Eteobalea sumptuosella
Eteobalea sumptuosella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 13-20 millimeters. Head and labial palps are white. The end member of the latter is black at the top. The antennae are black. The legs are striped white and black. Eteobalea sumptuosella is very similar Eteobalea intermediately ella and Eteobalea beata, differs from these species but by the bronze sheen of pale golden drawing on the front wings and the broad, pale golden, the back hem of the thorax and tegulae. Eteobalea sumptuosella differs from Eteobalea intermediately ella by the third Costalfleck which is larger and is more or less clearly extended toward the apex. A reliable differentiation is possible only through genital examination.
In the males, the Tegumen wide. It narrows down the back light and has a V-shaped bulge. The right brachium is curved and two to two and a half times as long as the left. The peak is broadened and strongly sclerotized. The left brachium is pointed. The Valven are short and boots shaped. The right Valvella is thickest in the middle and tapers to a rounded apex. The aedeagus is strongly bent. The bulbous part is nearly circular, the tubular portion tapers distally strongly to a tapering apex. In specimens from the western Mediterranean region, the aedeagus is less curved. The tubular part is virtually parallel walls and wider. The tip of the right Brachiums is less strongly sclerotized. The characteristics of specimens from the former Yugoslavia are intermediate to those of the western and eastern Mediterranean. The large and rounded tip of the right Brachiums, the nearly circular, bulbous part of the aedeagus and the trapezoidal right Valvella distinguish the type of Eteobalea beata and Eteobalea intermediately ella.
In females, the 8th segment is shorter than wide. The ostium is oval. The sterigma is sac- shaped. The ductus bursae bursae is two-thirds as long as the corpus. The corpus bursae has a short rear extension. There are two crescent-shaped Signa trained, the left is often very small and sometimes absent.
Dissemination
Eteobalea sumptuosella is common in the Mediterranean from Spain to Turkey. In addition, the kind in North Africa in Morocco and Tunisia has been demonstrated. In the east, the range extends to the Ukraine, south Russia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates and Central Asia.
Biology
The biology of the species is unknown. Moths were collected from early June to late August.
System
There are known the following synonyms:
- Lita admiration della Bruand,
- Elachista sumptuosella Lederer, 1855
- Stagmatophora amseli Osthelder, 1940