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Mass-Rearing and Molecular Studies in Tortricidae Pest Insects
Published on: March 25, 2022
New records of Cochylini moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from the Balkans
Yuriy Budashkin1, Ignc Richter2
1T.I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific StationNature ReserveBranch of FIC A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the South Seas RAS, 298188, Kurortnoye, Pheodosia, Crimea Republic, Russia. . budashkin@ukr.net.
Abstract:
In the course of expeditions conducted on the Balkan Peninsula by Ignc Richter in 20042019, altogether 45 species of Cochylini moths were collected. The examination of the collected specimens revealed one new species of the genus Aethes: Aethes larissae sp. nov., from the North Macedonia. Additionally, a new subspecies, Aethes kindermanniana macedonica ssp. nov. is described from the North Macedonia too. Phtheochroa amasiana (Ragonot, 1894) and Cochylimorpha erlebachi Huemer Trematerra, 1997 are recorded from the Balkans for the first time. A male of Aethes eichleri Razowski, 1983 is collected for the first time, and DNA barcoding data of this species was obtained. We established a new synonymy: Aethes eichleri Razowski, 1983 syn. nov. of Aethes francillana (Fabricius, 1794). Illustrations of specimens and photographs of the genitalia of all described taxa are provided.
