An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)
Author
Kaila, Lauri
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-11
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Elachista stelviella
Amsel, 1932
Elachista stelviella
Amsel, 1932: 21
. Type locality:
Italy
, Bolzano, Gomagoi, Stilfserjochstrasse (
Amsel 1932: 22
).
Holotype
♂
, in SMNK.
Elachista zernyi
Hartig, 1941: 159
. Type locality:
Italy
, Prà da Lago, Madonna di Campiglio (
Hartig 1941: 1960
).
Holotype
♂
, in INER.
Syn. nov.
Elachista ingvarella
Traugott-Olsen, 1974: 264
. Type locality:
Sweden
,
Jämtland
, Undersåker (
Traugott-Olsen 1974: 264
).
Holotype
♂
, in ZMUL. Synonymized with
E. zernyi
by
Burmann (1993: 355)
.
Subgenus:
Elachista
;
bifasciella
species group.
Distribution: Holarctic.
Austria
,
Canada
(
Yukon
),
Finland
,
Germany
,
Italy
,
Norway
,
Russia
(S. Siberia,
Buryatia
),
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
U.S.A.
(
Alaska
).
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.:
Amsel (1932)
,
Hartig (1941)
,
Parenti (1973)
,
Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977)
,
Kaila (1999b)
.
Remarks: The identity of
E. stelviella
, known only from the
holotype
with the abdomen lost (but genitalia sketched in the original description), was recently clarified when a fresh specimen matching the
holotype
of
E. stelviella
was found near the type locality, which is also in the vicinity of the type locality of
E. zernyi
. Its appearance and genitalia match those of other studied specimens of
E. zernyi
in the Alps, as well as the genitalia illustrated in the original description of
E. stelviella
. The DNA barcode of the fresh specimen is identical to specimens of
E. zernyi
from the Alps and Fennoscandia.
E. stelviella
Amsel, 1932
is considered a senior synonym of
E. zernyi
Hartig, 1941
.