Evergestis mimounalis

Evergestis mimounalis is a butterfly of the family of Crambiden ( Crambidae ).

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of about 30 millimeters. Head and thorax are white with dark brownish mixing. The abdomen is pale. The labial palps are very short, the antennae are dark brown. The forewings have the typical for the genus Evergestis contour and have a whitish ground color, which is superimposed on very dark brown at the base, in the middle wing and wing on the outer edge. The Subbasallinie is hardly recognizable and divided in the middle. The median ante - and post- median lines are striking. You are oblique and nearly parallel. The former is notched three times, with the notches on the wing base show. The latter is provided towards the wing base with irregular small black notches. In Subterminalbereich located between the wires a series of blackish points. The hem line is colored thin and brown. The fringe scales are light brown brindle and white. The hind wings are whitish dark brown, the venation is clearly visible. The weak, regularly notched Postmedia line ends in a dark stain in the interior angle. Between her and the darker edge of the wing is a pale area. The wing outer edge has, between the veins on a series of irregular dark spots. The fringe scales are pale ocher and have close to their base, a dark line. The forewing underside is mixed whitish and very dark. The wing margin is darker, the Diskalfleck is large and irregular, the transverse lines are only weakly indicated. The drawing of the rear wing surface is identical to that of the tops.

The in the mountains of the High Atlas in Morocco occurring subspecies E. m. distinctalis is characterized by a darker color. This subspecies was wrongly mapped by Zerny 1935 Evergestis Fulgura.

Similar Species

E. mimounalis similar in size and drawing Evergestis frumentalis. The basic color but darker and less yellowish. In addition, the first -named species is distinguished by the nearly parallel, strongly notched cross lines on the tops of the front wings. On the lower wing surface is colored E. mimounalis uniform and less whitish and gray patterned.

Dissemination

Evergestis mimounalis occurs in Morocco in the Middle Atlas and the High Atlas.

Biology

The preimaginal stages are unknown. Moths were caught from July to September.

System

From the literature, the following synonyms are known:

• Orobena mimounalis Oberthuer, 1922
• Evergestis mimounalis distinctalis Rungs, 1975

Evergestis mimounalis distinctalis approximation has been described as a replacement name for Evergestis Fulgura sensu Zerny 1935 nec Le Cerf 1933. Approximation considered distinctalis as a subspecies of E. mimounalis, which occurs at high altitudes. Later he regarded as a subspecies of E. mimounalis Evergestis hordealis approximation (1979). The status of E. m. distinctalis is therefore unclear and needs to be checked.

Documents

• Evergestis
• Evergestis ( genus )