Kirichenko N.I., Triberti P., Akulov E.N., Ponomarenko M.G., Lopez-vaamonde C.
Entomologicheskoe obozrenie 2019; 98(3): 600–631
The Gracillariidae fauna of Siberia, the region that occupies almost half of the territory of the Russian Federation, remains poorly studied. During DNA-barcoding campaign of Gracillariidae in Siberia, that was based on analysis of specimens collected as larvae and pupae directly from their leaf mines on woody plants, we identified 41 species. Three gracillariids were determined to the genus level only: Сaloptilia sp. (host plant Prunus padus ), Parornix sp. ( Malus sp.), and Phyllonorycter sp. ( Crataegus sp.), representing poorly studied or undescribed species. Six species are reported for Siberia for the first time: Callisto insperatella (from Novosibirsk and Tomsk provinces), Caloptilia alnivorella (from Buryatia), Phyllonorycter ermani (Irkutsk Province), Ph. lantanella (Novosibirsk Province), Ph. pumilae (Omsk and Irkutsk provinces) and Ph. viciae (Krasnoyarsk Territory). Parornix pfaffenzelleri is a new species to Russia found in Khakassia. Other 15 gracillariid species, previously known from Siberia, have been recorded in new administrative regions. For the first time, the invasive lime leafminer, Phyllonorycter issikii has been documented in Tomsk Province and the Krasnoyarsk Territory in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Seven novel gracillariid-host plant associations were found: Parectopa ononidis on Lupinaster pentaphyllus , Sauterina hofmanniella on Lathyrus gmelinii , Caloptilia stigmatella on Salix kochiana , Callisto insperatella on Prunus virginiana , Parornix scoticella on Amelanchier , Phyllonorycter ermani on Alnus alnobetula subsp. fruticosa , Phyllonorycter viciae on Vicia unijuga . The Gracillariidae fauna of Siberia has 51% similarity with that of the European part of Russia and only 38% with that of the Russian Far East.
