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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3
301
358
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3980.3.1
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1175-5326
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Elachista grandella
Traugott-Olsen, 1992
Figs. 15
,
72
Elachista grandella
Traugott-Olsen, 1992: 224
Material studied.
Type
material.
Holotype
♂ labelled:
Type
[rounded with red margin]; Genital praeparat nr. C.
5.9.86
/ETO sex: ♂ E. Traugott-Olsen; Wing praeparat nr. B.
25.3.87
/ETO;
Austria
inf. Pfaffenberg, Porta hungarica,
18.V.1969
leg. F. Kasy;
Elachista grandella
sp. n.
det. Traugott-Olsen (
NHMW
).
Other material.
Hungary
:
Nyir p. Kecskemet, 17–27.
V.1937,
1
♂, J. Klimesch leg., L. Kaila prep. 5839 (
ZSM
).
Diagnosis.
E. grandella
is characterized by its large size with broad wings, as well as the broad valvae. Its phallus is shorter than that of
E. dispunctella
, and similar to that of
E. dalmatiensis
.
E. grandella
and
E. dalmatiensis
, if separate, are distinguished by their size difference (wingspan
11–12 mm
and
7–8 mm
, respectively) and the width of the valva. Due to the paucity of specimens known, however, the level of variation is not known. The female is unknown.
Biology.
Specimens have been collected in xerothermic habitats.
Distribution.
Austria
,
Hungary
.
Remarks.
The record of
E. grandella
from
Germany
(
Biesenbaum 1995
) is here interpreted to represent
E. dispunctella
, as the phallus/valva length ratio in the genital illustration of the
German
specimen matches
E. dispunctella
, not
E. grandella
.