Thiotricha subocellea
Creators: name: Lee, Ga-Eun
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Gelechiidae
Thiotricha
Thiotricha subocellea

description: Thiotricha subocellea (Stephens, 1834)   
(Figs 3C, 5, 6A, 63A, B, 69A)  
 Anacampsis subocellea Stephens, 1834: 214. TL: New Forest, Hampshire, England. TD: NHMUK.   
 Gelechia internella Lienig & Zeller, 1846: 291.   
 Gelechia (Brachmia) dissonella Heydenreich, 1851: 87.   
 Anacampsis dissonella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854: 200.   
 Gelechia subocellella Doubleday, 1859: 31.   
 Reuttia subocellea (Stephens): Hofmann, 1898: 229; Gaede, 1937: 302.   
 Thiotricha subocellea (Stephens): Meyrick, 1925: 101; Piskunov, 1981: 730, 732; Ivinskis et al., 1984: 39; Omelko, 1993: 213; Huemer, 1993: 51; Karsholt & Riedl, 1996: 122; Omelko, 1999: 182; Elsner et al., 1999: 57; Bland et al., 2002: 40, 242; Li, 2002: 437; Hua, 2005: 8; Ueda & Fujiwara, 2005: 75; Loni et al., 2011: 116; Karsholt et al., 2013: 337; Gaedike, 2014: 109; Heikkilä, 2014: 570.   
 Ptocheuusa subocellea Schille, 1931, in Romaniszyn & Schille: 195.   
 Polyhymno subocellea (Stephens): Park & Ponomarenko, 2006: 276; 2007: 43; Ponomarenko, 2008: 91; Sakamaki, 2013: 48, 297.   
 Type material (Figs 63A, B, 69A). Lectotype ♂ (Gelechia internella), EUROPE, Latvia (“Livland”), leg. Lienig [?], genitalia slide no. B.M. 7127 (NHMUK).   
 Additional material examined. CHINA: Anhui Province: 1 ♀, Hot Spring, Yuexi County, 7.viii.1995, leg. Xiangfu Hu, genitalia slide no. LGE18067; Beijing: 1 ♀♀, Xiaolongmen Forest Farm (39.97°N, 115.44°E), 1080 m, 14.viii.2009, leg. Aihuan Zhang and Aihua Sun; 1 ♂, Xiaolongmen Forest Farm (39.97°N, 115.44°E), 28.viii.2009, leg. Aihuan Zhang and Xueling Tian, genitalia slide no. LGE18063; Gansu Province: 1 ♂, Mt. Xinglong (35.80°N, 104.07°E), 2230 m, Yuzhong County, 2.viii.1993, leg. Houhun Li; 1 ♂, Lieshilingyuan, 2290 m, Sunan County, 20.vii.2006, leg. Xinpu Wang and Xiangfeng Shi; 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Junmayichang, 2888 m, Shandan County, 23.vii.2006, leg. Xinpu Wang and Xiangfeng Shi; 1 ♀, Dangchuan Forest Farm (34.34°N, 106.16°E), 1342 m, Tianshui City, 28.vii.2006, leg. Xinpu Wang and Xiangfeng Shi; 1 ♀, Mt. Xinglong (35.80°N, 104.07°E), 2178 m, Yuzhong County, 20.viii.2007, leg. Feng Yang and Hanguang Gao, genitalia slide no. LEG15006; Guizhou Province: 1 ♂, Xiannudong, 600 m, Daozhen County, 18.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao, genitalia slide no. LGE18106; 1 ♀, Guocun Village (29.16°N, 107.44°E), 1300 m, Daozhen County, 21.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao, genitalia slide no. LGE18107; 1 ♀, Dashahe (28.86°N, 107.45°E), 1350 m, Daozhen County, 24.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao, genitalia slide no. ZJL05152; 1 ♂, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserves, Suiyang County, 15.viii.2010, leg. Linlin Yang, genitalia slide no. LGE18072; Hebei Province: 2 ♂♂, Zhongguyuan (40.56°N, 117.50°E), 900 m, Mt. Wuling, Xinglong County, 31.vii.2000, leg. Yanli Du and Zhendong Li, genitalia slide nos. LZD01060, LGE18074; 1 ♀, Shuangyuanfeng (40.61°N, 117.45°E), 800 m, Mt. Wuling, Xinglong County, 30.vii.2011, leg. Houhun Li and Yanpeng Cai; 1 ♀, Mt. Heilong National Forest Park (41.30°N, 116.12°E), 1320 m, 7.vii.2016, leg. Shengnan Zhao and Suran Li, genitalia slide no. LGE16246; Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Suyukou (38.72°N, 106.01°E), 2000 m, Mt. Helan, 3.vi.2006, leg. Xinpu Wang; 70 ♂♂, 178 ♀♀, Mt. Yunwu National Nature