Pyroderces apicinotella

Pyroderces apicinotella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 8-9 millimeters. The head is yellowish white. The sensors are ciliate gray brown on both sides. A white line extends from the sensor base member ( scape ) up to a quarter of the probe length. The thorax is lined with gray-brown back and white. The tegulae are gray-brown. The forewings are yellowish white and mixed strong gray-brown, especially in the basal region. This gray darkened area is interrupted by an obliquely inwardly extending, irregular, yellowish white band in one third of forewing length. A second interrupt is by wider, yellowish white band in the wing center. It extends in the direction of the wing inner edge. At the apex there is a knee- shaped curved fascia, followed by a dark brown Apikalstrich followed that extends into the fringe scales. The fringe scales are pale ocher. The hind wings are pale gray, the basal half is mixed gray brown. The fringe scales are pale yellow on the Costa loader and at the base of the wing inner edge.

In the males, the Tegumen is long and distally slightly pointed. The Brachia are strongly curved. The right brachium is hook-shaped at the top and about twice as long as the left brachium. The Valven are long, slender and have a distal strongly curved tufts of hair. The aedeagus is short acuminate and trimmed and distally. The left Valvella is triangular, the right is greatly reduced. The genital armature of the males is similar to that of Pyroderces klimeschi, but differs in the form of Manica and right Valvella.

The genital armature of females has not been described.

Dissemination

Pyroderces apicinotella is common in Tunisia, Libya and Iraq.

Biology

The biology of the species is unknown. The moths were collected in May.

System

There are known the following synonyms:

  • Lallia apicinotella Chrétien, 1915
  • Blastodacna cinnamomina Turati, 1930
  • Tenuipenna simplicella Amsel, 1959

Documents

  • Splendor falter
  • Cosmopterigidae
Genus Tegula (insect anatomy)
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