Tortilia graeca
Tortilia graeca is a butterfly of the family of Stathmopodidae. The type locality is in the province of Laconia Monemvasia in southern Greece. T. graeca is the only one so far proven in Europe Tortilia type.
- 4.1 Notes and references
Features
The moths reach a wingspan 8-10 mm. The head is pale yellow. The sensor shimmering yellowish brown and are easily cut in the distal half. The thorax is dark brown and pale yellow on the sides. The legs are pale ocher yellow, the Hintertibien have a sporadic brownish scales on. The tegulae are pale yellow, the front wings are also pale yellow. A dark brown basal spot is located between Kostal loader and Kostal fold. A gray- brown basal line is located on the wing inner edge. A dark brown trapezoidal binding starts at the costal vein and reached shortly before the middle of the wing inner edge. A dark brown, diagonally outwardly extending binding is located at the apex. The fringe scales are yellowish brown. The hind wings shine light gray in the first half, in the second half they are scaly gray and coarse. The abdomen is gray-brown, its after clump is pale yellow.
In the males Tegumen with uncus and Gnathos are about as long or slightly longer than the Valven. The Valven are more or less rectangular, the Kosta is hump- shaped. The saccule occurs in the middle shows hump -shaped. The aedeagus has no Cornuti and at the head of a hook- like curved extension.
In females, the antrum is open wide and with tiny spines. The corpus bursae is provided with a large Signum. On the bulla are two thorn patches of different sizes. The large Signum and the presence of only two different type of stains sting T. charadritis.
Similar Species
T. graeca differs from Tortilia charadritis by the side yellow-colored thorax and the clearly pronounced drawing on the front wings.
Dissemination
Tortilia graeca is based in Greece including Crete and Turkey.
Biology
The biology of the species is unknown. The moths fly in June and July and come to light.