Calycobathra acarpa

Calycobathra acarpa is a butterfly of the family of Chrysopeleiidae.

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 11-12 millimeters. The head is pale ocher. Thorax and tegulae are pale ocher and dark front. The front wings have a pale ocher to greyish ocher staining. On the anal fold is a small, dark brown line. A similar line is 3 /5 of the forewing length in the wing center. Along the wing veins run indistinct longitudinal lines that are a little more clearly pronounced in the apical region. The fringe scales are ocher- gray. The hind wings are gray and have gray ocher Frans shed. The abdomen shining gray and has an ocher After tufts. In females, the seventh segment is ventrally completely black.

In the male the uncus is bent short and strong. The Valven are slender, distally strongly curved inwards and tapering towards the apex. The apex is dilated and spatulate. It is provided on the inside densely with coarse bristles. Three long and curved Dorsalborsten range from the base up to half the length of Valve. The bristles on the outside are hair -like. The praise of Vinculums are triangular. The aedeagus is long and slender and slightly S -shaped. At the apex there is a very long and one short.

In females, the slit-shaped bulge of the seventh sternite is bottle-shaped. It is sclerotized forward. The fold of the sixth sternite is almost roundish. The ostium is surrounded by an annular reinforcement sclerotized beads that are associated with a large, circular, complicated genital plate. The center is triangular. The lateral parts of the genital plate have a net-like structure and go into a protrusion with similar structure over. They are rear connected to the upper part of the triangular plate and partially enclose the slot-shaped bulge. The ductus bursae is done in two turns and has a sklerotisiertes, elongated reinforcing strip. The antrum is long and straight. It is internally provided with two dense, fall -like hair rows. The corpus bursae is round and has a reticulate surface. The two signals are small and have a circular base. In the center of the base there is a small sting, sometimes another smaller spike is present. Calycobathra acarpa differs from Calycobathra calligoni and Calycobathra variapenella by the circular genital plate and the long, narrow antrum.

Similar Species

Calycobathra acarpa similar Calycobathra variapenella, but has a lighter chest and lighter forewings. The brownish longitudinal lines on the fore wings are narrower. The differences Calycobathra calligoni be called in Artartikel.

Dissemination

Calycobathra acarpa is widespread in North Africa ( Algeria) and the Middle East (Israel).

Biology

The biology of the species is unknown. The moths fly from April to June and from September to October. Probably two generations per year are formed.

System

The in Muséum national d' histoire naturelle contained type of blastobasis sublineatella proved to be conspecific to Calycobathra acarpa.

The following synonyms are known:

• Calycobathra acarpa var pinguescentella Chrétien, 1915
• Blastobasis sublineatella Lucas, 1933

Documents

• Chrysopeleiidae
• Chrysopeleiidae (Family)