TORTS Newsletter of the Troop of Reputed Tortricid Systematists ISSN 1945-807X (print) ISSN 1945-8088 (online) Volume 18 21 August 2017 Issue 2 The next SEL Congress will be in the XXth EUROPEAN CONGRESS Molise Province of Italy in 2019. OF LEPIDOPTEROLOGY, PODGORA, CROATIA For those of you who have never had the opportunity to attend a meeting of the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL), you have missed one of the premiere social and scientific events in the Lepidoptera world. These conferences, held every other year, provide the perfect opportunity to interact with colleagues on a truly international basis – lepidopterists from 20 countries were present at this year’s meeting in Podgora, Above: Some North American refugees at the SEL congress: Croatia (24–30 April 2017). The organizing John Brown, Bernard Landry, Dan Rubinoff, and Dave Adamski. committee did a marvelous job of finding a ____________________________________ beautiful venue in Croatia on the picturesque coast of the Adriatic Sea. The accom- th modations were delightful and the food 66 ANNUAL MEETING superb and plentiful. And the program was OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS’ outstanding, with talks covering every SOCIETY, TUCSON, imaginable topic from conservation to curation, and from caterpillars to molecular ARIZONA phylogenies. Although there were few talks on Tortricidae (i.e., Joaquin Baixeras, Boyan The 66th annual meeting of the Zlatkov, Rich Brown, Marja van der Straten, Lepidopterists’ Society was held in Tucson, Todd Gilligan, and a few other “usual” Arizona from 30 July to 1 August, hosted by participants were unable to attend this year), the Department of Entomology in the College there were plenty of interesting and of Agriculture at the Unviersity of Arizona. provocative presentations, including the According to the meeting announcement, the development of a world catalogue of Lepid- University of Arizona has recently been optera, the requirement of a specimen (rather ranked the top entomology program in the than a photograph) as a holotype, habitat United States with particular specialties in management for butterfly conservation, etc. biodiversity, integrative pest management, and pollination. 1 VolumeVolume 918 1021 January August 20082017 IssueIssue 12 The meeting venue, the Tucson University Park Hotel, was within easy walking distance SECOND NORTH AMERICAN of the University of Arizona insect collection, MICROLEPIDOPTERISTS’ and several meeting attendees spent time MEETING, 2017 there. A “Lepidoptera sort” organized by the museum attracted a number of meeting The Second North American Microlepid- participants. opterists' Meeting was held immediately Dr. Philip J. DeVries, a professor at the following the annual meeting of the Lepid- University of New Orleans, was awarded the opterists’ Society at the University of Arizona Karl Jordan Medal, the Lepidopterists’ insect collection on 2 August 2017. The small Society’s most prestigious award, in recog- room was packed, reflecting the growing nition of his outstanding original research. interest in smaller moths among Phil is best known for his work on symbioses Lepidopterists’ Society members. The between caterpillars and ants and ants and handsome program and abstracts booklet is plants, and his studies on community level available online at https://www.dmns.org/ biodiversity of rainforest butterflies. media/3035875/dmns reports7.pdf. Of special One of the highlights of the meeting was a interest to TORTS members were a pre- sympoisum honoring the lepidopterological sentation by Christi Jaeger testing the accomplishments and contributions of Dr. molecular phylogeny of Regier et al. (2011) Jerry A. Powell, which featured presentations using a dataset of entirely morphological by several of his former graduate students and characters, and a lively discussion on the a “Skype-in” by a shirt-less (and possibly change of name (i.e., Choristoneura freemani pant-less) Dan Janzen from Costa Rica. from Choristoneura occidentalis) for the Overall the meeting was a huge success North American western spruce budworm. and left participants eager to attend next year’s Vazrick Nazari will be organizing the meeting at the Canadian National Collection Third North American Microlepidopterists’ of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes in Meeting in Ottawa, and it is schedule for 10 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in July 2018. July 2018. I hope to see many of you there. Above: Chruis Grinter, Valeriu Albu, and Vazrick Nazari at Above: Speakers at the symposium honoring Dr. Jerry A. the Second North American Microlepidopterists’ Meeting in Powell. From left to right: Dave Wagner, “Frank” Hsu, Felix Tucson, Arizona. [Jason Dombroskie in background.] Sperling, Eric Metzler, Dan Rubinoff, Jerry Powell, Jim Kruse, Kelly Richers, Pete Oboyski, and John Brown. 