Tolliella
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Tolliella is a genus of butterflies from the family of cosmopterigidae (Cosmopterigidae).
features
The representatives of the genus Tolliella are relatively large moths with a wingspan of 17 to 24 millimeters and have a similar forewing pattern as the species of the genus Hodgesiella . The genital armature of the males is similar to that of the Eteobalea species, but the right brachium is very long and straight and the valves are almost parallel-walled. In females, the sterigma protrudes and is sclerotized . The ductus bursae and the corpus bursae are membranous, the signa are not formed.
distribution
The genus is common in Asia Minor , the Middle East ( Turkey , Lebanon , Syria , Jordan , Iraq ) and China ( Henan Province ).
biology
Nothing is known about the biology of the species.
Systematics
The type species of the genus is Stagmatophora fulguritella Ragonot , 1895. The genus Tolliella was monotypical until the description of Tolliella truncatula in 2009 .
- Tolliella fulguritella ( Ragonot , 1895)
- Tolliella trunculata Zhang & Li , 2009
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d e 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. 166 (English).
- ↑ a b c Zhiwei Zhang, Houhun Li (2009): First record of the genus Tolliella Riedl (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) in China, with description of one new species. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 34 (1): pp. 46-48