Rungsiodes stenopterella
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Rungsiodes stenopterella is the only species of the genus Rungsiodes that belongs to the family of real moths (Tineidae). Belonging to a subfamily is unknown. The species has only beenfoundonce in Morocco . The genus is named in honor of its discoverer Charles EE Rungs, former director of the Laboratoire d'Entomologie in Rabat, Morocco.
features
The antennae of these moths reach to the tips of the forewings. There are some protruding bristles on the first antenna segment, the others are smooth up to the middle. The end links are clearly separated from each other.
Finds
The species is given from dead wood that was eaten by beetle burrows. Only males are documented, the female is unknown. No other finds of this type have been documented or published since the first description .
Individual proof
- ^ Robinson GS (†) (2018). Tineidae NHM: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera) (version 9.0, Nov 2011). In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk PM, Bourgoin T., DeWalt RE, Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life, 31st July 2018. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858
literature
- Hans Georg Amsel : New Small Butterflies from Northwest Africa . In: Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire . tape 15 , no. 4 , 1953, pp. 1441-1460 . ( Initial description )
- Günther Petersen (1958): The genitals of the Palearctic Tineidae [V] (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Contributions to entomology 8 (3/4): 398-430, doi : 10.21248 / contrib.entomol.8.3-4.398-430 .