Discovery of Ulmaceae-feeding Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera, Tischerioidea), Tischeria ulmella sp. nov., and the first report of the Quercus-feeding T. naraensis Sato in China

Abstract

We provide the first report of Tischeriidae on Ulmaceae, a novel host-plant family, and describe Tischeria ulmella Xu Dai, sp. nov., a new species discovered in the Yellow River Scenic Area of Zhengzhou (Henan Province, China), feeding on Ulmus pumila L. We also provide a redescription of the Quercus-feeding Tischeria naraensis Sato discovered in China for the first time. Both species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and female genitalia, and the leaf mines.

Exotic-looking Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) and their host plants

“… Tischeriidae are trophically associated with plants belonging to rosid and asterid I core eudicot angiosperms. Recently, the following seventeen host-plant families were known to be hosts for the Tischeriidae family worldwide: Euphorbiaceae , Hypericaceae ( Malpighiales ), Fabaceae ( Fabales ), Rhamnaceae , Rosaceae , Ulmaceae , Urticaceae ( Rosales ), Betulaceae , Fagaceae ( Fagales ), Combretaceae ( Myrtales ), Anacardiaceae ( Sapindales ), Malvaceae , including the former families Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae ( Malvales ), Ericaceae , Theaceae , Symplocaceae ( Ericales ), Apocynaceae ( Gentianales ), and Asteraceae ( Asterales ) ( Stonis et al 2017 , Xu et al 2018 ). Now, because of our discovery of P. suprafasciata sp.…”

Are dominant plant species more susceptible to leaf‐mining insects? A case study at Saihanwula Nature Reserve, China

“…Our 8 years of experience with leafminer collection in China, which began in 2007, has made us thoroughly familiar with most types of leaf mines, allowing us to easily identify plants with leaf mines and some leafminer groups (Bai, Xu, & Dai, 2015, 2016; Dai et al., 2013, 2014, 2018; Liao, Liu, Xu, Staines, & Dai, 2018; Liu et al., 2015; Xu, Dai, Liao, Diškus, & Stonis, 2018; Xu et al., 2017). According to our rearing records and leaf mine characteristics, leafminers in Saihanwula belong to four insect orders: Lepidoptera (moths), Diptera (flies), Coleoptera (beetles), and Hymenoptera (sawflies).…”

Diagnostics of new species of Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), with the first record of Coptotriche Walshingham from South America

“…Tischeriidae, trumpet moths or trumpet leafminer moths, are among the most interesting of the microlepidopteran groups from an evolutionary point of view. They represent a distinct family of leaf-mining Lepidoptera with uniquely modified morphological and ecological characterizations (Puplesis & Diškus 2003;Diškus & Stonis 2015;Xu et al 2017Xu et al , 2018Stonis et al 2017Stonis et al , 2018Stonis et al , 2019. They are characterized by a highly specialized lifestyle of mining in assimilative tissues of plants 8,9,(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) and occur in many terrestrial habitats.…”

“…Predicting tischeriid distribution through host-plant distribution. The following seventeen host-plant families are known hosts for the Tischeridae family worldwide: Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Rhamnaceae, Fagaceae, Betulaceae, Ulmaceae, Urticaceae, Malvaceae (including former Sterculiaceae), Combretaceae, Ericaceae, Symplocaceae, Anacardiaceae, Theaceae, Hypericaceae, Apocynaceae, and Asteraceae (Xu et al 2018). One of the most pronounced and well-known trophic particularities of Tischeriidae is their narrow diet breadth (stenophagy), they are either monophagous or oliphagous both strict and broad.…”