera:Pyralidae)

Phycitnae (Anerastiini, Cryptoblabini and Phycitina) belongs to the family Pyralidae. Many species of this subfamily are serious pests and have great economic importance in agriculture and forestry. This dissertation focuses on the taxonomic study of the subfamily Phycitinae (Anerastiini, Cryptoblabini and Phycitina) in China.In the general part, the research history and the current status of the subfamily are summarized. By comparison different taxonomic systems, the system proposed by Roesler (1973) is followed. The morphological characters of Phycitinae are described. The taxonomic value of the tympani (especially tympani pons) is studied for the first time in Phycitinae.In the systematic part,84species in42genera in China are fully described. Among them,32species are described as new,11genera and31species are newly recorded for this country. Six species are proposed as new combinations and two species treated as new synonyms.Thirty-two new species are as follows (including three species published in2014):Maliarpha trangulata sp. nov., M. quadrata sp. nov., M. semicircularis sp. nov., Neorastia palmata sp. nov., Paraemmalocera obtusangula sp. nov., P. rectangula sp. nov., Polyocha pectinacea sp. nov., Actrix longissima sp. nov., Bahiria maculans Liu et Li,2014, Addyme sicyoidea sp. nov., A. yayiensis sp. nov., Asalebria tenudigitata sp. nov., A. bellula sp. nov., A. flavalba sp. nov., A. concava sp. nov., Coleothrix granifera sp. nov., Epicrocis datianensis sp. nov., E. longissima sp. nov., E. maculata sp. nov., E. flabelloformis sp. nov., Etiella brevis Liu et Li,2014, Merulempista similirubriptera sp. nov., M. spinellosa sp. nov., M. pectinata sp. nov., Morosaphycita nigerpalpa sp. nov., M. serriformis sp. nov., M. fusca sp. nov., Protoetiella alba sp. nov., Ptyobathra recta Liu et Li,2014, Pyla spinosa sp. nov., Sciota bicolor sp. nov. and S. trigonia sp. nov.Newly recorded genera include Hosomeiga Sasaki,2012, Maliarpha Ragonot,1888, Neorastia Amsel,1954, Paraemmalocera Sasaki,2012, Toshitamia Sasaki,2012, Actrix Heinrich,1956, Bahiria Balinsky,1994(published), Magiria Zeller,1867, Pempeliella Caradja,1916, Ptyobathra Turner,1905(published) and Thylacoptila Meyrick,1885.Newly recorded species include Anerastia lotella (Hubner,1813), Arivaca kudoi Sasaki,2012, Emmalocera venosella (Wileman,1911), Hosomeiga fujihirai Sasaki,2012, Hypsotropha solipunctella Ragonot,1901, Paraemmalocera gensanalis (South,1901), Polyocha rusticana Sasaki,2012, Toshitamia tsushimensis Sasaki,2012, Edulicodes guttella (Snellen,1882), Spatulipalpia effosella Ragonot,1893, Actrix decolorella (Yamanaka,1986), Bahiria maytenella Yamanaka,2014, Citripestis eutraphera (Meyrick,1933), Epicrocis metallopa (Lower,1898), Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker,1859), Etiella grisea Hampson,1903, Etiella walsinghamella Ragonot,1888, Faveria minutella (Ragonot,1885), Laodamia polygraphella Joannis,1927, Magiria imparella Zeller,1867, Morosaphycita bispinosa Horak,1997, Nephopterix eugraphella Ragonot,1888, Nephopterix paraexotica Paek et Bae,2001, Oncocera bitinctella (Wileman,1911), Ortholepis betulae (Goeze,1776), Pempeliella ornatella (Denis et Schiffermuller,1775), Phycita clientella (Zeller,1867), Phycita nagaradja Roesler et Kuppers,1979, Ptyobathra hypolepidota Turner,1905, Tephris ochreella Ragonot,1893and Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick,1885.Six new combinations are proposed:Neorastia ohkurai (Sasaki,2012)(from Peoria), Edulicodes guttella (Snellen,1882)(from Vinicia), Coleothrix confusalis (Yamanaka,2006)(from Addyme), Sciota bilineatella (Inoue,1959)(from Nephopteryx), Sciota hamatella (Roesler,1975)(from Nephopterix), Sciota quinqueella (Roesler,1975)(from Nephopterix).Two new synonyms are established:Citripestis eutraphera (Meyrick,1933)(=Phycita vayu Roesler et Kuppers,1979); Faveria minutella (Ragonot,1885)(=Salebria nodicornella Ragonot,1888)Citations, synonyms and geographical distribution of each species are given. Keys are provided to the tribe of Phycitinae, to the known genera of Phycitinae (Anerastiini, Cryptoblabini and Phycitina) and to the species of each genus in China. Male and female genitalia of the new species and the venation of each genus are photographed.The geographical distribution of the known145genera in China and84species in42genera involved in this study are mapped and analyzed.All the specimens studied (except stated otherwise) are deposited in the Insect Collection, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.