The Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel) complex (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) revisited, with exceptional level of synonymy
Author
Kaila, Lauri
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Zootaxa
2015
2015-06-30
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10.11646/zootaxa.3980.3.1
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Elachista galactitella
(
Eversmann, 1844
)
Figs. 57–58
,
124–125
,
148
Oecophora galactitella
Eversmann, 1844: 595
.
Elachista galacticella
, incorrect subsequent spelling.
Elachista bustilloi
Traugott-Olsen, 1988: 306
;
Parenti (2001)
.
Elachista madridensis
Traugott-Olsen, 1992: 202
.
Syn. nov.
Material studied.
Type
material.
Holotype
♂ of
E. madridensis
labelled:
Type
[rounded with red margin]; Wing praeparat nr. a.
4.11.89
sex: ♂ E. Traugott-Olsen; Campo Real, Madrid,
640 m
,
2-7-1982
A. Vives leg.
Elachista madridensis
sp. n.
det. E. Traugott-Olsen; Holotipo [red];
MNCN
Cat. Tipos No 11371 [red];
MNCN
Prep. Gen. No 60980 [the preparate contains a pair of wings, the specimen was originally without abdomen]
MNCN
_ Ent No Cat. 42116 (
MNCN
, Madrid).
Other material.
France
:
Gallia
mer. Provence, La Bessee,
1100 m
, M. u. W. Glaser leg. [no date]; L. Kaila prep. 5809 (
SMNK
);
Provence,
4 km
N Eyguians, 12.
VI.1989,
1
♂, B. Å. Bengtsson leg., Bengtsson prep. 3370 (Coll. Bengtsson).
Italy
:
Prov. Calabria, Monte Pollino,
3 km
N of Civita,
800 m
, 31.V– 1.
VI.2005,
5
♂, 1 ♀, P. Skou leg. L. Kaila prep. 4752, 4753, 4754 (prep.
4752 in
MZH
,
4753, 4754 in
ZMUC
);
Sesvenne valley, Laatsch, 4.
VII.2004,
1
♂, J. Junnilainen leg., L. Kaila prep. 5078 (
MZH
);
7.
VII.2004,
3
♂, J. Junnilainen leg. & Coll.;
Bolzano
,
above Laatsch, steep open slope
,
1180 m
,
46°40’43’’N
,
10°31’38’’E
, uvl,
10.VII.2004
,
5 ♂
,
B. Landry & P. Schmitz
leg. (
MHNG
);
Valle d’Aosta, Dint. Ozein, Aymavilles (Aosta),
1250 m
, 5.
VII.1989,
1
♂, U. Parenti leg., J. Tabell prep. 4457 (Coll. Tabell);
14.
VI.1990, 1
♀, (Coll. Tabell);
V. d’Aosta, Ozein (Aymavilles,
AO
),
1250 m
,
Stipa pennata
, A143, 13–22.
VI.1994,
3
♂, 1 ♀, P. G. Varalda leg. (Coll. Tabell)
;
Russia
:
S. Ural, Verbljushka, 10.
VI.1998,
1
♂, T. & K. Nupponen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3347,
MZH
), 14.
VII.1998,
2
♂, 15.
VII.1998,
1
♂, K. Nupponen leg., 19.
VI.1999,
2
♂, T. & K. Nupponen leg. (Coll. Nupponen), S. Ural, Orenburg district, Donskoje village
6 km
S, mount Verbljushka, 27.
VI.2003,
1
♂, K. Nupponen leg. (
MZH
);
28.
VI.2003,
2
♂, K. Nupponen leg., J. Tabell prep. 4382,
DNA
samples 16258–9 Lepid. Phyl. (Coll. Tabell).
Switzerland
:
Ws.,
600 m
,
Leuk-Pfynwald
, 6.VI.2001,
5 ♂
,
9.
VI.2001
,
1 ♂
,
25.
VIII.2001
,
1 ♂
,
Landry & Merz
leg. (
MHNG
,
MZH
).
FIGURES 136–138.
Female genitalia of
Elachista
spp. 136.
E. tribertiella
(Spain, L. Kaila prep. 5576). 137–138.
E. glaseri
. 137. Spain, L. Kaila prep. 5727. 138. Ostium bursae (L. Kaila prep. 5727).
FIGURES 139–140.
Female genitalia of
Elachista
spp. 139.
E. hispanica
(Spain, L. Kaila prep. 5733). 140.
E. triseriatella
(Denmark, L. Kaila prep. 5774).
Diagnosis.
Forewing of
E. galactitella
is shiny white. It most resembles
E. kalki
Parenti
, which is more stoutbodied with broader wings. Their genitalia are entirely different (cf.
Kaila 2005
). The male genitalia are similar to those of
E. deresyensis
, but differ by the width of uncus lobes: they are twice as long as broad in
E. galactitella
, about as long as broad in
E. deresyensis
.
The female genitalia most resemble those of
E. elsaella
. They differ by the size of antrum which is significantly larger in
E. galactitella
. It also lacks a sclerotized band typical of
E. elsaella
.
Biology.
This species has been reared in an ex ovo experiment on
Stipa pennata
L. (
Poaceae
) in the laboratory (
Parenti 2004
).
Distribution.
France
,
Italy
,
Spain
,
Russia
and
Switzerland
.
Parenti (2001)
also mentions
Turkey
. This record is based on the erroneous synonymy of
E. deresyensis
and
E. galactitella
by
Kaila (1999a)
.
Remarks
.
E. galactitella
is referred to as OTU
4 in
Mutanen
et al
. (2015)
. The synonymy of
E. bustilloi
Traugott-Olsen
and
E. galactitella
Eversmann
was established by
Parenti & Domínguez (1995)
and again by
Parenti (2004)
with a somewhat more detailed account. The single known specimen of
E. madridensis
was collected together with the
holotype
of
E. bustilloi
. The
E. madridensis
specimen lacks an abdomen. Its external appearance is identical to that of
E. galactitella
(
E. bustilloi
, a synonym of it) with a shiny white forewing.
E. madridensis
is considered a synonym of
E. galactitella
.