Aethes shakibai
Aethes Shakibai is ( Tortricidae ) is a butterfly of the family of the winder. The species was first described in 2004 based on 2001 the collected material. Within the genus Aethes it is quite isolated. The species was named after Ing Mahmood Shakiba, in Gorgan, Iran.
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Features
The imago has a forewing length of 4.5 to 4.8 millimeters. The wingspan is about 9.9 to 10.6 millimeters. The females are slightly larger than males. The labial palps are rust-colored, the middle term is broad and light cream color, the end link is very short. The antennae are ciliated and brown slightly in the male. Head, thorax and tegulae are rust brown in color with variable creamy mottling. In particular, the head of the female, and the distal parts of the tegulae are predominantly creamy. The abdomen is gray above, below white to cream. The fore wings are narrow, the Costa weakly convex. The ground color of the fore wings is brown with darker ocher, rust- brown color on the Costa basis and with equal binding Media. The distal half of the wing is mostly rusty brown spotted and speckled. There are several white- creamy Costa spots available. The hind wings and the fringes are silvery gray. The males have fewer or more cream colored drawing elements and are therefore darker than the females.
MALE
The Socii are slender and long, and hardly deducted from the base. Trans co-distillation is trapezoidal in the central region. Distal it tapers with two to several Dörnchen at the apex. The juxtaposition is semi-oval, wide and short. The Vinculum has paired, sclerotized clasps. The valva is basally broad, tapering towards the apex be. The saccule has a protruding and rounded projection. The aedeagus is broad and rather short and slightly curved. The ventral margin is preferred to it and has a bit underdeveloped. The dorsal part is shorter and rounded and has a weak apical tip. The Vesica have several small, granule- like sculptures, but missing Cornuti.
FEMALE
The papillae anal are very large and slightly longer than the anterior Apophyses. These are again longer than the posterior Apophyses. The sterigma has a slightly spiny membrane in the middle. The Colliculum is broad, square and in the middle part dorsomedial with a square sclerotization. The ductus bursae is short and much narrower than the antrum and corpus bursae. He is, therefore, reduce significantly. The corpus bursae is oval shaped and has sack in caudodorsalen part of a transverse band-like sclerotization. The middle part of the corpus bursae is busy with some Microtrichia. The ductus seminalis originates in caudodorsalen sclerite.
Crawler
The caterpillars and their food plants are unknown.
Occurrence
The species is so far known only from the type locality, the Miankaleh Peninsula on the Caspian Sea ( northern Iran ). Potential habitats are located on the Caspian Sea and in halophytisch embossed continental biotopes.