Genus Aspila Stephens, 1834
- Aspila Stephens, J.F. 1834. Illustrations of British Entomology (Haustellata). London : Baldwin & Craddock Vol. 4. [104].
Type species:
Phalaena lediana Linnaeus sensu Haworth, 1811 by subsequent designation, see Fernald, C.H. 1908. Genera Tortricidae and their types. Massachusettes : Amherst 68 pp. [27, 58] (= Coccyx janthinana Duponchel, 1835). - Opadia Guenée, A. 1845. [Details not found]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2 3 [182].
Type species:
Grapholita funebrana Treitschke, 1835 by monotypy. - Coptoloma Lederer, J. 1859. [Details not found]. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 3 [124, 370].
Type species:
Coccyx janthinana Duponchel, 1835 by monotypy.
Introduction
Building on comments from earlier workers casting doubt on the monophyly of the genus Grapholita, Hu et al. (2023) presented further (molecular) evidence suggesting the genus was not monophyletic. Their results revealed three separate clades which they recognised at the genus level: Grapholita (sensu stricto), Ephippiphora, and Aspila, the latter previously a sub-genus of Grapholita and which is raised to genus level here following Hu et al. (2023).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Region; Oriental Fruit moth, G. (A.) molesta introduced and now in Tas, SA, NSW, ACT and Qld.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
General References
Horak, M. 2006. Olethreutine Moths of Australia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Canberra : CSIRO Vol. 10 522 pp. [452] (revision of subgenus)
Hu, G., Brown, J., Heikkilä, M., Aarvik, L. & Mutanen, M. 2023. Molecular phylogeny, divergence time, biogeography and trends in host plant usage in the agriculturally important tortricid tribe Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Cladistics 39(5): 359–381
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2023 | TORTRICIDAE | 09-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |