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Issue: Vol. 88 No. 2: 1 Oct. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-10-01
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2026.88.2.2
Page range: 44-55
Abstract views: 336
PDF downloaded: 4

Redescription of Gynnidomorpha parvana (Kawabe, 1980) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae) and a new record of G. pista (Diakonoff, 1984) in Japan with notes on interspecific relationships in Gynnidomorpha based on genital morphology and DNA barcode sequences

Entomological Laboratory; Graduate School of Bioresources and Bioenvironmental Sciences; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka-shi; Fukuoka; 819-0395 Japan.
National Museum of Nature and Science; 4-1-1 Amakubo; Tsukuba-shi; Ibaraki; 305-0005 Japan.
Insect DX Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka-shi; Fukuoka; 819-0395 Japan.; Insect Science and Creative Entomology Center; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan.; Current address: National Museum of Nature and Science; 4-1-1 Amakubo; Tsukuba-shi; Ibaraki; 305-0005 Japan.
Entomological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka-shi; Fukuoka; 819-0395 Japan.
Cochylini Cochylina genitalia DNA barcode East Asia Lepidoptera NJ tree ML tree

Abstract

Gynnidomorpha parvana (Kawabe, 1980) is redescribed with the first record of female individuals from Hokkaido and Honshu, Japan. In addition, G. pista (Diakonoff, 1984) is newly recorded in Kyushu, Japan. The diagnoses and figures of the male and female genitalia of these species are provided. These two Gynnidomorpha species were inferred to be related to G. permixtana, G. minimana, and G. luridana based on their DNA barcode sequences. In addition, relationships between two species groups (i.e., the G. permixtana-minimana-luridana group and the G. alismana-vectisana group) and among their constituent species within the genus Gynnidomorpha were examined using genital morphology and DNA barcode sequences.

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