A taxonomic revision of the Western Palaearctic genus Cacochroa Heinemann 1870 (Lepidoptera, Depressariidae, Cryptolechiinae) with description of a new genus and a new species
Author
Corley, Martin
CIBIO / InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, P- 4485 - 661 Vairão, Portugal. E-mail: hiporame @ gmail. com. Corresponding author
Author
Ferreira, Sónia
CIBIO / InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, P- 4485 - 661 Vairão, Portugal. E-mail: hiporame @ gmail. com. Corresponding author
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Rosetea rosetella
(
Corley, 2018
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs 1C, 1
G-H, 3A, 4B)
Cacochroa rosetella
Corley, 2018: 76
.
Cacochroa permixtella
(male)
sensu
Lvovsky, 1981: 575
, fig. 3.
Material examined:
Portugal
:
Holotype
female,
Leiria
,
2 km
east of
Ansião
,
18.vii.2015
,
J. Rosete
leg.,
Corley
gen. prep. 4641 (
NHMUK
). DNA barcode: INV00778.
Spain
:
Huelva
,
Moguer
,
Pino del Cuervo
,
10.vi.2003
, ex larva
Phillyrea angustifolia
, M. Huertas
leg.,
2 ♂
,
2 ♀
,
Corley
gen. prep. 5363; male and female gen. preps
B. Goodey
(
MCRC
)
.
France
:
Gall
[ia] m[eridionalis],
Staud
[inger], [18]66
1 ♂
(
ZIAN
)
.
‘Gall. Mer.’ [18]86, Constant (
NHMV
).
‘Gall. Mer.’ [18]90, Constant (
NHMV
).
Alpes Maritimes, Golfe Juan, [no date], Constant,
10 specimens
(
NHMUK
).
Alpes Maritimes, Saint-Vallier-de-Thiéy,
14.vi.2011
, F. Rymarczyk, ex larva (
FRRC
).
Cannes, leg. Ragonot, [no date], (
NHMV
).
Cannes,
Phillyrea latifolia
,
6.vi.1890
, em.
26−27.vi.1890
, Walsingham leg. (
NHMUK
); same data but
Phillyrea angustifolia
, em.
25−28.vi.1890
.
Provence, Domaine de Maure Vieille,
10.vi.2001
, H. Hendriksen leg.,
1 ♂
(
ZMUC
);
same data but
15.vi.2005
,
1 ♀
. DNA barcode: INV05877
.
Var,
Tanneron
, leg.
T
.
Varenne,
1 ♀
(
TVRC
)
.
Corsica
,
10 km
SE Calvi
,
Forêt de Bonifatu
,
400m
,
22.vi.1994
,
B. Skule
&
P. Skou
leg.,
1 ♂
,
Corley
gen. prep. 5378 (
ZMUC
)
.
Italy
:
Liguria
,
Capo Mele
, 8.vii.[19]62, leg.
E. Jäckh
,
♂
gen. prep.
M.A. Metz
USNM 141,548
(
USN-
MENT01480144
) (
USNM
)
.
Sardinia
,
Tempio
di Antas
,
30.vii.1974
,
1 ♂
,
G. Baldizzone
leg.,
Baldizzone
gen. prep. 16724 (
GBRC
)
.
Sardinia
,
Oasi
WWF
Monte Arcosu
,
Su Tragu
,
130m
,
1.vii.2004
,
1♀
,
G. Baldizzone
leg. (
GBRC
)
.
Sardinia
,
Oasi
WWF
Scivu
,
14.viii.2016
,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
O. Maioglio
leg.
,
Baldizzone
female gen. prep. 16726 (
GBRC
). DNA barcode:
♂
- INV08385
,
♀
- INV08386
.
Croatia
:
Gravosa Aquäd.,
12.vi.1928
,
Knitschke
,
1 ♀
(
NHMV
); Gravosa,
4-20.vi.1939
, leg.
J. Klimesch
, ex larva
Phillyrea
,
25.v.1939
,
1 ♂
,
GP
M. Dale
02552;
Gravosa
,
4-30.vi.1939
, leg.
