Teleiopsis
Teleiopsis is a genus of butterflies ( moths ) of the family of Palpenmotten ( Gelechiidae ).
Features
The species of the genus Teleiopsis is medium to large moths within the family of Palpenmotten. You have to lean pretty slim labial palps. The sensors are simple, in the males of some species are ciliated short. The forewings are usually quite narrow to wide, in some species they are provided with tufts protruding scales. The hind wings are broad and have a slightly lobed outer edge before the stubby wing tip.
MALE: The last abdominal segments bear striking shed tufts. On the eighth tergite has two pairs of long ausstülpbarer pheromone bags ( Coremata ), the rear Coremata sit at the Laterallappen of Tergits. The uncus is long and narrow, the Gnathos is weak, like a tongue and occasionally reduced to a pair of basal arms. The Valven are finger- shaped and slim, they do not reach the tip of the uncus. The saccule is variable in its form, the sac is reduced. The aedeagus is long and narrow and does not Cornuti. The ductus ejakulatoris has a long sinuous sclerotized plate.
FEMALE: The segment VII has tightly adherent scales. The very long posterior Apophysenanhänge can reach about 66 to 100 percent of the Abdomenlänge. The eighth segment is weakly sclerotized. The front Apophysenanhänge are rod-shaped and approximately two to three times as long as the eighth segment. The antrum is large, well developed, funnel-shaped or tubular, with the membranous extensions of the eighth sternite connected. The Begattungstasche ( ductus bursae ) is narrow and well by the corpus bursae differentiated. The Signum is diamond to cross.
Occurrence
The representatives of the genus Teleiopsis are widespread Holarctic, with one exception, with the evolution of the center is in the Mediterranean. One type ( Teleiopsis baldiana, Barnes & Busck, 1920) colonizes the Nearctic.
Way of life
The European-based representatives of the genus Teleiopsis live in different types of Knöterichgewächsen ( Polygonaceae ) and Sumachgewächsen ( Anacardiaceae ). The larvae live either together between spun leaves or in tubular cocoons. The first larval stages of some species of leaf miners than in leaves.
System
In Europe, the following species were found:
- Teleiopsis albifemorella (E. Hofmann, 1867)
- Teleiopsis bagriotella ( Duponchel, 1840)
- Teleiopsis diffinis ( Haworth, 1828)
- Teleiopsis latisacculus Pitkin, 1988
- Teleiopsis lunariella ( Walsingham, 1908)
- Teleiopsis rosalbella ( Fologne, 1862)
- Teleiopsis terebinthinella ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1856)
In North America, is a type of home:
- Teleiopsis baldiana, ( Barnes & Busck, 1920)