Reserves, 1976−2075 m, 28.vii−6.viii.2013, leg. Wei Guan, Meiqing Yang and Xuemei Hu, genitalia slide nos. YMQ 13154m, LGE 17013m, LGE17014f, LGE17208f; Shanxi Province: 1 ♀, Luyashan Nature Reserves (38.67°N, 112.03°E), 1450 m, Ningwu County, 23.vii.2011, leg. Shulian Hao and Jiayu Liu, genitalia slide no. LGE18065; 1 ♀, Dongxia (35.82°N, 112.28°E), 1620 m, Xiachuan, Qinshui County, Jincheng City, 18.vii.2012, leg. Qiang Gao and Na Chen; 1 ♀, Manghe National Nature Reserves, 594 m, Yangcheng County, 13.vii.2012, leg. Wei Guan and Xiuchun Wang; 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Dongxiakou (35.4°N, 112.03°E), 1445 m, Lishan Nature Reserves, Qinshui, Jincheng, 20.viii.2012, leg. Shulian Hao and Zhiwei Zhang; 1 ♀, Dahe Forest Farm (35.45°N, 111.92°E), 1196 m, Yicheng County, Linfen City, 24.viii.2012, leg. Shulian Hao and Zhiwei Zhang; 42 ♂♂, 110 ♀♀, Mt. Mian (36.87°N, 111.99°E), 1370 m, Jiexiu, 24−29.vii.2013, leg. Tengteng Liu and Peixin Cong, genitalia slide nos. NKLGE008m, LGE15005f, LGE 15007m, LGE 15008m, LGE15037f, LGE15038f, LGE 15039m, LGE 15040m, LEG 16139m, LGE17135f, LGE17171f, LGE17202f, LGE17207f; 1 ♂, Mt. Mian (36.87°N, 111.99°E), 1370 m, Jiexiu, 21.vii.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Meiqing Yang and Sihan Lu; 1 ♂, Mt. Lingkong (36.61°N, 112.08°E), Qinyuan County, 1560 m, 27.vii.2014, leg. Tengteng Liu, Meiqing Yang and Sihan Lu, genitalia slide no. LGE19025. KOREA: 2 ♀♀, Gangwon-do, Mt. Gyebang, 2.viii.1989, leg. K. T. Park, genitalia slide nos. 5180, LGE22109; 1 ♂, Gyeonggi-do, Hwacheon-gun, Mt. Gwangdeok, 19.viii.1997, leg. M. K. Paek & U. Y. Jang; 1 ♂, Gangwon-do, Chuncheon-si, 14.viii.2003, leg. H. R. Han, genitalia slide no. LGE22107 (all Korean materials are deposited in NIBR).   
 Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 6A). Wingspan 9.0− 14.5 mm. Thiotricha subocellea closely resembles T. apicispinea in superficial appearance, but the forewing is slightly broader and the markings are more vivid in the former. In the male genitalia (Figs 5B, 69A), the asymmetrical valvae with a digitate process on the right valva are similar to those of T. apicispinea and T. fasciaria. However, distal 1/3 of the valva is spatulate in T. subocellea whereas those are sharply narrowed in two other species.   
 Biology. The larva is concealed in a portable case and feeds on the seeds of the host plants from August to late October (Bland et al. 2002). Agathis fuscipennis (Zetterstedt) (Hymenoptera) has been reported as a parasitoid of the species in Europe (Loni et al. 2011).   
 Host plants. Lamiaceae: Calamintha sp., Mentha aquatica L., Origanum vulgare L., Satureja montana L., Thymus polytrichus A. Kern. ex Borbás and T. vulgaris L. (Bland et al. 2002; Sakamaki 2013).   
 Distribution. China (Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Jilin, Ningxia, Shanxi), Korea, Japan, Russia (all regions), Europe.   
 Remarks. Thiotricha subocellea is one of the best well-known species in the genus and is widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region. Descriptions for adults and genitalia are provided by Huemer (1993) and Bland et al. (2002), and a detailed history of synonymy is given in Huemer (1993).
description: Published as part of Lee, Ga-Eun & Li, Houhun, 2024, A taxonomic review of Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Thiotrichinae) from China, with descriptions of 84 new species, pp. 1-222 in Zootaxa 5449 (1) on pages 16-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5449.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11233121