2 VolumeVolume 918 1021 January August 20082017 IssueIssue 12 terra & Clausi, 2009 (Lepidoptera: Tortri- PAPERS ON TORTRICIDAE cidae: Grapholitini). Zootaxa 4168 (3): PUBLISHED IN 2016 570–572. Costa-Lima, T. C., Moreira, G. R. P., Gon- Aarvik, L. 2016. Redefinition and revision of çalves, G. L., Specht, A. 2016. Lasiothyris African Cosmetra Diakonoff, 1977 luminosa (Razowski & Becker) (Lepid- (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with descript- optera: Tortricidae): a new grapevine pest ion of six new species. Zootaxa 4088 (2): in northeastern Brazil. Neotropical 245–256. Entomology: doi 10.1007/s13744-016- Agassiz, D. J. L. 2016. A fieldwork 0379-9. challenge: Hystrichophora kwazuluana El-Sayed, A. M., Knight, A. L., Byers, J. A., Razowski, 2015 (Lepidoptera: Tortri- Judd, G. J. R., Suckling, D. M. 2016. cidae). Metamorphosis 27: 21–22. Caterpillar-induced plant volatiles attract Anan, S., Dokchan, P., Pinkaew, N. 2016. conspecific adults in nature. Scientific Loboschiza Diakonoff (Lepidoptera: Tor- Reports 6: article 37555. DOI: 10.1038/ tricidae) from Thailand with descriptions srep37555. [Epiphyas, Choristoneura] of four new species. Zootaxa 4109: 81– El-Sayed, A., Suckling, D. M. 2016. Use of 88. phenylacetonitrile plus acetic acid to monitor Barros-Parada, W., Basoalto, E., Fuentes- Pandemis pyrusana (Lepidoptera: Tortri- Contreras, E., Cichon, L., Knight, A. L. cidae) in apple. BioRxiv beta: doi: https:// 2016. Acetic acid lure placement within doi.org/10.1101/092452. traps affects moth catches of codling moth Fagua, G., Condamine, F. L., Horak, M., (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Journal of Zwick, A., Sperling, F. A. H. 2016. Applied Entomology 140: 786–795. Diversification shifts in leafroller moths Basheer, A. M., Alhaj, S. I., Asslan, L. H. linked to continental colonization and the 2016. Parasitoids on codling moth Cydia rise of angiosperms. Cladistics (2016): 1– pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in 18. doi: 10.1111/cla.12185. apple and walnut orchards in Syria. Gilligan, T. M., Brown, J. W. 2016. A new Bulletin EOPP 46 (2): 295–297. genus for Tortrix druana Walsingham, Brown, J. W. 2016. A new generic assign- 1914 and a new species from the northern ment for Tortrix baboquavariana Kear- Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: fott, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with Cochylini: Euliina). Journal of the Lepid- comments on its tribal assignment. Jour- opterists’ Society 70 (2): 139–144. nal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 70 (2): Gilligan, T., Huemer, P., Wiesmair, B. 2016. 173–175. Different continents, same species? Cattenea, A. M., Bengtsson, J. M., Mona- Resolving the taxonomy of some tagne, N., Jacquin-Joly, E., Rota-Stabelli, Holarctic Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: O., Salvatnon, U., Bassoli, A., Witzgall, Tortricidae). Zootaxa 4178(3): 347–370. P., Anfora, G. 2016. TRPA5, an ankyrin Gooshbor, L., Bavaghar, M. P., Amanollahi, subfamily insect TRP channel, is ex- J., Ghobari, H. 2016. Monitoring infest- pressed in antennae of Cydia pomonella ations of oak forests by Tortrix viridana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in multiple (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) using remote splice variants. Journal of Insect Science sensing. Plant Protection Science: doi: 16: doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iew072. 10.17221/185/2015-pps. Clausi, M., Leone, D., Oreste, M., Tarasco, E. Heppner, J. B. 2016. Ptoseulia oxyropa in 2016. Comments on the morphology and Belize and description of the female biology of Pammene castanicola Trema- 3 VolumeVolume 918 1021 January August 20082017 IssueIssue 12 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Grapholitini). Euliini). Lepidoptera Novae 9: 29–32. Zootaxa 4179 (3): 441–477. Heppner, J. B., Bae, Y.-S. 2016. A new Huemer, P. 2016. Beitrag zur Wicklerfauna species of Fansipaniana from northern Kretas aus Aufsammlungen von Dr. Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Ole- Walter Ruckdeschel (Lepidoptera, threutinae: Olethreutini). Zootaxa 4097: Tortricidae). Nachrichtenblatt der 135–138. Bayerischen Entomologen 65: 2–12. Heppner, J. B., Bae, Y.-S. 2016. Two new Jaeger, C. M., Brown, R. L. 2016. Descrip- species of Loboschiza from Cambodia and tions of male of Rhopobota tungurahuana Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Ole- Razowski & Pelz and Ancylis ecuadorica threutinae: Enarmoniini). Zootaxa Razowski & Wojtusiak (Lepidoptera: 4169(1): 171–178. Tortricidae) with new distribution records Heppner, J. B., Bae, Y.-S. 2016. Two new from Venezuela. Transactions of the species of Sirindhornia from Vietnam American Entomological Society 142: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: 35–40. Enarmoniini). Zootaxa 4173(4): 389–395. Koren, T. 2016. Thiodia torridana (Lederer, Heppner, J. B., Bae, Y.-S. 2016. A new 1859) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) a new species of Tambitnotia