Cosmopterix turbidella

Cosmopterix turbidella

Cosmopterix turbidella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 7 to 8 millimeters. The head is pale brown and has at the sides of two elongated, white lines. The antennae are brown and have a short white line that starts at the base and as a dashed line extends to the sensor center. Three white portions of two segments are located at 2/ 3 of the probe length, the white, subapical location section also consists of two segments. The thorax is pale brown and has a white center line. The tegulae are light brown and the inside lined with white lines. The forewings are pale brown and have in the basal one consisting of five narrow white lines drawing. The Costallinie is very short and is on the inside next to the yellow armband. The Subcostallinie extends from the wing base up to 1 /4 of the wing length and distally sharply bent inwards. The medial and the Subdorsallinie are above and below the anal fold itself. The Subdorsallinie is a little further away from the wing base. The Dorsallinie is formed at the base as small white border. A bright yellow band is located behind the wing center, it tapers to the wing inner edge and is mixed there brownish. Inside and outside adjacent run nodular, silvery napkins that have a strong, pale pink gloss. The inner binding is not sufficient to Costa loaders, on the outside it has a blackish spot. The outer binding is inside edged brown on the Costa loader and on the wing inner edge. At the apex is a short white line. The fringe scales are gray-brown at the apex and brown on the wing inner edge. The hind wings are gray-brown. The abdomen is brown dorsally.

In the males the right brachium is spatulate and has a rounded tip. It is more than twice as long as the left. The Valven are short and wide and have a concave upper edge. The lower edge and the Caudalrand are almost straight. The Valvellae are about as long as the Valven and parallel walls. They are rounded at the apex distally and have short, powerful bristles. The aedeagus is bottle-shaped and apically tapering strong. The rear part is very long and extends distally.

In females, the rear end of the 7th sternite is trapezoidal and the rear edge is slightly concave. 8 the segment is slightly wider than long. The ostium is sclerotized oval and crescent- shaped. The sterigma is diamond-shaped and spreading at the base. The distal walls are strongly sclerotized and extended. The ductus bursae slightly longer than the corpus bursae and bent almost at right angles before flowing into this. The corpus bursae is heavily wrinkled and has two equally large, crescent-shaped signals.

Similar Species

Cosmopterix turbidella similar Cosmopterix pulchrimella, but differs by the light browner colored forewings that. Unsymmetrical five white lines in the basal region, the pale pink gloss of metallic bonding and the short, uninterrupted Apikallinie

Dissemination

Cosmopterix turbidella is resident in the Canary Islands and is there in front of walls and ditches. Shaded areas to the upper limit of the dry zone are preferred.

Biology

The caterpillars nate in the leaves of upright glass herb ( Parietaria officinalis), Parietaria debilis, Parietaria arborea and Forsskaolea angustifolia. The mine begins as a short, straight burrow in the leaf midrib and then runs more or less obliquely outwards to the blade edge. From the mine is then an irregular course mine. The feces thrown on the underside of leaves at the beginning of the mine. The caterpillars pupate between detritus on the ground. The moths fly from March to July and April-May most often.

Synonyms

There is known a synonym:

• Cosmopteryx turbidella Rebel, 1896

Documents

• Splendor falter
• Cosmopterigidae