Euclemensia woodiella
Euclemensia woodiella
Euclemensia woodiella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of about 17 mm. The head shining bronze brown and is tinted green. The antennae are dark brown and have a purplish sheen. In Subapikalbereich are about 9 white segments. Thorax and tegulae shining bronze brown and are tinged greenish. The forewings have a bright orange ground color at the base of Costa loader and wing inner edge they are dark brown. There is a club- shaped spot on the Costa loader. From the center of Costa loader up to 4 /5 of the forewing length is a dark brown Costalstrich. In the direction of the wing base he is at its widest and here encloses a small orange subcostal spot. The vane inner edge from the first third of dark brown to the apex, an orange tie interrupts this area behind the center. A yellow-orange Costalstrich located at 4 /5 of the length of the Costa loader. For drawing includes four hump-like, bluish or purplish shiny spots. The first is located at the distal end of the club-shaped spot. The second and third spot is located on both sides of the anal fold at the basal edge of the dark brown area on the wing inner edge. The fourth and smallest spot is below the orange Subcostalflecks. A dark, purple and greenish shimmer narrow bar runs along the anal fold. He begins distally in the two hump-like spots on the dark brown area of the wing inner edge and extends to the outer wing margin. The fringe scales are gray-brown. The hind wings shimmering gray brown and have an orange glow.
The genital armature of the males is slightly asymmetrical. The Brachia are long and wide and taper distally. The Valven are long and slender and slightly curved. The Valvellae are long and slender, tapering distally. The Vinculum is wide and does not have a sac. The aedeagus is curved and has two Cornuti.
The genital armature of the female is unknown.
Dissemination
Euclemensia woodiella is known only from the Kersal Moor near Manchester in England. The species has not been detected since 1829 and is probably extinct.
Biology
Over the life of the species is not known. It is thought that the caterpillars, as the two native to North America related species parasitize on scale insects of the genus Kermes. The moths were collected in mid-June.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Pancalia woodiella Curtis, 1830