Tortilia graeca

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Tortilia graeca
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Stathmopodidae
Genre : Tortilia
Type : Tortilia graeca
Scientific name
Tortilia graeca
Kasy , 1981

Tortilia graeca is a butterfly from the family of Stathmopodidae . The type locality is Monemvasia in the province of Laconia in southern Greece. T. graeca is the only previously proven in Europe Tortilia - Art.

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 8 to 10 millimeters. The head is pale yellow. The antennae have a yellowish brown shimmer and are simply serrated in the distal half. The thorax is dark brown and pale yellow on the sides. The legs are light yellow, the hind tibia have a sporadic brownish scale. The tegulae are pale yellow, the front wings are also pale yellow. A dark brown basal spot is located between Kostalader and Kostalfalten. A gray-brown basal line is on the wing inner edge. A dark brown trapezoidal band begins at the Kostalader and shortly before the middle reaches the inner edge of the wing. A dark brown band that runs diagonally outwards is located at the apex. The fringed scales are yellowish brown. The hind wings shine light gray in the first half, in the second half they are gray and roughly scaled. The abdomen is gray-brown, the anal tuft is pale yellow.

In the males, tegumen with uncus and gnathos are about as long or slightly longer than the valves. The blades are more or less rectangular, the Kosta is hump-shaped. The saccule protrudes hump-shaped in the middle. The aedeagus has no cornuti and a hook-like curved process at the tip.

In females, the antrum is wide and covered with tiny spines. The corpus bursae has a large sign . There are two spike spots of different sizes on the bulla. The large sign and the presence of only two spine spots differentiate the species from T. charadritis .

Similar species

T. graeca differs from Tortilia charadritis in that the thorax is yellow on the sides and the more pronounced markings on the forewings.

distribution

Tortilia graeca is native to Greece including Crete and Turkey .

biology

The biology of the species is so far unknown. The moths fly and come to light in June and July .

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Friedrich Kasy: Data to the Lepidopterous Fauna of Greece (Based on the Collections of G. Christensen and L. Gozmány). 3. A new tortilia (Lepid., Oecophoridae). Journal of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 33 (1981) 1/2: 30-32. online as PDF
  2. ↑ a b c d 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. 67 (English).

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