Coptotriche japoniella Puplesis & Diškus, 2003

Zhang, Xiuying, Sun, Hao & Li, Houhun, 2025, Preliminary taxonomic review of the genus Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) in China, including descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5679 (2), pp. 243-254 : 252

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub::5FD59832-7600-44F5-802F-F4DBAECBD8C4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16985932
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E4E02D-F92B-FF93-D7AB-FC50FE85C750
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Coptotriche japoniella Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
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Coptotriche japoniella Puplesis & Diškus, 2003 View in CoL

Coptotriche japoniella Puplesis & Diškus, 2003: 116 View in CoL . TL: Japan. TD: ZMUC.

Diagnostic characters. Frontal tuft ochreous yellow except black apically. Forewing mainly orange yellow or ochreous orange, with scattered fuscous brown scales; cilia-line fuscous brown. In male genitalia, uncus lobes obtusely rounded at apex, excavation between uncus lobes produced posteromedially; valva narrowed at basal 1/3, broadly rounded at apex; vinculum with ventral plate distinctly convex posteriorly; phallus sinuate apically, with two lateral clusters of slender spines ( Puplesis & Diškus 2003: 116, figs 272‒275).

Distribution. China ( Guangdong), Japan.

Remarks. Puplesis & Diškus (2003) described C. japoniella from Japan. Huang & Tan (2009) recorded this species from Guangdong, China. Host plants include Eurya emarginata and E. japonica ( Theaceae ) ( Puplesis & Diškus 2003).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Tischeriidae
Genus	Coptotriche