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Anatrachyntis simplex is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of cosmopterigidae (Cosmopterigidae).
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 10 millimeters. The head is creamy white and dorsally strongly mixed with reddish brown. The neck tuft is creamy white and lined with reddish brown on the sides. The labial palps are reddish brown on the outside, the inside is white. The first segment is very short. The second segment is 1/5 shorter than the third segment. It has a white apical ring and an ocher subapical spot inside. The third segment is white, has a blackish spot in the center and a blackish subapical ring. The antennae are ringed dark brown and white. In the apical part there are three dark brown sections, each consisting of five segments. The base of the antennae ( scapus ) is ocher-colored dorsally and has a dark gray subapical ring. Ventrally it is white. The thorax is white with a broad white central line. The tegulae are reddish brown and have a dark brown mixed white border on the inside.
The forewings have a reddish brown basic color, which ends at the wing tip in a narrow line on the wing's outer edge. At 1/4 of the forewing length there is a white band that is curved towards the base of the wing and becomes narrower at the costalader . There is a white spot in the middle on the inner edge of the wing, which is bordered by a dark brown spot on the outside. The drawing of the forewings includes several narrow, elongated white lines that are more or less mixed in dark brown: one is on the inner edge of the wing and extends from the base to the transverse band, another runs along the anal fold and ends in the fringed scales, another begins at the Transverse bandage above the anal fold and divides in the disc cell, a subcostal spot begins opposite the dorsal spot and ends in the fringed scales on the costal artery, the last line on the costal artery runs 1/3 of the fore wing length towards the apex. There is a dark brown spot on the inner corner . The narrow reddish brown line at the apex is bordered by a blackish spot on both sides. The fringed scales on the inner corner have a short black line. The fringed scales are yellowish to ocher on the Costa loader and on the inner corner, reddish brown on the wing tip and more gray on the inner edge of the wing. The hind wings are gray and have ocher-gray fringed scales. The abdomen is dark gray and has a creamy white anus tuft .
In the males, the 7th sternite is square and deeply V-shaped at the front. The right brachium is long, sharply curved, and has an enlarged apex. The left brachium is straight and a third as long as the right. The blades are spatulate and strongly ciliate. There is a large lobe at the base. The left valvella is short and curved, the right valvella is absent. The aedeagus is very long and cylindrical, at the base it is widened. The genital armature of the males differs from the other species of the genus by the shape of the right brachium and the valves.
In the females, the rear end of the 7th sternite is convex . The sterigma is spoon-shaped. The ductus bursae widens towards the ostium and is slightly longer than the corpus bursae .
distribution
Anatrachyntis simplex is common in Spain , Portugal , Cyprus , Morocco , Egypt and Great Britain .
biology
The caterpillars develop on damaged seeds, plant fibers and generally on plant residues from cotton bolls that have already been infested by other invertebrates . In Africa , caterpillars have also been found on oil palms ( Elaeis guineensis ) and on Eriodendron anfractuosum . In Europe , the moths were collected in August and October. There are several generations in the tropics .
Systematics
Batrachedra coriacella was described by Snellen in 1901 and later treated as a younger synonym of Anatrachyntis simplex . A careful examination of the female lectotype kept in the National Natural History Museum in Leiden revealed clear differences in the genital structure, so that the species status of Sinev was restored in 2002 (see Anatrachyntis coriacella ).
The following synonyms are known from the literature:
- Pyroderces simplex Walsingham , 1891a
- Stagmatophora gossypiella Walsingham , 1906
- Anatrachyntis hemizopha Meyrick , 1916
- Pyroderces repandatella Legrand , 1966
- Amneris flexiloquella Riedl , 1993
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d e f g h 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. 132 (English).
- ↑ a b Anatrachyntis simplex in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 26, 2012