J. Klimesch
, ex larva
Phillyrea
, 25.v.39,
GP
M. Dale
02553 (
ZSM
);
Biograd
,
5−12.vii.2003
,
J. Šumpich
leg. and det.,
1 ♀
, gen. prep. 18676 (
NMPC
)
.
Greece
:
Litochoron
300−400m
,
7-13.vii.1957
, leg.
J. Klimesch
,
1 ♂
,
GP
M. Dale
02558 (
ZSM
)
.
Litochoro-Plaka,
28.vi.1997
, Z. Tokár leg. & det.,
1 ♀
,
GP
13331 ZT (
ZTRC
).
Mt. Olympus, Litochoron,
350m
,
25.vii.1980
,
3 ♂
,
3 ♀
, G. Baldizzone leg., Baldizzone gen. preps 16725, 16729 (
GBRC
).
Epyrus, str. Metsvovon,
800m
,
26.vii.1973
,
1♀
, G. Baldizzone leg., Baldizzone gen. prep. 16727 (
GBRC
).
Crete
,
4 km
S
Topolia
,
300m
,
23−29.vi.2000
leg.
M. Fibiger
, P.
Svendsen, D
.
Nilsson, A
. Madsen,
1 ♂
,
Corley
gen. prep. 5385 (
ZMUC
)
.
Algeria
:
Philippeville
[now
Skikda
], larvae
on
Phillyrea latifolia
,
14.v.1904
,
7 specimens
emerged
5−18. vii.1904
,
Walsingham
leg.,
M. Dale
gen. preps
♂
and
♀
(
NHMUK
)
.
Diagnosis.
R. rosetella
is distinguished from other
Rosetea
species by the size and shape of the juxta lobes and the absence of a process on the harpe. In the female the long signum separates it from the other two species.
Description (
Figs 1C, 1G
). Wingspan
12−13 mm
. Face creamy white, vertex pale grey mixed light brown. Labial palp slightly recurved, segment 2 thickly scaled, grey-brown, segment 3 half as long as segment 2, slender, pointed, buff with black base and apex. Antenna light grey with narrow light brown rings. Thorax and tegula pale grey mixed light brown. Forewing with costa curved throughout with greatest curvature at two-fifths, apex acute, termen very oblique, tornal angle obsolete; mixed grey and light to mid-brown; blackish spots on costa at one-third and two-fifths, the latter larger, with smaller spots near apex; various black dots, two in fold, two between fold and dorsum, one in cell at one-third, a smaller one just beyond this and one at end of cell, a few forming a dotted line running from small cell dot towards costa at two-thirds; fringe grey-brown. Hindwing narrower than forewing, apex acute, dull grey, darker towards apex; fringe dull grey.
Male genitalia (
Fig. 3A
). Valva considerably expanded from near base to apex, sclerotised hook at end of costal margin stout, not tapering at middle, process at end of ventral margin broad, harpe a plate ending in a rounded hump on costal side and a broad point on ventral side; juxta lobes stout, extending well beyond posterior end of tegumen; aedeagus with recurved base, with cornuti through much of its length, gradually longer towards apex.
Female genitalia (
Fig. 4B
). Papilla analis parallel-sided, rounded at apex; posterior apophysis 3.5 times as long as anterior apophysis; ostium partly covered by a broadly triangular plate with obtuse apex and concave sides, associated tongue-shaped flap with terminal setae, antrum conical; ductus bursae narrow, expanding into broadly pyriform corpus bursae; signum long, three-fifths length of posterior apophysis, slightly curved blade-like structure with expanded posterior end, abruptly narrowed to parallel-sided one-third, then expanded to anterior half with one margin serrated, acutely pointed.
Biology. Adults have been taken at light from June to August, mainly at low altitudes, reaching
800 m
in
Greece
.
FIGURE 3.
Male genitalia:
A.
