Alloclita francoeuriae
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Alloclita francoeuriae is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of cosmopterigidae (Cosmopterigidae).
features
The moths have a wingspan of 15 millimeters. The head shines white on the forehead ( frons ) and yellowish white to ocher colored behind. The antennae shimmer white and have a pale ocher ring. Thorax and tegulae are ocher brown and yellowish white behind. The forewings are yellowish white and speckled with ocher and a few pale brown scales . The first fifth is dark brown and ocher at the base of the wing. The outer edge is bent outwards in the middle. A dark brown and outwardly curved band is 1/3 of the forewing length. It is subcostal largely interrupted yellowish ocher. An indistinct, outwardly sloping, pale brown band is 2/3 of the fore wing length. It is interrupted yellow and ocher in the middle and has a dark brown spot in the middle on the inner edge. The apical area on the inner edge of the wing is yellow to ocher in color and speckled with dark brown scales. The Apex is at the Costa loaders dark brown, are located on the sash inner edge scattered dark brown scales. The fringed scales are ocher gray and - especially at the inner corner - mixed in white. The hind wings shimmer yellowish white and have pale ocher-colored fringed scales. The abdomen has a pale yellow shimmer, the first segment is white, the front half of the second segment pale yellowish gray. The anal tuft is light yellowish white. The species is variable and has a dark morphology , in which the yellowish white areas of the forewings are almost completely covered with brown scales. In this case the bandages are only indicated by yellow ocher spots.
In the males, the brachia are significantly longer than the tegumen . They are slender and have slightly hook-shaped tips. The left brachium is slightly longer than the right. The tegumen is short and tapers distally . The blades are very short, have a very broad base and a cucullus covered with long hair. The valvellae are short and asymmetrical. The left valvella is rectangular, the right one is spatulate. The aedeagus is slender and has a widened and rounded apex . The anellus tube is quite short and sturdy and has very short hair on the tapered section.
In females, the ostium is provided with a heavily sclerotized ventral band. The posterior half of the ductus bursae is narrow and smooth. The front part widens towards the corpus bursae . It is very wrinkled and has a few loops. The bursal duct is oval. The signa have needled margins with an irregular, leaf-shaped sclerotization.
distribution
Alloclita francoeuriae is native to North Africa ( Algeria , Tunisia , Morocco ).
biology
The caterpillars develop on flea herbs ( Pulicaria ). In April they burrow under the wooly bark of the stem. After they have eaten out the inside of the leaf, they create sandy tunnels around the root neck. Pupation takes place in a dense white cocoon covered with sand and caterpillar droppings. The moths were caught in the light from late February to early April.
Systematics
The moths have longer and narrower forewings than the other representatives of the genus. In addition, the genital fittings of the males are similar to that of the Pancalia species. It is therefore believed that Alloclita francoeuriae probably represents a separate genus or subgenus. Leraut incorrectly mentioned the species in 1980 as Aristotelia francoeuriae in the family of the palm moths (Gelechiidae).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae . In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (eds.): Microlepidoptera of Europe . 1st edition. tape 5 . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-66-8 , pp. 102 (English).