New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae)
Author
Bippus, Maik
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2016
2016-12-20
66
2
347
370
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1910
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.347-370.1910
0005-805X
5373173
Erechthias zebrina
(BUTLER, 1881)
Wingspan: 7.0–9.5 mm; adult (plate 7: figs 31–32); male genitalia (plate 7, figs 33–33a).
This is another common species that astonishingly had not yet been recorded in
La Réunion
where it seems to be a rather common moth.
Biology
: Its biology remains unknown. All my recorded specimens were caught inside of my living room, mostly on or around some leather furniture. The only other biological substrates in the room are papers (journals & books), wooden furniture, dried flowers and cotton material (curtains & rugs).
This species seems to be present throughout the year and I only collected a few samples for the determination of the species.
Collection dates
:
02-vii-2015
,
11-viii-2015
(male, slide RE-2038),
26-viii-2015
,
22-ix-2015
,
23-iv-2016
,
07-iii- 2016
(3 pcs.),
11-iii-2016
(4 pcs.),
15-iii-2016
(female, slide RE-2699),
25-iii-2016
.
Distribution
: A widespread species, known from
Australia
(
ROBINSON & NIELSEN, 1993
),
China
,
Fiji
, Hawaii,
India
,
Indonesia
,
Samoa
, South America,
Sri Lanka
, West Indies (
ZIMMERMAN, 1978
). Records from Africa include the
Republic of Congo
,
Mauritius
and
Seychelles
(
DE PRINS & DE PRINS, 2016
), recorded new to
La Réunion
.
Remarks
:
ZIMMERMAN (1978: 365–368)
illustrated its head, male & female genitalia as well as the wing venations.