J Insect Biodivers Syst 03(4): 347–352 Proof JOURNAL OF INSECT BIODIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATICS Short Paper http://jibs.modares.ac.ir http://zoobank.org/References/ADA92638-E273-4BD3-A1A9-8CD9051ED841 First report of Bucculatrix albella Stainton, 1867 (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) from Iran Helen Alipanah1* and Saeed Moodi2 1 Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran. 2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Birjand. ABSTRACT. Bucculatrix albella Stainton is newly reported for the fauna of Received: Iran. The species is collected in Khorasan-e Jonubi and Zanjan Provinces as 05 November, 2017 larvae and cocoon, and adult, respectively. In the former Province it was Accepted: found on red date, Ziziphus jujuba Miller (Rosales: Rhamnaceae) in some 21 November, 2017 orchards of Birjand during 2015-2016. This species may be considered as a severe pest of jujube in Iran in the future. Published: 22 November 2017 Key words: Bucculatricidae, Bucculatrix albella, leaf miner, jujube, Ziziphus Subject Editor: jujuba, new record, Iran Zdenko Tokár Citation: Alipanah, H. & Moodi, S. (2017) First report of Bucculatrix albella Stainton, 1867 (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) from Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 3 (4), 347–352. Introduction The family Bucculatricidae with almost 297 happens at the third and fourth larval described species in four genera worldwide instars on the surface of the leaf, and then (van Nieukerken et al., 2011) is mostly skeletonizing it (Braun, 1963; Kuroko, 1964). represented in the Nearctic Region (Braun, The larvae spin an elongated, longitudinally 1963). Majority of its species are leaf miners ribbed cocoon on the leaf or branch in their early instars, and becoming either (Kuroko, 1964, 1982). This shape of cocoon is skeletonizers or stem borers in later instars one of the best characters and also (Friend, 1927; Braun, 1963; Davis & apomorphy for this genus (van Nieukerken Robinson, 1998; Davis et al., 2002; et al., 2012). Kobayashi et al., 2009). Most of the species So far six species namely, B. ulmella, are belonging to its major genus, Bucculatrix Zeller, 1848, B. ulmifoliae M. Hering, 1931, Zeller, 1839, which is mainly distributed in B. pomifoliella Clemens, 1860, B. iranica the North America and Eurasia (Mey, 1999). Deschka, 1981, B. endospiralis Deschka, 1981 Their larvae are mostly feeding on members and B. pectinella Deschka, 1981 have been of the family Asteraceae (Braun, 1963). They reported from Iran (Deschka, 1981; are leaf miners in the first and second larval Shahrokhi et al., 1986; Abai, 1997; Maaleki instars, quit the mine at the end of second et al., 2011). During the recent years the larval instar, and spin a cocoon-shaped web larvae and cocoon, and adults of B. albella on the surface of the leaf. External feeding Stainton was occurred in some orchards of Corresponding author: Helen Alipanah, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2017, Alipanah and Moodi. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 348 New record of Bucculatrix albella from Iran Khorasan-e Jonubi and Zanjan Provinces, beyond the middle consisted of yellowish- respectively. In the former Province it was brown scales tinged with few dark brown observed on red date (jujube), Ziziphus scales, and dark brown marginal scales. jujuba Miller. This species, which may be Fringes white with a few scattered dark considered as a severe pest of jujube in Iran, brown scales apically. Hindwing yellowish- is newly reported for the fauna of country. gray, with paler fringes. Frons and hair tuft A brief description of the species as well as of the vertex white with few hairs with dark figures of the adult, both male and female brown ends in the middle; antenna genitalia, host plant and preimaginal stages annulated with creamy-white and light is provided. brown scales alternatively; thorax and tegula white with scattered dark brown Material and methods scales on the surface of the latter and a few The examined specimens were collected as ones on the surface of the former (Fig. 1A) adults using light trap (in Zanjan Province) (Stainton, 1867; Kuznetsov, 1956). and larvae and cocoons on Ziziphus jujuba Male genitalia (Fig. 1B): Tegumen merged trees (in Khorasan-e Jonubi Province). The with the uncus, and bifurcated apically with collected larvae were reared in small plastic several apical setae; valva relatively narrow containers at room temperature. Genitalia and elongated with almost parallel margins dissections were followed that of van and rounded posterior end, with two to Nieukerken (1985) and Robinson (1976). three strong