Rosetea rosetella
(Corley)
, Spain, Huelva, Moguer, Pino del Cuervo, 10.vi.2003, ex larva
Phillyrea angustifolia
, M. Huertas
leg., (MCRC), B. Goodey gen. prep.
B.
Rosetea corfuella
(Lvovsky)
, Greece, Lesvos, Keramia, 10.vi.2009, L. Kaila & J. Kullberg leg., (MCRC), B. Goodey gen. prep.
C.
Rosetea sara
sp. n.
, holotype, Morocco, High Atlas, Ouirgane, 10 km NW, 30.v.−3.vi.2015, C. Hviid, O. Karsholt & K. Larsen, (ZMUC), B. Goodey gen. prep. 5405 (juxta extracted to small figure on left).
D.
Rosetea sara
sp. n.
, Tunisia, Ain Draham area, 5−18.v.1988, leg. O. Karsholt, (ZMUC), B. Goodey gen. prep. 5406.
FIGURE 4.
Female genitalia:
A.
Cacochroa permixtella
(H.-S.), Turkey, Brussa, 1851, Mann. leg. (NHMV), gen. prep. P. Buchner.
B.
Rosetea rosetella
(Corley)
, Algeria, Philippeville [now Skikda], larvae on
Phillyrea latifolia
, 14.v.1904, Lord Walsingham leg. (NHMUK), M. Dale gen. prep.
C.
Rosetea corfuella
(Lvovsky)
, Greece, Lesvos, Keramia, 10.vi.2009, L. Kaila & J. Kullberg leg., in coll. Corley, B. Goodey gen. prep.
D.
Rosetea sara
sp. n.
, Tunisia, Ain Draham area, 5−18.v.1988, leg. O. Karsholt, (ZMUC), M. Corley gen. prep. 5374.
Larva (
Fig. 1H
).
R. rosetella
has been reared from larvae found on
Phillyrea latifolia
L. (sometimes given as
P. media
L.) and
P. angustifolia
L. (
Oleaceae
) in
France
by
Constant (1890)
, specimens in
NHMV
and
NHMUK
, by Walsingham in 1890, specimens in
NHMUK
and recently by Rymarczyk (pers. comm.), also from
Spain
(
Huertas, 2003
) and
Algeria
(Walsingham in 1904, specimens in
NHMUK
). In all cases the species was originally named as
C. permixtella
, but all belong to
R. rosetella
.
Walsingham (1901)
mentions rearing
C. perplexella
from
Morocco
(Cape Spartel), but there is no specimen in his collection with this data, so the identification cannot be proved. Initially larvae mine the leaves in short galleries usually with lateral diverticula, later feeding among spun leaves. Larvae are figured by
Constant (1890)
,
Huertas (2003)
under the name of
C. permixtella
and by Rymarczyk (Pathpiva, 2019) as
C. rosetella
.
Hering (1957)
figures the leaf mines of
permixtella
but it is not known if adults were reared.
Distribution (
Fig. 5
).
Portugal
and
Spain
(apparently rare), south
France
,
Corsica
, north-east
Italy
,
Sardinia
, rarer in Eastern Mediterranean, but recorded from
Croatia
, mainland
Greece
and
Crete
;
Algeria
. A probable record (as
C. permixtella
) from
Morocco
(Cape Spartel) cannot be confirmed (
Walsingham, 1901
).
C. permixtella
was recorded from Sardinia, “Fontanamela 30-VII; Mine sulla
Phillyrea variabilis
da Aritzo
30-
VI
[-1936]; Ricchello raccolse le stesse Cagliari nel III ed a Campuomo, 19-IX” (
Hartig & Amsel, 1951
). We have not examined this material, but it is likely to be
R. rosetella
as that is the species found elsewhere on Sardinia and also on
Corsica
.
FIGURE 5.
Known distribution of the analysed
Cacochroa
and
Rosetea
specimens.
Rosetea corfuella
(
Lvovsky, 2000
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs 1D
,
3B
,
4C
)
Cacochroa corfuella
Lvovsky, 2000: 335
.
