Ancylis

Abstract: Laboratory and field tests were conducted with female sex pheromone extracts in 11 species of tortricids. These included Grapholitha molesta (Busck), Hedia nubiferana Haworth, Carpocapsa pomonella (L.), Paralobcsia viteana (Clemens), Ancylis comptana fragariae (Walsh & Riley), of the subfamily Olethreutinae, and Argyrotaenia velutinana (Walker) A. quadrifaciana Fernald, Archips argyrospilus (Walker), A. mortuanus Kearfott, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), and Pandcmis limitata (Robinson) of the Tortricinae. A slight male response to pheromone extracts of females in other species suggested similar but not identical pheromone structures. Field tests showed male specificity in all species with the exception of some attractancy of Archips mortuanus males to Argyrotaenia velutinana female extracts. Negative male stimulation was recorded in the field and laboratory with strawberry leaf roller, Ancylis c. fragariae female extract. Histological studies on the female pheromoneproducing glands revealed significant development of glandular epithelium between the eighth and ninth abdominal segments with all species except strawberry leaf roller moths.

Abstract: Eight genera known to date from Palaearctic are found in the Afrotropical re- gion., viz., Choristoneura HUBNER, (1825), Clepsis GUENEE, 1845, Lumaria DIAKONOFF, 1976, Ancylis HUBNER (1825), Dasodis DIAKONOFF, 1982, Protancylis DIAKONOFF, 1983, Strepsicrates MEYRICK, 1888, Fulcrifera DANILEVSKY & KUZNETZOV, 1968. Three species are described as new: Choristoneura africana, Lu- maria afrotropica, Protancylis bisecta. The occurrence of 20 genera is confirmed, 13 gen- era previously mentioned from Afrotropical region should be excluded.

Abstract: This is the eleventh compilation of interesting Microlepidoptera collected in The Netherlands, covering mainly the years 1997 and 1998, but also including some older data, as well as the year 1999 in a very few cases. Stenolechiodes pseudogemmellus (Gelechiidae) is recorded for the first time from The Netherlands. This species has recently been described and specimens were found amongst series of the well-known Stenolechia gemmella. Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Tortricidae) is recorded for the first time as an inadvertently introduced species. New Dutch records of the following 99 rare and / or interesting species are given or summarised: Stigmella centifoliella, Ectoedemia atrifrontella, E. longicaudella (Nepticulidae), Nemophora ochsenheimerella, Nematopogon robertella (Adelidae), Lampronia fuscatella (Prodoxidae), Emmetia heinemanni (Tischeriidae), Nemapogon wolffiella, Monopis imella (Tineidae), Bucculatrix nigricomella (Bucculatricidae), Acrocercops brongniardella, Leucospilapteryx omissella, Phyllonorycter muelleriella, P. spinicolella, P. leucographella, P. mespilella (Gracillariidae), Yponomeuta irrorella, Argyresthia sorbiella, A. fundella, A. pulchella, A. semifusca (Yponomeutidae), Glyphipterix forsterella (Glyphipterigidae), Leucoptera spartifoliella (Lyonetiidae), Ethmia quadrillella (Ethmiidae), Luquetia lobella, Agonopterix ocellana, A. angelicella, A. cnicella (Depressariidae), Elachista exactella (Elachistidae), Scythris siccella (Scythrididae), Eratophyes amasiella, Esperia sulphurella (Oecophoridae), Coleophora binderella, C. lineolea, C. niveicostella, C. mayrella, C. trochilella, C. argentula (Coleophoridae), Pseudatemelia latipennella (Amphisbatidae), Cosmopterix scribaiella (Cosmopterigidae), Monochroa moyses, Parachronistis albiceps, Teleiodes vulgella, T. wagae, Carpatolechia proximella, Gelechia rhombella, G. senticetella, G. muscosella, G. rhombelliformis, Mirificarma interrupta, Chionodes electella, Athrips mouffetella, Scrobipalpa acuminatella, S. instabilella, Anacampsis temerella, Pexicopia malvella, Platyedra subcinerea (Gelechiidae), Aethes flagellana, Cochylidia rupicola, Spatalistis bifasciana, Acleris cristana, Sparganothis pilleriana, Endothenia oblongana, Apotomis infida, A. lineana, A. turbidana, Orthataenia undulana, Hedya ochroleucana, Celypha siderana, Pristerognatha fuligana, Epinotia nanana, Zeiraphera rufimitrana, Eucosma obumbratana, E. tripoliana, E. conterminana, Gypsonoma minutana, Blastesthia posticana, Ancylis unculana, A. apicella, Cydia tenebrosana, C. nigricana, C. amplana, Pammene gallicana, P. agnotana, P. ochsenheimeriana, P. germmana, Dichrorampha alpinana, D. agilana (Tortricidae), Stenoptilia pterodactyla, Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla, Ovendenia lienigianus (Pterophoridae), Cryptoblabes bistriga, Glyptoteles leucacrinella, Homoeosoma sinuella, Phycitodes saxicola, Vitula biviella, Friedlanderia cicatricella, Evergestis limbata, Perinephele lancealis (Pyralidae). Biological and distributional information on these species is given.

Abstract: Twenty species of Tortricidae from Ethiopia, Oromia Region, are recorded of which Olethreutes didessae sp. n., Ancylis colaccii sp. n., and Gypsonoma giorgiae sp. n. are described as new; Eucosma thalameuta Meyrick, 1918, is transferred to the genus Cosmetra Diakonoff, 1977.