Tortilia pallidella
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Tortilia pallidella is a butterfly from the family of Stathmopodidae .
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 6.3 to 8.9 millimeters. The head is yellowish gray and shiny. The patagia (paired structure on the pronotum that covers the base of the fore wings) are dark yellow and gray on the sides. The antennae are ocher and the first fifth is white. The basal phalanx ( scapus ) is gray-brown. The thorax shines pale yellowish gray and has yellowish orange scale hairs on the back on the sides. The tegulae shine pale yellowish gray and have a pale yellow spot in front. The forewings shine pale yellowish gray and shimmer purple. A small, dark gray Kostal stain is located on the base of the wing, which is bordered by a yellowish orange stain. A narrow subcostal band is found on about a third of the fore wing. An inwardly curved, dorsally thicker yellowish orange band is located in the first quarter of the fore wing. The fringed scales are yellowish white and can sometimes be darker at the apex. The hind wings shine white and have a yellowish tint. The abdomen is glossy gray, the segments are brownish at the base. The anal tuft shines white. The legs are yellowish gray, the hind legs are distally darkly spotted.
In the males, the tegumen with uncus and gnathos is significantly shorter than the valves. The valves and the cucullus are distally rounded and slightly curved upwards. The costa is short and barely separated from the Cucullus. The saccule is short and tapered. The aedeagus is straight and pointed distally, at the end there is a hook-shaped extension. In females, the antrum is broad and thickly lined with fine spines. On the corpus bursae there is a complex signum that is shorter than half the width of the corpus. The bulla has four spine spots of different sizes, two are elongated and two more are short.
Similar species
T. pallidella can be distinguished from other species of the genus Tortilia by the pale yellowish gray, purple shimmering forewings.
distribution
Tortilia pallidella is native to the Near and Middle East , Israel , southern Iran, and western Pakistan .
biology
The biology of the species is so far unknown. In Iran, the species was often found under old acacia trees ( Acacia ) in the first half of April . In Karachi (Pakistan), butterflies were caught from late February to early March. A butterfly was observed in Israel in mid-August.
Systematics
The type locality is 8 kilometers east of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. The holotype is a female that was caught on April 11, 1972.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Fritz Kasy: Contribution to the knowledge of the Stathmopodidae Meyrick family, 1913 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea). Tuijdschrift voor Entomologie 116 (1973), p. 242
- ↑ a b c 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. 66 (English).