Three new species of Yponomeutinae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from China with faunistic supplements and an updated list of the Chinese species of the subfamily

Abstract

To improve our understanding of the Yponomeutinae of China, the specimens of three institutional collections were examined to discover new taxa and all previous records were reviewed. As a result, we recognize a total of 71 species of Chinese Yponomeutinae, including three new species: Cedestis leucopterostigmatis n. sp., Euhyponomeutoides spadix n. sp., and Yponomeuta zebra n. sp., and a new record of Zelleria japonicella Moriuti from China. Unavailability of three species names in the most recent list: Yponomeuta hebeiensis Liu, 1984, Yponomeuta nigrofasciatus Yang, 1979, and Yponomeuta ulingensis Yang, 1979, is suggested. Photos of adults and genitalia are provided for all species described.

Keywords:

• checklist
• China
• Cedestis
• Euhyponomeutoides
• fauna
• new species
• Yponomeuta
• Yponomeutinae
• Zelleria

Acknowledgements

We would like to express our cordial thanks to Donald Davis (the US National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC) for reading our manuscript and providing relevant advice and to John Brown (the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC), Kevin Tuck (the Natural History Museum, London), Xin-Li Wang (China Agricultural University, Beijing) and Dayoung Xue (the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) for allowing us to examine their institutional collections. We are also indebted to Mujie Qi (the Northeast Forestry University, Harbin) for his assistance during our field trips and Zaile Du (the Univerity of Maryland, College Park) for her translation of the Chinese label data.