New And Little-Known Species Of Scythridid Moths Collected By Z. Kaszab In Mongolia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae)
Author
D’Entrèves, P.
Author
Roggero, A.
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2006
52
1
49
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12585949
2064-2474
12585949
Scythris talyniella
sp. n.
(
Fig. 5D–F
)
Holotype
. m
MONGOLIA
:
Bajanchongor aimak
,
Quelle Talyn Bilgech
bulag
47 km
O von Grenzposten Caganbulag
,
1200 m
Exp. Dr.
Z.
KASZAB
, 1967
/ Nr. 840
23.VI.1967
/
Prep. Gen. N. Passerin
d’E. /
4102 m
/
Genital
slide no. 4102
Passerin d’Entrèves
/
Holotypus
Scythris talyniella
P.E.
&
R
.
Paratype
.
1 m
MONGOLIA
:
Bajanchongor aimak
,
Oase Dzun
mod 100
Km
S von Somon Schine
žinst,
1300 m
Exp. Dr.
Z.
KASZAB
, 1967
/ Nr. 869
29.VI.1967
/
Prep. Gen. N. Passerin
d’E
. /
4098 m
/ Genital slide no. 4098 Passerin d’Entrèves. gnathos, lateral view; F = uncus-tegumen-gnathos-aedeagus-valvae complex. Scale bar = 0.5 mm
Fig. 5.
Male genitalia of
S. bajanlegi
sp. n.
A = uncus-tegumen-gnathos-aedeagus-valvae complex; B = T8 and S8; C = uncus and gnathos, lateral view, and
S. talyniella
sp. n.
D = T8 and S8; E = uncus and
Description – Male. Wingspan
11 mm
. Fore wings very light brown, with a metallic gloss. A darker brown stria in the middle of the wings extends from the base to about two thirds of surface. Wing background entirely covered with light brown spots. Light brown fringe. Hind wings whitish and glossy, with a light brown fringe. Head, thorax and abdomen brown. Legs light brown. Antennae brown, about as long as the fore wings.
Male genitalia (
Fig. 5 D, E
, and F). Uncus down-curved and domed, one third as long as the tegumen; gnathos triangular, with two laminar processes, large at base and narrowing suddenly to apex, downturned. Tegumen oval and narrow. Valvae symmetrical, straight, but hooked inwards at apex, sharp, with setae in distal third. Aedeagus cylindrical, dorsally concave, as long as the valvae, with juxta elongate, one third as long as the aedeagus. T8 quadrangular, with a large medial notch in fore edge, hind edge largely rounded; S8 triangular, large, rounded at apex and concave at base.
Figs 6–7.
6 = Female genitalia of
S. bajanlegi
sp. n.
7 = Male genitalia of
S. gobiensis
sp. n.
A = uncus-tegumen-gnathos-aedeagus-valvae complex; B = T8 and S8. Scale bars = 0.5 mm
Female. Unknown.
Distribution. Known only from
Mongolia
. The species was collected from a very arid zone, where vegetation is only found near surface waters.
Biology.
S. talyniella
sp. n.
was collected in the second half of June in a barren desert, where vegetation grew only near watercourses.
Tamarix
and
Nitraria
were found around the Talyn spring, while many poplars grew near the Dzuur-mod oasis.