Haplochrois buvati
Haplochrois buvati 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 13-18 millimeters. The head is pale ocher mixed with some gray scales. The antennae are pale striped ocher and gray. Apical they are easily sawn and ciliate in males. Thorax and tegulae are pale ocher, strongly mottled with brownish gray scales and rear light. The fore wings are narrow and distally shine light ocher gray. They are sprinkled primarily at the base and on the Costa loader with brownish gray scales. The irregular and indistinct dark brown binding is located at the half and at 3/ 4 of the forewing length. The fringe scales are ocher- gray on the Costa loader and gray at the base. The hind wings shine light gray.
The genital armature of the males is described in the genus articles. The Gnathos has fairly small knob- shaped ends and 1/4 as long as the Tegumen. The Valven are rounded triangular. The Anellus lobes are large and have approximately the length of the Tegumens. You are strongly widened distally and provided with a number of long and slightly curved spines. The sac is short and strong and about 2/3 as long as the Tegumen. The aedeagus is strongly bent.
In females, the anterior Apophyses are pretty long, narrow and only slightly curved. The genital plate has a shallow V- shaped edge and two large egg-shaped, wrinkled Sklerotisierungen. The ductus bursae is indented toward the corpus bursae. The corpus bursae is very small. The Signum is elongated and has sharp projections.
Similar Species
H. buvati differs from Haplochrois albanica and Haplochrois gelechiella by the greater wing span and the two indistinct bars on the forewings.
Dissemination
Haplochrois buvati is widespread in south-west Europe.
Biology
About the biology of the species is so far not known. Moths were collected from mid-August to mid-October.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Aetia buvati Baldizzone, 1985