Argyresthia (Argyresthia) ivella Haworth 1828
Creators: name: Liu, Tengteng
name: Wang, Shuxia
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Yponomeutidae
Argyresthia
Argyresthia ivella

description: 45. Argyresthia (Argyresthia) ivella (Haworth, 1828)
(Figs. 57, 123, 179, 235, 281)
Tinea IƑ-ella Haworth, 1828: 570. TL: England. TD: Holotype of ivella was lost (Moriuti 1977). Argyrosetia IƑ-ella (Haworth): Stephens, 1829: 205.
Oecophora andereggiella Duponchel, 1838: 469. TL: [Central Europe].
Argyresthia andereggiella (Duponchel): Zeller, 1847: 241. TL: England. TD: MNHN. Argyresthia andereggiella Dup. var. robustella Caradja, 1920: 92. TL: Germany (Kasakewitsch). TD: MGAB. Argyresthia andereggiella Dup. f. kuwaymella Matsumura, 1931: 1095. TL: Japan (Hokkaidô, Kuwayama). TD: HUIC. Argyresthia andereggiella kuwayamella Matsumura: Réal & Balachowsky, 1966: 218. Argyresthia andereggiella Fischer von Röslerstamm subsp. kuwaymella: Inoue, 1954: 40. Argyresthia ivella (Haworth): Friese, 1969: 733.
Description. Adult (Fig. 57) wingspan 11.0̄13.0 mm.
Male genitalia: As in Figs. 123, 179 and 235.
Female genitalia: As in Fig. 281.
Variation. In specimens from Xizang the forewing is tinged with blackish fuscous along the basal 1/3 of the costa, and the inverted V-shaped black pattern barely reaches the termen (Fig. 57).
Material examined. Xizang Autonomous Region: 5Ƌ, 7♀, Paizhen (29.51°N, 94.86°E), Milin County, 2900 m, 1̄ 2.viii.2010, leg. Houhun Li et al., slide nos. LTT12221 ♂, LTT12226♀, LTT1304W; 1♂, 1♀, Wolong Town (29.14°N, 93.71°E), Milin County, 3040 m, 3.viii.2010, leg. Houhun Li et al.; 1♂, Mt. Birishen (29.66°N, 94.38°E), Bayi Town, Linzhi County, 3245 m, 28.vii.2010, leg. Houhun Li, slide no. LTT12270; 1♀, Plant station (29.69°N, 94.37°E), College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Bayi Town, Linzhi County, 3110 m, 13.viii.2010, leg. Houhun Li et al. Gansu Province: 1♀, Huamiao (34.25°N, 106.17°E), Dangchuan Forest Farm, Tianshui City, 1331 m, 29.vii.2006, leg. Xinpu Wang and Xiangfeng Shi, slide no. LTT12272 ♀. Beijing: 1♀, Xiaolongmen Forest Farm (39.97°N, 115.44°E), 1080 m, 14.viii.2009, Aihuan Zhang and Aihua Sun; 1♀, Dakezhuang Village (40.48°N, 115.85°E), Mt. Song, 12.vii.2010, leg. Aihuan Zhang and Xiaoyu Shi, slide no. LTT12230; 1♀, Dakezhuang Village (40.48°N, 115.85°E), Mt. Song, 2.viii.2010, leg. Aihuan Zhang and Zheng Li. Jilin Province: 1Ƌ, 2♀, Baihe Town (42.46°N, 128.15°E), Erdao County, 760 m, 1.viii.2004, leg. Aihuan Zhang, slide no. LTT12715 ♂; 1♂, Huinan County (42.69°N, 126.06°E), 12.vii.1991, leg. Beijiansuo; 1♀, Baihe Town (42.46°N, 128.15°E), Erdao County, 760 m, 6.viii.2004, leg. Zhijie Wang. Heilongjiang Province: 2♀, Mt. Maoershan National forest park (42.85°N, 129.48°E), 18/ 19.vii.2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu, slide no. LTT12103. Liaoning Province: 1♀, Shilazi (40.56°N, 124.69°E), Kuandian, 10̄ 12.viii.2009, leg. Weichun Li and Jiayu Liu, slide no. LTT12102.
Host plants: Malus baccata (Linn.) Borkh., M. sieboldii (Regel) Rehder, M. pumila Miller (Rosaceae); Corylus avellana Linn. (Betulaceae) (Moriuti 1977. Liu 1981. Agassiz 1996).
Biology: Descriptions and illustrations of larval characters can be found in Moriuti (1977), and brief notes on the life history are presented by Agassiz (1996).
Distribution. China (Beijing, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Xizang), Europe, Russia, Japan, Korea.
Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the forewing having an inverted V-shaped blackish fuscous pattern on distal 2/3. The diagnosis is given under A. (A.) basistriata, sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Liu, Tengteng, Wang, Shuxia & Li, Houhun, 2017, Review of the genus Argyresthia Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Argyresthiidae) from China, with descriptions of forty-three new species, pp. 1-135 in Zootaxa 4292 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.827746