Eupoecilia ambiguella Hubner 1796
Creators: name: Zhang, Xu
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricidae
Eupoecilia
Eupoecilia ambiguella

description: Eupoecilia ambiguella (Hübner, 1796)
(Figs. 1 b, 2b, 4b)
Tinea ambiguella Hübner, 1796: pl. 22, fig. 153. TL: Germany. Tortrix roserana Frölich, 1828: 52. TL: Germany.
Clysia turbinaris Meyrick, 1928: 435. TL: India (Assam, Khasi Hills).
Eupoecilia ambiguella (Hübner, 1796); Razowski, 1970a: 277; Kawabe, 1982, 1: 156; Byun et al., 1998: 82; Kuznetsov, 2001: 93; Liu & Li, 2002: 55.
Material examined. CHINA: Henan Province: 3 ɗɗ, Baotianman, Neixiang, 1350 m, 14–15.vii.1998 (Houhun Li); 12 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Tongbai, 300 m, 25.v.2000 (Haili Yu); 1 Ψ, Jiyuan, 700 m, 6–7.vi.2000 (Haili Yu); 1 ɗ, Mt. Song, Dengfeng, 800 m, 9.vi.2000 (Haili Yu); 1 ɗ, 3 ΨΨ, Tongbai, 300 m, 11–14.ix.2000 (Houhun Li & Ole Karsholt); 1 Ψ, Lushi, 1700 m, 20.vii.2001 (Dandan Zhang); 1 Ψ, Huixian, 780 m, 12.vii.2002 (Xinpu Wang); 3 ɗɗ, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian, 1580 m, 18–21.vii.2002 (Xinpu Wang); 6 ɗɗ, 2 ΨΨ, Baotianman, Neixiang, 1200 m, 20–29.v.2006 (Jinmei Lv & Xu Zhang). Shanxi Province: 4 ɗɗ, 4 ΨΨ, Mt. Guantou, Jixian, 15.vii.2002 (Yanli Du); 10 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Mt. Li, Jincheng, 1520 m, 16–19.viii.2006 (Xu Zhang & Haiyan Bai). Sichuan Province: 7 ɗɗ, 2 ΨΨ, Baoxing, 1100–1600 m, 2–5.viii.2004 (Yingdang Ren); 2 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Wolong, 1900 m, 7.viii.2004 (Yingdang Ren); 5 ɗɗ, Wolong, 2008 m, 23.vii.2005 (Haili Yu). Anhui Province: 1 ɗ, Tangkou County, Huangshan City, 4.viii.2004 (Jiasheng Xu & Jialiang Zhang); 1 Ψ, Mt. Jiuhua, 8.viii.2004 (Jiasheng Xu & Jialiang Zhang); 1 ɗ, Huoshan, 12.viii.2004 (Jiasheng Xu & Jialiang Zhang). Fujian Province: 6 ɗɗ, Nanping, 850 m, 22.ix.2002 (Xinpu Wang); 2 ɗɗ, Mt. Wuyi, 740–1100 m, 17–22.v.2004 (Haili Yu). Shaanxi Province: 1 ɗ, Yangling, 3.vi.1985 (Houhun Li); 1 ɗ, Fengxian, 1600 m, 9.vii.1988 (Houhun Li); 1 Ψ, Ningshan, 1620 m, 25.V.1990 (Houhun Li); 1 ɗ, Chengcheng, 1000 m, 11.viii.1993 (Houhun Li); 4 ɗɗ, 2 ΨΨ, Mt. Hualong, Ankang, 800–2150 m, 27.vi.–4.vii.2003 (Haili Yu). Gansu Province: 1 Ψ, Mt. Xiaolong, Tianshui City, 11.viii.1988 (Xingyu Wu). Zhejiang Province: 7 ɗɗ, 3 ΨΨ, Mt. Tianmu, 350–1500 m, 15–19.viii.1999 (Houhun Li); 1 ɗ, Taishun, 680 m, 2.viii.2005 (Yunli Xiao); 14 ɗɗ, 3 ΨΨ, Lin’an, 900 m, 8– 12.viii.2005 (Yunli Xiao). Guizhou Province: 4 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Suoluo, Chishui, 240 m, 21–22.ix.2000 (Haili Yu); 5 ɗɗ, 3 ΨΨ, Linjiang, Xishui, 500 m, 24–28.ix.2000 (Haili Yu); 2 ɗɗ, 4 ΨΨ, Heiwan, Jiangkou, 600 m, 28.vii.2001 (Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang); 5 ɗɗ, Mt. Fanjing, 1300–2100 m, 31.vii.