Material examined:
Greece
:
Corfu
,
Benitses
,
6−14.vi.1978
,
Vesa Varis
leg.,
3 ♂
,
4 ♀
, [
Type
series] (
MZH
,
ZIAN
)
.
Litochoron
300−400m
,
14-23.vi.1957
, leg. J. Klimesch,
1 ♂
,
GP
M. Dale
02558 (
ZSM
)
.
Igoumenitsa (
5 km
W),
5 m
,
5.vii.2005
, J. Skyva leg.,
1 ♀
, gen. prep. Šumpich 18284, (
SKYVA
).
Peloponnes
,
Lakonia
,
5 km
S. Monemvasia
,
21−30.vii.1982
,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
G. Baldizzone
leg.,
Baldizzone
gen. prep. 16728 (
GBRC
)
.
Lakonia,
10 km
. S. Githion,
100m
,
30.v.1994
, O. Karsholt leg.,
1 ♂
, (
ZMUC
).
Peloponnes
,
Kamares Ano Salmonikas
,
450 m
,
13.vi.2008
,
J. Skyva
leg.,
2 ♂
,
1 ♀
, gen. preps
Šumpich
18282, 18281 (
SKYVA
)
,.
Peloponnes
,
Diakofto
,
30 m
,
19−25.vi.2001
,
J. Skyva
leg.,
1 ♀
, gen. prep.
Šumpich
18286 (
SKYVA
)
.
Peloponnes
,
Diakofto
,
70 m
,
19.vi.2011
,
J. Skyva
leg.,
3 ♂
, gen. prep.
Šumpich
18285 (
SKYVA
)
.
Lesvos, Keramia,
10.vi.2009
, L. Kaila & J. Kullberg leg.,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
gen. preps.
B. Goodey
(
MCRC
). DNA barcode: INV05854 (
♀
)
.
Samos, Manutates,
6.vi.2012
leg. C. Hviid & B. Skule leg.,
1 ♀
, Corley gen. prep. 5655 (
ZMUC
). DNA bar- code: INV05876.
Rhodos, Faliraki,
1.v.1984
, leg. J. Klimesch,
1 ♂
ex larva
Olea europaea
,
GP
M. Dale
02557 (
ZSM
);
Faliraki
,
25.v.1987
, leg.
J. Klimesch
,
1 ♂
ex larva
Olea europaea
,
GP
M. Dale
02555 (
ZSM
)
.
Rhodos, Akropolis,
25.v.1984
, leg. J. Klimesch,
GP
M. Dale
02556 (
ZSM
)
.
Rhodos, Kolombia,
40 m
.
,
4−5.vii.2000
, M. Fibiger leg.,
1 ♂
, Corley gen. prep. 5387 (
ZMUC
).
Crete
,
Pánormos
,
4 km
W,
21.vi.2011
,
Z. Tokár
leg.,
1 ♂
,
GP
ZT No.
13330 (
ZTRC
). DNA barcode: INV08382;
Pánormos
,
2.5 km
W,
17.vi.2011
,
Z. Tokár
leg.,
1 ♂
,
GP
ZT No.
13546 (
ZTRC
)
.
Croatia
:
Dalmatia
,
Pelješac
,
Žuljana
,
100 m
,
1−13.vii.2005
,
J. Šumpich
leg. and det.,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
, gen. preps 18274, 18273 (
NMPC
)
.
Zaostrog – Kosoviči,
8.vii.2004
, Z. Tokár,
1 ♂
,
GP
ZT No.
13329 +
2 specimens
9.vii.2004
(
ZTRC
)
.
Macedonia
:
North Macedonia
,
Gopceli
(near
Dorjan lake
),
31.v.2014
,
I. Richter
leg. and det.,
1 ♂
,
GP28043
IgR (
IGRC
).
Turkey
:
Bilecik
,
27.v.1964
, leg.
J. Klimesch
,
1 ♂
,
GP
M. Dale
02554 (
ZSM
)
.
