Coccidiphila

Coccidiphila
	Coccidiphila gerasimovi
Systematics
Class :	Insects (Insecta)
Order :	Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family :	Magnificent butterfly (Cosmopterigidae)
Subfamily :	Cosmopteriginae
Genre :	Coccidiphila
Scientific name
	Coccidiphila
	Danilevsky , 1950

Coccidiphila is a genus of butterflies from the family of cosmopterigidae (Cosmopterigidae).

features

The representatives of the genus are small to very small butterflies. The head is smoothly scaled. The antennae are 3/4 as long as the fore wings. The labial palps are cylindrical and elongated. The forewings are narrowly lanceolate and have a basic color that ranges from pale yellow to reddish ocher and is more or less tinged with dark brown. The drawing of the forewings consists of a broad dark brown costal line and a very oblique, outwardly running, dark brown band that runs from the inner edge of the wing to the apex . The hind wings are straight.

In the males, the tegumen is short and wide. The brachia are of different lengths. The right brachium is long and often curved. The left brachium is short and cone-shaped. The valves are elongated and widen distally . The valvellae are long and narrow, curved or hook-shaped. The aedeagus is short and broad. The cecum penis has a couple of protuberances.

In the females, the Apophyses posteriores are as long or slightly longer as the Apophyses anteriores . The sterigma is large, sclerotized , rounded, and often provided with lateral appendages. The ductus bursae is membranous, fairly wide and about half the length of the corpus bursae. The corpus bursae is egg-shaped.

distribution

The species of the genus Coccidiphila are mainly native to the west of the Palearctic .

biology

The caterpillars eat eggs from scale insects , and occasionally they develop in the detritus or in fruits.

Systematics

In Europe, the genus Coccidiphila is represented with six species. One species each is native to India, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and South America.

Coccidiphila danilevskyi Sinev , 1997 - Spain
Coccidiphila gerasimovi Danilevsky , 1950 - Georgia
Coccidiphila kasypinkeri Traugott-Olsen , 1986 - Canary Islands
Coccidiphila ledereriella ( Zeller , 1850) - Italy
Coccidiphila nivea Koster , 2010 - United Arab Emirates
Coccidiphila patriciae J. Nel & A. Nel , 2000 - Tenerife
Coccidiphila riedli Traugott-Olsen , 1986 - Canary Islands
Coccidiphila silvatica ( Meyrick , 1917) - Region Kumaon in India
Coccidiphila stegodyphobius ( Walsingham , 1903) - South Africa
Coccidiphila violenta ( Meyrick , 1916) - British Guiana

Coccidiphila charlierella - described by Real in 1989 using a single male specimen - was synonymous with Phyllonorycter millierella (Staudinger, 1871) in 1997 .

The following synonym is known from the literature:

Batrachedropsis Blackbird , 1955

The type species of the genus is Coccidiphila gerasimovi .

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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. 133 (English).
↑ ^a ^b Coccidiphila at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 30, 2012
^ JC Koster (2010): Or Lepidoptera, family Cosmopterigidae. In: A. van Harten (Ed.): Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates. ISBN 9789948156161
^ JC Koster (2010): The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World with special attention to the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Zool. Med. Leiden 84 (10), pp. 251-575, ISSN 0024-0672 .

[MLE5-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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. 133 (English).

[Fauna-2] Coccidiphila at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 30, 2012

[Koster_2010a-3] JC Koster (2010): Or Lepidoptera, family Cosmopterigidae. In: A. van Harten (Ed.): Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates. ISBN 9789948156161

[Koster_2010b-4] JC Koster (2010): The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World with special attention to the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Zool. Med. Leiden 84 (10), pp. 251-575, ISSN 0024-0672 .