Teleiopsis
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Teleiopsis rosalbella |
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Teleiopsis is a genus of butterflies ( moths ) fromthe palm moth family (Gelechiidae).
features
The species of the genus Teleiopsis are medium-sized to large butterflies within the palm moth family. They have slender to fairly slender labial palps . The antennae are simple, in the males of some species they have short eyelashes. The fore wings are usually quite narrow to wide, with some species they are provided with clusters of protruding scales . The hind wings are wide and have a slightly bulged outer edge in front of the squat wing tip.
Male genitals: The last abdominal segments have distinctive tufts of scales. On the eighth tergite there are two pairs of long evertable pheromone pockets ( coremata ), the posterior coremata sit on the lateral lobes of the tergite. The uncus is long and narrow, the gnathos is weak, tongue-like and occasionally reduced to a pair of basal arms. The valves are finger-shaped and slender, they do not reach the tip of the uncus. The saccule is variable in shape, the saccus is reduced. The aedeagus is long and narrow and has no cornuti. The ejaculatory duct has a long, tortuous, sclerotized plate.
Female genitals: Segment VII has firmly attached scales. The very long posterior apophyseal appendages can reach about 66 to 100 percent of the length of the abdomen. The eighth segment is weakly sclerotized. The anterior apophyseal appendages are rod-shaped and about two to three times as long as the eighth segment. The antrum is large, well developed, funnel-shaped or tubular, and connected to the membranous extensions of the eighth sternite. The mating pouch ( ductus bursae ) is narrow and well differentiated from the corpus bursae . The signature is diamond to cross-shaped.
Occurrence
The representatives of the genus Teleiopsis are distributed holarctic with one exception , with the center of evolution in the Mediterranean area. One species ( Teleiopsis baldiana , Barnes & Busck, 1920) inhabits the Nearctic .
Way of life
The representatives of the genus Teleiopsis native to Europe live on different types of knotweed plants (Polygonaceae) and sumac plants (Anacardiaceae). The larvae either live between spun leaves or in tubular webs. The first larval stages of some species live as miners in leaves.
Systematics
The following species have been identified in Europe:
- Teleiopsis albifemorella (E. Hofmann, 1867)
- Teleiopsis bagriotella (Duponchel, 1840)
- Teleiopsis diffinis (Haworth, 1828)
- Teleiopsis latisacculus Pitkin, 1988
- Teleiopsis lunariella (Walsingham, 1908)
- Teleiopsis rosalbella (Fologne, 1862)
- Teleiopsis terebinthinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)
One species is native to North America:
- Teleiopsis baldiana , (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d P. Huemer, O. Karsholt: Gelechiidae I. (Gelechiinae: Teleiodini, Gelechiini). In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (eds.): Microlepidoptera of Europe . 1st edition. tape 3 . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-25-0 , pp. 89 (English).
- ↑ a b Sangmi Lee, Ronald W. Hodges, Richard L. Brown: Revised Checklist of Gelechiidae in America north of Mexico. Retrieved December 18, 2009 .
- ↑ Teleiopsis in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 5, 2009