Neomariania partinicensis

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Neomariania partinicensis
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily : Gelechioidea
Family : Stathmopodidae
Genre : Neomariania
Type : Neomariania partinicensis
Scientific name
Neomariania partinicensis
( Rebel , 1937)

Neomariania partinicensis is a butterfly from the family of Stathmopodidae .

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 10 to 12 millimeters. The head is pale ocher-gray and spotted brownish. The antennae are dark brownish gray, the apical half is somewhat lighter. They are very long and reach one sixth of their length over the front edge of the forewings. The basal phalanx is slightly thickened and has no bristle comb. Thorax and tegulae are pale ocher-gray and mixed brown. The forewings are also pale ocher gray and, especially on the Costa loader and in the apical area, speckled gray-brown. In the middle of the wing there is a wide, irregular and indistinct band. There is an indistinct spot on the inner corner . The fringed scales are ocher gray. The hind wings are gray.

In the males who Valven a large curved Costa. The inside of the protruding process of the saccule is almost straight. The aedeagus is cylindrical.

In females, the antevaginal lamellae are rounded distally . The ductus bursae is about as long as the corpus bursae . The signa are less than half the length of the corpus bursae.

Similar species

Neomariania partinicensis is similar to Neomariania rebeli , but differs in its more ocher-gray coloration and in the antennae, which are longer than the fore wings.

distribution

Neomariania partinicensis is distributed in the south of France , Spain , Sicily and Malta , as well as Greece and Crete.

biology

The biology of the species is unknown. Butterflies were collected from late July to mid-September.

Systematics

The following synonym is known:

  • Mariania partinicensis Rebel , 1937

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 191 (English).
  2. ^ Hans Rebel (1937): New European Tortricids and Tineids. Journal of the Austrian Entomologists Association 22 (5): pp. 41–49 PDF (first description)
  3. ↑ a b Neomariania partinicensis at fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 9, 2012