Haplochrois albanica
Haplochrois albanica is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the grass leaf miner ( Elachistidae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 11-12 millimeters. The head is ocher, the sensors are curled whitish and brown. Thorax and tegulae are mixed ocher and front brownish. The fore wings ocher-brown shine and are heavily speckled with brown scales, which are gray on top. The scalation is closer to the apex. The fringe scales are gray-brown, the hindwing shining greyish brown.
In the males, the Gnathos and the distal knob- shaped ends are quite large and about half as long as the Tegumen. The Valven are rectangular and have rounded edges. The Anellus - lobes are connected ventrally, provided shield-shaped and with two small patches of short and blunt spines. The sac is slender and tapers in the middle. It is about as long as the Tegumen. The aedeagus is straight and has a long and slightly curved finger-like apical protrusion.
In females, the apophyses are very short, strong and curved. The genital plate has a narrow, almost semi-circular edge. The ductus bursae forms two loops before it flows into the corpus bursae. The corpus bursae is slightly stretched. The Signum is irregularly dotted up and down. It has some protrusions and is provided with spines.
Similar Species
Haplochrois albanica similar Haplochrois gelechiella but differs by the ocher- brown forewings and hind wings darker.
Dissemination
Haplochrois albanica is common in southern Europe and has been found in recent decades also locally in Central Europe.
Biology
About the biology of the species is so far not known. The known specimens were collected from June to August.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Tetanocentria albanica Rebel & Zerny,