Praeacedes atomosella (WALKER, 1863) and Phereoeca praecox GOZMÁNY & VÁRI, 1973 - two case-bearing moths new to the Fauna of La Réunion (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) Author Bippus, Maik text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2016 66 2 159 163 journal article 0005-805X Praeacedes atomosella (WALKER, 1863) Wingspan : 11,5–12,5 mm ( Fig. 1 , 2, 5; Fig. 8 , 9). This pantropical species was described from Sierra Leone . It is also known from the Canary islands and Mediterranean islands ( Cyprus , Malta ), Neotropical region ( Bermuda , Brazil , Peru , Venezuela , Mexico , southern United States ), Oriental region ( India , Malaysia ) ( DE PRINS & DE PRINS, 2015 ; ZIMMERMANN, 1978), Australia ( ROBINSON & NIELSEN, 1993 ) and Oceania ( Solomon Islands , Rapa) (ZIMMERMANN, 1978). Records from Africa include The Gambia and the neighboring islands of Mauritius and Madagascar ( DE PRINS & DE PRINS, 2015 ). ZIMMERMANN (1978) described and illustrated adults, male and female genitalia as well as its larvae & larval cases from Hawaii (as Praeacedes thecophora WALSINGHAM ). The adults ( Fig. 1 –2) have a wingspan of 11,5–12,5 mm and its forewings are brownish fuscous. Its male genitalia is rather recognizable by its forked aedeagus and black gnathos (Fig. 9). Bursae of the female shows 2 irregular, oval signa ( Fig. 8b ). Specimen : more than 40 specimen were bred from larvae. 2015 - months: II, IV, VII (male, gen.prep. RE-1946), IX (female, gen.prep.RE-2116; male, gen.prep. RE-2108), X (female, gen.prep. RE-2182), XII. 2016 - months: I, II.