Alloclita francoeuriae
Alloclita francoeuriae is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).
Features
The moths have a wingspan of 15 millimeters. The head shines on the forehead ( frons ) white and back yellowish white to ocher. The sensor shimmering white and pale striped ocher. Thorax and tegulae are brown ocher and rear yellowish white. The forewings are yellowish white and flecked with ocher and a few pale brown scales. The first fifth is dark brown and ocher at the wing base. The outer edge is bent in the middle to the outside. A dark brown and curved outwards binding is located at 1 /3 of the forewing length. It is subcostal largely interrupted yellowish ocher. An indistinct, oblique outwardly pale brown binding is located at 2/ 3 of the forewing length. She is interrupted and yellow ocher in the middle and has in the middle of the inner edge of a dark brown stain. The apical region is sprinkled on the wing inner margin yellow to ocher with dark brown scales. The apex is dark brown on the Costa loaders, on the wing inner edge are scattered dark brown scales. The fringe scales are ocher and gray - especially at the inner angle - white mixed. The hind wings shimmer yellowish white with pale ocher Frans shed. The abdomen shimmering pale yellow, the first segment is white, the front half of the second segment pale yellowish gray. The after tuft is pale yellowish white. The species is variable and has a dark morph, in which the yellowish-white areas of the front wings are almost completely covered with brown scales. In this case, the bandages are only indicated by yellow ocher-colored stains.
In the males, the Brachia are significantly longer than the Tegumen. They are slender and slightly hooked tips. The left brachium is slightly longer than the right. The Tegumen is short and tapers distally. The Valven are very short, have a very broad base and occupied with long hair cucullus. The Valvellae are short and asymmetrical. The left Valvella is rectangular, the right is spatulate. The aedeagus is slender and has a widened and rounded apex. The Anellusröhre is busy pretty short and strong and on the tapered section with very short hair.
In females, the ostium is provided with a strongly sclerotized ventral band. The ductus bursae is narrow and smooth in the back half. The front part widens in the direction of the corpus bursae. He is heavily wrinkled and runs in some loops. The ductus bursae is oval. The Signa have benadelte edges with an irregular leaf-shaped sclerotization.
Dissemination
Alloclita francoeuriae is located in North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco).
Biology
The caterpillars develop on flea herbs ( Pulicaria ). In April, they burrow under the bark of the stem woolly. After they've eaten the leaf interior, customize to the root collar around on sandy feeding tunnels. Pupation takes place in a dense white cocoon, which is covered with sand and Raupenkot. The moths were caught up in early April at the light by the end of February.
System
The moths have longer and narrower forewing than the other members of the genus. In addition, similar to the genital armature of the males of the species Pancalia. It is believed, therefore, that Alloclita francoeuriae probably represents a separate genus or subgenus. Leraut mentioned the way in 1980 as Aristotelia francoeuriae incorrectly in the family of Palpenmotten ( Gelechiidae ).