sclerotized thorns at the upper Photographs of genitalia slides were taken posterior corner, and a long, thin, and using a Dino-Eye Microscope Eyepiece pointed outgrowth at the upper anterior Camera on a Zeiss Stemi SV8 stereo- angle, the inner surface of the valva covered microscope. with bristles; vinculum wide and rounded; phallus large, almost straight, its length The examined materials are either somewhat exceeds the length of the valve, deposited in the Lepidoptera collections of heavily swollen basally and narrowed the Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum apically, without cornutus (Kuznetsov, (HMIM), Iranian Research Institute of Plant 1956). Protection (IRIPP) or of the Department of Female genitalia (Fig. 1C): Papillae analis Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, almost triangular, apically rounded; University of Birjand. apophyses posteriores relatively long Results (Kuznetsov, 1956), slightly longer than the length of seventh abdominal segment in the The adult examined specimens are briefly examined females, without apophyses described as follow: anteriores; with a relatively wide vaginal Bucculatrix albella Stainton, 1867 triangular plate at the middle part of the eighth abdominal sternite (Kuznetsov, Material examined: Iran, Khorāsān-e 1956), and a small and rounded ostium Jonubi Prov.: 1 ♂ 5 ♀♀, Birjand, Amir Ābād, bursae on its anterior end followed by a Zanjān Prov.: 1487 m, 8.X.2016, Moodi leg.; narrow antrum; eighth abdominal sternite 2 ♀♀, Zanjān, Ābbar, N 36˚56′19.2″, E 48.59˚ with a paired lateral concavity; ductus bursae 32′89″, 1156 m, 21.vii.2010, Ālipanāh leg. narrow and membranous throughout; Diagnosis: Wingspan (male, female) 5–6 corpus bursae nearly spherical, with wide mm; ground color of the forewing white crown of sclerotized cords (Kuznetsov, with two costal streaks composed of 1956) positio obliquely at the posterior end; yellowish-brown scales tinged with dark ductus seminalis arising at the centre of this brown scales, a macula at the inner margin crown on corpus bursae. Alipanah & Moodi 349 Figure 1. Bucculatrix albella, adult, genitalia, and damages. A. Adult male (after Anonymous, 2017); B. Male genitalia (main body and phallus in ventral and lateral views, respectively), arrow indicates sclerotized thorns at the upper posterior corner of valva; C. Female genitalia (main body in ventral view), upper and lower arrows indicate the vaginal triangular plate at the middle part of the eighth abdominal sternite and crown of sclerotized cords positioned posteriorly; D. Jujube fruit; E. Upperside of the damaged leaf with mines; F. Underside of the damaged leaf with the larva and cocoons on it. 350 New record of Bucculatrix albella from Iran Biology: Young larvae were observed as Acknowledgments leaf miners on Z. jujuba (Fig. 1D), while the Our sincere regards goes to Zdenko Tokár older larvae often moved out of the mines (Šaľa, Slovakia) for his valuable comments and dispersed via ballooning from one stem in this study and additional information on to another one using silk cords. Growed collecting areas of this species in Iran. larvae left the mine and skeletonized the leaf. Mines were observed on the under Conflict of Interests surface of the leaf (Fig. 1E), spot-like with a The authors declare that there is no conflict membranous cover, and sometimes in of interest regarding the publication of this corner of the veins. The pupae were formed paper. on leaves or brunches inside the elliptical cocoons (Fig. 1F), and hibernation occurred References as pupae. The moth has several generations Abai, M. (1997) The report of Bucculatrix on Elm per year (Kuznetsov, 1956). The specimens tree in Iran. Applied Entomology and were collected as adults in the Zanjan Phytopatology, 64 (1/2), 25. province and host plant is unknown in this Anonymous. (2017) Lepiforum: Bestimmung area. von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Distribution: This species is widely Präimaginalstadien. Available from: distributed in the southern Palaearctic http://www.lepiforum.de (accessed at 26 Region from the Mediterranean area to October 2017). Turkmenistan and now in Iran (Stainton, Braun, A.F. (1963) The genus Bucculatrix in 1867; Kuznetsov, 1956; Tokár, personal North America north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 18, 1–208. information) Davis, D.R. & Robinson, G.S. (1998) The Discussion Tineoidea and Gracillarioidea. In: Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Handbook of Zoology, Lepidoptera, This species is described by Stainton (1867) Moths and Butterflies, vol. 1: Evolution, based on one male and one female Systematics and Biogeography. Walter de collected in Jordan.