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

Xu, Jiasheng; Dai, Xiaohua; Liao, Chengqing; Diškus, Arūnas; Stonis, Jonas R.

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4399.3.6

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“… 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.…”

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

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Remeikis³

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Seven new species of Tischeriidae are described from the Neotropics: Astrotischeria jociui Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (feeding on Wissadula excelsior (Cav.) C. Presl., Malvaceae), A. atlantica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (feeding on Baccharis spicata (Lam.) Baill., Asteraceae), A. cornuata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (host plant unknown), Paratischeria guarani Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (feeding on Elephantopus mollis Kunth, Asteraceae), P. mesoamericana Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (feeding on Montanoa hibiscifolia Benth., Asteraceae), P. suprafasciata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (feeding on Allophyllus edulis (A. St.-Hil., A. Juss. & Cambess.) Hieron. ex Niederl., Sapindaceae), and P. braziliensis Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (host plant unknown). Additionally, an updated distribution map of Paratischeria neotropicana (Diškus & Stonis, 2015), which currently has the broadest distribution range among the Neotropical Tischeriidae is provided along with new host-plant data, a list of all recorded host plants in the Neotropics, and a brief discussion on trophic relationships of Tischeriidae. It is hypothesized that host-plant distribution ranges can provide clues to potential distribution ranges of these specialized, monophagous or oligophagous, leaf miners. All new taxa are illustrated with photographs of the adults, their genitalia, and, if available, leaf mines.

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

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“…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).…”

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

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Long

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Dominant species significantly affect interspecific relationships, community structure, and ecosystem function. In the field, dominant species are often identified by their high importance values. Selective foraging on dominant species is a common phenomenon in ecology. Our hypothesis is that dominant plant groups with high importance values are more susceptible to leaf‐mining insects at the regional level. Here, we used the Saihanwula National Nature Reserve as a case study to examine the presence–absence patterns of leaf‐mining insects on different plants in a forest‐grassland ecotone in Northeast China. We identified the following patterns: (1) After phylogenetic correction, plants with high importance values are more likely to host leafminers at the species, genus, or family level. (2) Other factors including phylogenetic isolation, life form, water ecotype, and phytogeographical type of plants have different influences on the relationship between plant dominance and leafminer presence. In summary, the importance value is a valid predictor of the presence of consumers, even when we consider the effects of plant phylogeny and other plant attributes. Dominant plant groups are large and susceptible targets of leaf‐mining insects. The consistent leaf‐mining distribution pattern across different countries, vegetation types, and plant taxa can be explained by the “species‐area relationship” or the “plant apparency hypothesis.”

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“…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.…”

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“…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.…”

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

Stonis

Diškus

Remeikis

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We describe seven new Neotropical species of Tischeriidae: Astrotischeria dondavisi Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. bacchariphaga Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. guatemalica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. sanjosei Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. truncata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., Coptotriche parvisacculata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and C. carmencita Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov. We report the discovery of Coptotriche Walsingham in South America and provide the following new host-plant records for the Neotropical Tischeriidae: Terminalia australis Cambess. (Combretaceae), Baccharis latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers., and B. emarginata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae). We update the biology of Astrotischeria ochrimaculosa Diškus, Stonis & Vargas with the discovery that Wissadula (Malvaceae) is a new, verified host plant. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and, if available, female genitalia, and the leaf mines. We expect broader distributions of tisheriid species in South America inferred from known host-plant distributions.

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

Cited by 16 publications

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

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

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

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

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