The Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel) complex (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) revisited, with exceptional level of synonymy
Author
Kaila, Lauri
text
Zootaxa
2015
2015-06-30
3980
3
301
358
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3980.3.1
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1175-5326
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Elachista anitella
Traugott-Olsen, 1985
Figs. 21
,
78–79
Elachista anitella
Traugott-Olsen, 1985a
: 75
.
Material studied.
Type
material.
Holotype
♂
labelled: Type [rounded with red margin]; Genital praeparat nr. 5800 sex: ♂ E. Traugott-Olsen;
Hispania
,
Andalusia
,
Sierra Nevada
,
Cam
, de
Veleta
2300 m
,
19.8.1984
E. Traugott-Olsen
leg.;
Elachista anitella
n. sp.
det. E. Traugott-Olsen; DNA sample MM15484 Lepid. Phyl. (
ZMUC
).
Other material.
Spain
:
Granada
, Sierra Nevada,
20 km
SE.
Granada
, 27.
VII.2003,
1
♂, T. Nupponen leg., L. Kaila prep. 5354,
DNA
sample 11423 Lepid. Phyl. (Coll. Nupponen);
Granada
, Sierra Nevada,
20 km
SE
Granada
,
2700–2900 m
, 11.
VII.2010,
1
♂, T. Nupponen leg., L. Kaila prep. 5355,
DNA
sample 15484 Lepid. Phyl. (Coll. Nupponen).
Diagnosis
.
E. anitella
is a small species. It closely resembles
E. parvula
, from which the shorter digitate process of
E. anitella
readily separates it. Its phallus is shorter than the valva, narrow, and hardly tapered towards apex. Its uncus lobes are rounded, as long as their width.
Biology
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
Spain
.
Remarks
.
E. anitella
is referred to as OTU
17 in
Mutanen
et al
. (2015)
.