Eteobalea serratella
Eteobalea serratella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 13-19 millimeters. Eteobalea serratella similar Eteobalea anonymous ella, but differs by the greater wing span, the more conspicuous pale golden drawing with bronze luster to the thorax, tegulae and front wings, the white femurs of the hind legs and the ocher first four segments of the abdomen.
In the males, the Tegumen is quite narrow and almost parallel walls. The bulge is U-shaped. The right brachium is curved and about twice as long as the left. The tip is rounded and widened strongly sclerotized. The left brachium has a blunt tip. The Valven are concave to boot shaped. The cucullus is slightly rounded. The right Valvella is great. It is thickest in the middle and tapers to a blunt tip. The aedeagus is slightly curved and has a slender bulbous part. The tubular part is very broad, tapering to a sharp point.
In females, the 8th segment is longer than wide. The ostium is circular. The sterigma is saccular and has in the center a sclerotized transverse bar. The ductus bursae bursae is less than half as long as the corpus. The corpus bursae is elongate and widens behind significantly. The signals are very small or absent.
Dissemination
Eteobalea serratella is widely used in Europe. The circulation area covers Spain, Portugal and France in the west and ranges from the Mediterranean and Central Europe to the South-East of the European part of Russia. In northern Europe and the British Isles Articles lacking the east, the species occurs also in Asia Minor, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Biology
The caterpillars develop on Genuine toadflax ( Linaria vulgaris ) and the subspecies Linaria genistifolia euxina the broom Leinkrauts. Evidence at Great snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) need to be reviewed. The females lay eggs singly on the lower stem sections. From there, the crawler nate down into the main root. In the last larval instar, they return to the lower stem section in order to eventually pupate in the root of the neck or in the stem base. The caterpillar stage lasts for about eleven months. It makes one generation per year. The moths fly from late June to early September, according to another source of May to June.
In the U.S. Eteobalea serratella populations were tentatively (Mentha x piperita ) is used for the biological control of toadflax skipjack in the cultivation of peppermint. The experiments showed the presence of Eteobalea serratella higher by 17 per cent yield of dried mint stems. Although some field experiments were carried out, no established populations have so far been detected in the field.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Phalaena gronoviella Scopoli, 1772 nomen dubium
- Eteobalea gronoviella ( Scopoli, 1772)
- Oecophora serratella Treitschke, 1833
- Stagmatophora sareptensis Walsingham, 1907
- Stagmatophora cinereocapitella Caradja, 1920
Documents
- Cosmopterigidae
- Splendor falter