Veil and half moths
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The veil and half moths (Plutellidae) are a family of butterflies (Lepidoptera). They occur worldwide with about 200 species, the classification of some of these species, especially that of the genus Acrolepia , is doubted by some experts. They regard these as a separate family Acrolepiidae .
features
The representatives of the Plutellidae are small moth-like butterflies. They have narrow, elongated wings that are laid out like a roof when at rest. It is not clearly differentiated from the family of spider moths and bud moths (Yponomeutidae), but is justified by the structure of the postvaginal lamella (the rear part of the female genital opening that is sclerotized ). This consists of two hairy lobes. The Yponomeutidae and the Ypsolophidae also have such lobes, but these are more or less fused together by a membrane to form a single one. The division of this lobe could indicate a further development in the Plutellidae. The coarse-meshed structure of the cocoons is also striking, but this can also be found in some species of the Yponomeutidae.
The caterpillars live miner under a fine web and feed especially on the cruciferous family (Cruciferae) and caper family (Capparaceae). They pupate in cocoons that are attached to leaves.
Some species have a certain economic importance as agricultural pests, for example Plutella xylostella whose larvae can cause damage to vegetable cabbage ( Brassica oleracea ) worldwide .
Systematics
The veil and half moths family is represented in Europe with 21 species, ten of which are also found in Austria (A), Switzerland (CH) or Germany (D).
- Eidophasia aereolella Lhomme, 1949
- Eidophasia insulella Walsingham, 1900
- Eidophasia messingiella ( Fischer von Röslerstamm , 1840) A, CH, D
- Eidophasia syenitella Herrich-Schäffer , 1854
- Lunakia alyssella (Klimesch, 1941) A.
- Plutella geniatella Zeller , 1839 A, CH, D
- Plutella haasi Staudinger , 1883
- Plutella hyperboreella beach , 1902
- Plutella mariae Rebel , 1923
- Plutella polaris Zeller , 1880
- Plutella porrectella ( Linnaeus , 1758) A, CH, D
- Plutella xylostella ( Linnaeus , 1758) A, CH, D
- Rhigognostis annulatella ( Curtis , 1832) A, CH, D
- Rhigognostis hufnagelii ( Zeller , 1839) A, CH, D
- Rhigognostis incarnatella ( Steudel , 1873) A, CH, D
- Rhigognostis kovacsi (Gozmány, 1952)
- Rhigognostis kuusamoensis Kyrki, 1989
- Rhigognostis scharnikensis Huemer & Wieser , 2014
- Rhigognostis schmaltzella ( Zetterstedt , 1839)
- Rhigognostis senilella ( Zetterstedt , 1839) A, CH, D
- Rhigognostis wolfschlaegeri ( Rebel , 1940)
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Individual evidence
- ^ NP Kristensen: Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie 4 (35) p. 124f, Walter de Gruyter. Berlin, New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015704-7
- ↑ a b Taxonomic Group: Lepidoptera. Fauna Europaea, accessed October 9, 2006 .
- ↑ Plutellidae in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved October 8, 2006
- ^ Veil and half moths. Lepiforum e. V., accessed October 8, 2006 .
- ↑ Peter Huemer, Christian Wieser, Marko Mutanen: Rhigognostis scharnikensis sp. n., a morphologically and genetically differentiated new butterfly species from the Hohe Tauern (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae). In: Carinthia II . 204/124 Volume, Klagenfurt 2014, pp. 443–454 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
literature
- Thomas Kaltenbach, Peter Victor Küppers: Small butterflies. Verlag J. Neudamm-Neudamm, Melsungen 1987, ISBN 3-7888-0510-2
