Neomariania rebeli
Neomariania rebeli is a butterfly of the family of Stathmopodidae.
Features
The moths reach a wingspan 8-14 mm. The head is pale mottled ocher and brown. The sensors shine brownish gray and ringed indistinct at the base. They are as long as the forewing. Thorax and tegulae are mixed pale ocher and brown. The forewings are pale gray speckled brown ocher and especially at the base of Costa loader. On Analwinkel there is a gray-brown, indistinct fascia that tapers towards Costa loader. A similar binding runs between Analwinkel and Apex. In the apical region, there is a blurry spot. The fringe scales are ocher. The hind wings are gray in males and dark gray in females. The abdomen shining gray, its after clump is gray dorsally and ventrally white. The density of dark brown scales on the fore wings is variable.
In the males, the Costalrand of the blades is semicircular hunchbacked. The inside of the saccule with the vertical bulge are strongly convex. The aedeagus tapering distally slightly.
In females, the lamellae are angled antevaginalis distally. The ductus bursae is almost twice as long as the corpus bursae. The Signa bursae are more than half as long as the corpus.
Similar Species
Neomariania partinicensis similar Neomariania rebeli, but differs by the more ocher- gray coloration and by the sensors, which are longer than the front wing.
Dissemination
Neomariania rebeli occurs in Portugal (including Madeira), and the Canary Islands.
Biology
The biology of the species is unknown. Moths were collected from mid-July to mid-October.
System
The following synonym is known:
- Laverna rebeli Walsingham, 1894