Eteobalea thaumatella
Eteobalea thaumatella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan 8-15 mm. The head is yellowish-white and mixed back ocher. The sensors shine dark brown and have in the last third of five white rings. The thorax is lined with dark brown and ocher-brown back. The forewing shining dark brown, the dorsal and apical region are mixed more or less ocher brown. For the drawing of the front wing has three very large white Costalflecke. The first is located at 1 /6 of the forewing length. It runs at a slight angle outward to the anal cleft. Among them it is connected with a raised golden-brown stain. The second spot is at half of the forewing length. He is almost square and often provided at the rear edge with some golden-brown, shiny metallic flakes. The third white spot is elongated and lies between the second spot and the apex. There are created three raised, metallic gold brown shiny spots with slightly violet luster. The first is subdorsal compared to the second Costalfleck. The second is located opposite to the inner angle or slightly inward from the inner edge of the third Costalflecks. A similar white -mixed spot is located at the wing tip. The hind wings shining white. The abdomen is pale brown, the anus tuft is white.
In the males, the Tegumen is short. It tapers distally light and has the rear edge of a "U "-shaped bulge. The right brachium is almost straight and less than twice as long as the left. It widens at the top and is sclerotized. There is a large lobe at the base inside. The left brachium is slightly curved, the apex tapering to a blunt tip. The Valven are trimmed boot -shaped. The right Valvella is short. You tapers abruptly and has a rounded tip. The aedeagus is short and bent. The bulbous part is circular. The tubular part is shorter than the bulbous portion and having a sharp tip.
In females, the eighth segment is longer than wide. The ostium is semicircular. The sterigma is saccular and has a bent, heavily sclerotized transverse bar. The ductus bursae slightly longer than the corpus bursae. The corpus bursae is oval and has a long gradually tapered rear extension. It formed two large signals of different sizes.
Similar Species
Eteobalea thaumatella can be distinguished on the basis of the drawing pattern of raised, glossy golden brown stains in conjunction with the dark brown and ocher- brown coloration of the forewings of the other species of the genus.
Dissemination
Eteobalea thaumatella is in North Africa, located in the Canary Islands, Malta, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Biology
The biology of the species is unknown. The moths were collected from early March to early May and in October.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Stagmatophora thaumatella Walsingham, 1907
- Stagmatophora lactipunctella Turati, 1924