Heliothelinae

Heliothelinae
Phanomorpha dapsilis
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Superfamily : Common moth (Pyraloidea) Family : Crambidae Subfamily : Heliothelinae
Scientific name
Heliothelinae
Blackbird , 1961

The heliothelinae are a subfamily of butterflies from the family of Crambiden (Crambidae).

features

The corpus bursae of the females is equipped with a conspicuous, inwardly directed spine. In addition, the corpus bursae does not have the appendix bursae (diverticulum) present in most species of Scopariinae . The Heliothelinae, like the Crambinae and the Glaphyrinae, have a pect, a so-called hair comb. This consists of a series of hair-like scales that arise on the hind wing below the cell on the trunk of the cubital vein. Many species resemble small owl butterflies.

distribution

The representatives of the subfamily occur on the continents of the Old World and in Australia.

biology

The species of the Heliothelini tribe are diurnal and colonize hot and dry habitats. The species (Hoploscopini) found in the tropical regions of Australia are nocturnal.

Systematics

The genus Heliothela was originally established in the Hercynidae (= Odontiinae ) family . Hampson moved them to the Pyraustinae subfamily in 1899. After genital morphology played a major role in the systematics of butterflies, Amsel established the tribe Heliothelini in 1961 . The species of the genus Heliothela differ from the other Pyraustinae, which normally have no gnathos, by the two-part gnathos of the males. Amsel continued to regard the Heliothelini and Scopariini as separate groups within the Pyraustinae. Leraut later placed the genus Heliothela in the subfamily Scopariinae. Minet finally raised the tribe Heliothelini to a subfamily in 1982, separating them from the Scopariinae.

The subfamily Heliothelinae currently consists of five genera with a total of 49 species. Heliothela wulfeniana is the only species of the subfamily that also occurs in Europe. The species list is based on the Globiz database.

• Heliothelini Blackbird 1961
  • Eclipsiodes Meyrick , 1884. Palearctic , Oriental , Afrotropic , Australis .
    • Eclipsiodes anthomera ( Lower , 1896)
    • Eclipsiodes crypsixantha Meyrick , 1884
    • Eclipsiodes homora Turner , 1908

• • Heliothela Guenée , 1854. Palearctic, Oriental, Afrotropic, Australis. 10 types.

• • Phanomorpha Turner , 1937. Australia .
    • Phanomorpha acrocapna ( Turner , 1915)
    • Phanomorpha anisophragma ( Lower , 1901)
    • Phanomorpha dapsilis ( Turner , 1908)
    • Phanomorpha drosera ( Meyrick , 1887)
    • Phanomorpha icelomorpha ( Turner , 1908)
    • Phanomorpha lichenopa ( Lower , 1897)
    • Phanomorpha marmaropa ( Meyrick , 1889)
    • Phanomorpha meliphyrta ( Turner , 1908)
    • Phanomorpha mesogramma ( Lower , 1900)
    • Phanomorpha orthogramma ( Lower , 1902)
    • Phanomorpha pammicta ( Turner , 1908)
    • Phanomorpha persumptana ( Walker , 1863)
    • Phanomorpha schizodesma ( Lower , 1899)
    • Phanomorpha semigilva ( Turner , 1922)
    • Phanomorpha striatalis ( Hampson , 1907)
    • Phanomorpha susanae ( Lower , 1900)

• Hoploscopini Robinson, Tuck & M. Shaffer , 1994
  • Hoploscopa Meyrick , 1886. Orientalis.
    • Hoploscopa anamesa Tams , 1935
    • Hoploscopa astrapias Meyrick , 1886
    • Hoploscopa aurantiacalis ( Snellen , 1895)
    • Hoploscopa brunnealis ( Snellen , 1895)
    • Hoploscopa diffusa ( Hampson , 1919)
    • Hoploscopa luteomacula nut , 1998
    • Hoploscopa mediobrunnea ( Joannis , 1929)
    • Hoploscopa metacrossa ( Hampson , 1917)
    • Hoploscopa nauticorum Tams , 1935
    • Hoploscopa obliqua ( Rothschild , 1915)
    • Hoploscopa ocellata ( Hampson , 1919)
    • Hoploscopa persimilis ( Rothschild , 1915)
    • Hoploscopa quadripuncta ( Rothschild , 1915)
    • Hoploscopa semifascia ( Hampson , 1919)
    • Hoploscopa subvariegata ( Rothschild , 1915)
    • Hoploscopa triangulifera ( Hampson , 1919)

• • Perimeceta Turner , 1915. Orientalis and Queensland , Australia.
    • Perimeceta incrustalis ( Snellen , 1895)
    • Perimeceta leucoselene ( Hampson , 1919)
    • Perimeceta leucosticta ( Hampson , 1919)
    • Perimeceta niphotypa Turner , 1915

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Barry Goater, Matthias Nuss, Wolfgang Speidel: Pyraloidea I (Crambidae, Acentropinae, Evergestinae, Heliothelinae, Schoenobiinae, Scopariinae) . In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (eds.): Microlepidoptera of Europe . 1st edition. tape 4 . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2005, ISBN 87-88757-33-1 , pp. 109 (English).
2. ^ ^{A b} Nuss, Matthias (1998): The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae) of the Oriental Region - a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. Message entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 17: p. 498
3. ^ Nuss, Matthias (1999): Revision of the genera of the Scopariinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae). Nova Suppl. Ent. 13: p. 11
4. ↑ Patrice Leraut: Zygaenids, Pyralids 1 . In: Moths of Europe . 1st edition. Volume III. NAP Editions, 2012, ISBN 978-2-913688-15-5 , pp. 185 (English).
5. ↑ Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ). Retrieved October 2, 2014 . 

Web links

• Heliothela wulfeniana (SCOPOLI, 1763). Lepiforum e. V .: Determination aid of the Lepiforum for the butterfly species found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland., Accessed on October 2, 2014 .