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
Amphixystis siccata
(
MEYRICK, 1910
)
Amphixystis reunionella
GUILLERMET, 2011
,
syn. nov.
Description
(plate 7: figs 26–27; 30): This species has a wingspan of approx. 8.0–8.5 mm. Forewings are whitish-grey with blackish markings that show to be a little variable. In many specimens also the left and the right wing are marked differently (see figs 26; 30). Particularly the blackish strikes on costa show some variations in position and length.
This species, described from
Mauritius
was illustrated by
ROBINSON & TUCK (1997)
. Thanks to Dr. David Lees of the BMNH I could study its
lectotype
(NHMUK010304529, labeled:
Oinophila siccata
2/2 Meyr., E. Meyrick det. in Meyrick Coll.; Meyrick Coll. 1938–290;
Mauritius
NM.08;
Lectotype
) and it shows to be identical to specimens that I collected in
Réunion
from where this species was recently redescribed as
Amphixystis reunionella
GUILLERMET, 2011
. Type and female genitalia of
A. reunionella
were illustrated in its original publication.
These illustrations and the female genitalia from the specimens from
La Réunion
(figs 28–29) shows the fully identity, this is why
Amphixystis reunionella
GUILLERMET, 2011
is a synonym of
Amphixystis siccata
(
MEYRICK, 1910
)
.
Material examined
:
19 specimens
collected and examined:
07-xii-2014
(female, slide RE-1411),
15-iv-2015
,
16-iv-2014
,
21-iv-2014
,
13-v-2015
,
18-v-2015
,
15-vi-2015
(male, slide RE-1881),
02-ix-2015
,
10-ix-2015
,
13-xi-2015
,
24-xii-2015
,
15-ii-2016
(
2 specimen
),
20-ii-2016
,
22-ii-2016
,
03-iii-2016
,
05-iii-2016
,
06-iii- 2016
,
17-iii- 2016
(all specimens in
La Réunion
,
La Possession
,
400 m
)
.
Seven specimens (two dissected) were given to the collections of the
BMNH
in
July 2016
.
Distribution
:
Mauritius
and
Réunion
.