The Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel) complex (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) revisited, with exceptional level of synonymy
Author
Kaila, Lauri
text
Zootaxa
2015
2015-06-30
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301
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3980.3.1
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1175-5326
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Elachista arenbergeri
Traugott-Olsen, 1988
Figs. 53
,
120
,
145
Elachista arenbergeri
Traugott-Olsen, 1988: 307
.
Material studied.
Type
material.
Paratype
♂:
Tunisia
,
20 km
W El Kef
18.–19.VII.1979
1 ♂
M. & E. Arenberger leg. (
ZMUC
).
Tunisia
:
10 km
NW Kasserine, Djebel Chambi N., 18.
XI.2009,
4
♂, T. Nupponen leg., L. Kaila prep. 5306–7,
DNA
samples 15321–4 (Coll. Nupponen,
1 ♂
in
MZH
).
‘
Mauretania’,
Tunisia
, Sud, Oase Metouia (Gabes), 28.IX–10.
X.1980,
10
♂, M. u. W. Glaser leg, L. Kaila prep. 5574, 5575, 5583, 5585 (
SMNK
);
Sud, Oase Tozeur, 28.IV–11.
V.1981,
1
♂, 1 ♀, M. u. W. Glaser leg., L. Kaila prep. 5582, 5584 (
SMNK
).
Diagnosis.
E. arenbergeri
is a large species, white or pale yellow, often with ochreous dusting forming irregular, longitudinal stripes. The male genitalia are characteristic, with large, distolaterally pointed uncus lobes, as in species of the
E. dispilella
complex (cf.
Traugott-Olsen 1990
,
Kaila
et al
. 2015
). Unlike them, it has no cornuti. In addition, the corpus bursae contains no signum, and the ductus bursae is gradually widened anteriorly.
Biology.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Tunisia
,
Morocco
.
Remarks
.
E. arenbergeri
is referred to as OTU
6 in
Mutanen
et al
. (2015)
.