Cyprus
:
Kato Drys
,
23.iv.2002
,
J. Junnilainen
leg.,
4 ♂
, (
JJRC
)
.
Selvilitepe,
600m
, above Kozan,
35.302° N
,
33.095° E
,
13.v.2007
, B. Skule leg.,
1 ♀
, Corley gen. prep. 5386 (
ZMUC
).
Kidasi,
26.iv.2017
, I. Barton leg.,
1 ♂
,
27.iv.2017
, IB gen. prep. 1615 (
IBRC
).
Secret Valley,
27.iv.2017
, I. Barton leg., IB gen. prep. 1616 (
IBRC
).
Israel
:
Nahal Oren
,
Mt. Carmel
,
light trap
,
21.viii.1998
, SFS-1,
Pavlíček
&
Kravchenko
leg., det.
J. Šumpich
,
1 ♀
, gen. prep. 18422 (
NMPC
)
.
Diagnosis.
R. corfuella
is easily separated from the other
Rosetea
species by the very long juxta lobes, which can be seen without dissection if some scales are brushed away. In the female the short signum is similar to that of
R. sara
, but the two species clearly differ in the structures around the ostium.
Description (
Fig. 1D
). Wingspan
13−14 mm
. Face creamy white, vertex buff, greyer anterolaterally; labial pal- pus segment 3 one-third length of segment 2, segment 2 inner side whitish buff, outer side grey-buff, light fuscous at base and apex, segment 3 fuscous near base, black-tipped; antenna light grey-buff, intersegmental divisions light fuscous, each segment with light fuscous spot on upper side. Thorax grey-buff, tegulae grey anteriorly. Forewing ochreous-buff heavily overlaid with grey, particularly in costal half; two obliquely placed blackish spots in middle of wing at one-quarter to one-third, lying in a patch of darker grey scales, edged whitish, the first spot closer to costa, a pair of black dots at end of cell, a series of blackish dots between veins along termen; fringe grey. Hindwing light grey to grey-brown.
Male genitalia (
Fig. 3B
). Valva expanding from base, costal margin much shorter than ventral, ending in a sclerotised hook that is narrower in outer half than basal half, ventral margin ending in long slender process, harpe with long slender process, exceeding posterior margin of valva; juxta lobes quite slender, bent outwards at twofifths, then evenly curving inwards towards each other; aedeagus with recurved base, some small cornuti and a single long cornutus nearly half as long as aedeagus. The long juxta lobes can be seen by brushing away some scales at the tip of the abdomen in dried specimens.
Female genitalia (
Fig. 4C
). Posterior apophysis twice as long as anterior apophysis; ostium concealed by a broadly triangular lobe associated with a quadrate process with spinous distal part; antrum triangular, tapering anteriorly to weakly sclerotised colliculum; ductus bursae short, with ductus spermathecae arising from bulge on ductus bursae, corpus bursae elliptic, opening into one edge of base of elliptic corpus bursae; signum a stout thorn, strongly bent at base, with spinous teeth on its outer margin.
Variation. One male from
Crete
(Pánormos
4 km
W,
21.vi.2011
, Z. Tokár leg.,
GP
ZT 13330 (
ZTRC
), DNA barcode: INV08382) has unusually short juxta processes, but DNA barcode places it in
R. corfuella
.
Biology. Adults fly from end of May to July. It has been recorded in April in
Cyprus
(
Barton, 2018
) and in late August in
Israel
, suggesting that it may be double-brooded in some areas. Mainly in lowlands, but reaching
600 m
in
Cyprus
. Larvae have been found on olive (
Olea europaea
L.) on Rhodos.
Olea
is in the same family (
Oleaceae
) as
Phillyrea
. No description of the larva exists, but Klimesch reared both this species and
R. rosetella
without ques- tioning their identity, in spite of the different host-plants, from which it can be concluded that the larvae of the two species appear similar.
Distribution. (
Fig. 5
)
Croatia
,
Macedonia
,
Greece
including
Crete
and islands close to Turkish coast,
Turkey
,
Cyprus
,
Israel
.