Taxonomic study of the leafmining genus Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 from China (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) with a description of one new species

Abstract

Three species of the leafmining genus Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 from China are treated. Liocrobyla indigofera sp. n. feeding on the plant genus Indigofera is described as new to science. Liocrobyla lobata Kuroko, 1960 feeding on Pueraria montana var. lobata is newly recorded in China. Lespedeza bicolor is documented as a new host plant for L. desmodiella Kuroko, 1982. Photographs of adult habitus, male and female genitalia, as well as host plants, leaf mines and biology are provided.