–4.viii.2001 (Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang); 2 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Mt. Fanjing, 530–1390 m, 28.v.–3.vi.2002 (Xinpu Wang); 23 ɗɗ, 17 ΨΨ, Daozhen, 600–1350 m, 17–24.viii.2004 (Yunli Xiao); 1 Ψ, Rongjiang, 680 m, 16.ix.2005 (Jialiang Zhang); 1 Ψ, Mt. Leigong, 1600 m, 17.ix.2005 (Jialiang Zhang). Hubei Province: 1 ɗ, Wufeng, 1100 m, 11.vii.1999 (Houhun Li); 5 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Hefeng, 1260 m, 15–16.vii.1999 (Haili Yu); 1 ɗ, Xianfeng, 1280 m, 21.vii.1999 (Houhun Li); 1 ɗ, Shennongjia, 1700 m, 21.vii.2003 (Shulian Hao). Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: 1 Ψ, Gongliu, 1100 m, 8.vi.1994 (Xincheng An); 1 ɗ, Gongliu, 1500 m, 29.vii.1994 (Houhun Li & Hongyan Qin). Yunnan Province: 1 ɗ, Mt. Wei, 2200 m, 20.vi.2001 (Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang). Hebei Province: 2 ΨΨ, Mt. Wuling, Xinglong, 900–1800 m, 31.vii.–1.viii.2000 (Yanli Du & Zhendong Li). Tianjin: 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Mt. Baxian, Jixian, 560 m, 16.vii.2005 (Houhun Li). Hunan Province: 1 Ψ, Zhangjiajie, 650 m, 7.viii.2001 (Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang); 7 ɗɗ, 2 ΨΨ, Sangzhi, 1250 m, 12–14.viii.2001 (Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang); 1 ɗ, Xinhua, 9.viii.2004 (Yunli Xiao).
Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia (Far East).
Hostplants. Prunus sp., Ribes sp., Hedera sp., Lonicera sp. (Kawabe, 1982).
Diagnosis. Wing expanse 9.0–15.0 mm. This species is widely distributed in China. It is characterized by the forewing having an inverted triangular median fascia (Fig. 1 b). It is similar to E. sanguisorbana in the male genitalia, but can be distinguished by the termen and cilia almost concolorous with the forewing ground color, except the subapical area; the median fascia with the anterior portion as broad as the posterior portion; the male genitalia with the sacculus with spines and the distal cornuti of the aedeagus arranged in a ring (Fig. 2 b); and the female genitalia with the ductus bursae broadened posteriorly, relatively broad, 1/2 width of the corpus bursae in the female genitalia (Fig. 4 b). In E. sanguisorbana the forewing ground color is yellowish with dark brown on the termen and the cilia from the costa to the dorsum; the anterior portion of the median fascia is broader than the posterior portion (Fig. 1 g); in the male genitalia (Fig. 3 d) the sacculus bears no spine and the distal cornuti of the aedeagus are arranged linearly; and in the female genitalia the ductus bursae is not broadened posteriorly and it is relatively narrow, 1/3 width of the corpus bursae (Fig. 4 f).
description: Published as part of Zhang, Xu & Li, Houhun, 2008, Review of the Chinese species of Eupoecilia Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini), pp. 55-68 in Zootaxa 1692 on pages 57-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180634