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Anatrachyntis is a genus of butterflies from the family of cosmopterigidae (Cosmopterigidae).
features
The moths have narrow to very narrow, lanceolate forewings with a reddish brown color and a pattern of irregular bands and lines. The drawing of the fringed scales is striking. The hind wings are very narrow and taper to a point.
In the males, the tegumen is long and slender. The brachia are of different lengths. The right brachium is once or twice as long as the left and tapers to a point. The valves are symmetrical, spatulate or lobus-like. The right valvella is well developed, the left is greatly reduced. The aedeagus is tubular or tapers distally .
In females, the apophyses posteriores are slightly longer than the apophyses anteriores . The ostium bursae is located in a sac-shaped membrane between the 7th and 8th sternite . The sterigma is only slightly sclerotized , cylindrical or spherical. The bursal duct is narrow and membranous. The corpus bursae is membranous and oval. Signa are not trained.
distribution
The species of the genus are spread pantropically . In Europe there are only three species, which are native to the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands .
biology
The caterpillars live on a variety of fruits and flowers and can damage cotton and other crops.
Systematics
The following list of species is based on the World catalog of cosmopterigid moths compiled by Sinev in 2002 . Over 50 species are known worldwide, in Europe the genus is only represented with three species.
- Anatrachyntis acris ( Meyrick , 1911) ( Seychelles )
- Anatrachyntis aellotricha ( Meyrick , 1889) ( New Zealand )
- Anatrachyntis amphisaris ( Meyrick , 1922) ( Sri Lanka )
- Anatrachyntis anaclastis ( Meyrick , 1897) ( Australia , Queensland )
- Anatrachyntis anoista ( Bradley , 1956), ( Lord Howe Island )
- Anatrachyntis apparitella ( Walker , 1864) (New Zealand)
- Anatrachyntis badia ( Hodges , 1962) (Europe, USA , Florida )
- Anatrachyntis bicincta ( Ghesquiere , 1940) ( Zaire )
- Anatrachyntis biorrhizae Sinev , 1986 ( Russia , Primorye Region )
- Anatrachyntis califacta ( Meyrick , 1922) (India)
- Anatrachyntis carpophila ( Ghesquiere , 1940) ( Zaire )
- Anatrachyntis cecidicida ( Ghesquiere , 1940) (Zaire)
- Anatrachyntis centropecta ( Meyrick , 1931), ( Malay Peninsula )
- Anatrachyntis centrophanes Meyrick , 1915 (India)
- Anatrachyntis coriacella ( Snellen , 1901) ( Indonesia , Java )
- Anatrachyntis coridophaga ( Meyrick , 1925) ( North Africa , Egypt )
- Anatrachyntis cyma ( Bradley , 1953) ( Fiji )
- Anatrachyntis dactyliota ( Meyrick , 1931) (Malay Peninsula)
- Anatrachyntis euryspora ( Meyrick , 1922) (Fiji)
- Anatrachyntis exagria Meyrick , 1915 (India)
- Anatrachyntis falcatella ( Stainton , 1859) (India)
- Anatrachyntis floretella ( Legrand , 1958) (Seychelles)
- Anatrachyntis gerberanella ( Legrand , 1965) (Seychelles)
- Anatrachyntis gymnocentra (Meyrick, 1937) (Zaire)
- Anatrachyntis haemodryas ( Meyrick , 1930) (Malay Peninsula)
- Anatrachyntis hemipelta Meyrick , 1917 (India)
- Anatrachyntis hieroglypta ( Meyrick , 1911) (Seychelles)
- Anatrachyntis holotherma ( Meyrick , 1936) (Zaire)
- Anatrachyntis incertulella ( Walker , 1864) ( Hawaii )
- Anatrachyntis japonica Kuroko , 1982 ( Japan )
- Anatrachyntis lunulifera ( Meyrick , 1934) ( Marquesas )
- Anatrachyntis megacentra ( Meyrick , 1923) ( Fiji ))
- Anatrachyntis melanostigma ( Diakonoff , 1954) ( New Guinea )
- Anatrachyntis mesoptila ( Meyrick , 1897) (Australia, Queensland)
- Anatrachyntis mythologica Meyrick , 1917 (Sri Lanka)
- Anatrachyntis nephelopyrrha Meyrick , 1917 (India)
- Anatrachyntis orphnographa ( Meyrick , 1936) (Zaire)
- Anatrachyntis oxyptila ( Meyrick , 1928) ( New Ireland
- Anatrachyntis palmicola ( Ghesquiére , 1940) (Zaire)
- Anatrachyntis paroditis ( Meyrick , 1928) (Fiji)
- Anatrachyntis philocarpa ( Meyrick , 1922) ( Iraq )
- Anatrachyntis philogeorga ( Meyrick , 1933) ( Tanzania )
- Anatrachyntis ptilodelta ( Meyrick , 1922) ( People's Republic of China , Shanghai )
- Anatrachyntis pyrrhodes ( Meyrick , 1897) (Australia)
- Anatrachyntis rhizonyrnpha ( Meyrick , 1924) (India)
- Anatrachyntis rileyi ( Walsingham , 1882) (Europe, USA, Georgia)
- Anatrachyntis risbeci ( Ghesquiere , 1940) ( Senegal )
- Anatrachyntis sesamivora ( Meyrick , 1933) (Indonesia, Java)
- Anatrachyntis simplex ( Walsingham , 1891) (Europe, Africa , Gambia )
- Anatrachyntis strangalota ( Meyrick , 1922) (South India)
- Anatrachyntis tentoria ( Meyrick , 1911) (Seychelles)
- Anatrachyntis terminella ( Walker , 1864) (Australia, New South Wales )
- Anatrachyntis tripola ( Meyrick , 1909) ( South Africa , Transvaal )
- Anatrachyntis yunnanea ( Zagulajev , 1959) (China, Yunnan )
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d e 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. 129 (English).
- ↑ a b Anatrachyntis at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 2, 2012
- ↑ S. Yu. Sinev (2002): World catalog of cosmopterigid moths (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Volume 293, pp. 54-59
