Vulcaniella fiordalisa
Vulcaniella fiordalisa is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 7-9 millimeters. Vulcaniella fiordalisa similar Vulcaniella grabowiella, but differs by the white head, the larger white drawing elements on the Costa loader forewing. The raised metallic stains are often reduced to a few scales.
In the males the right brachium is trimmed parallel walls and distally. The left brachium is wide and tapers distally to a blunt apex. Valvella the right is slightly shorter than the distal portion of aedeagus. She is slender and curved upwards. The left Valvella is triangular. The distal part of the aedeagus is straight and tapers gradually.
In females, the eighth segment narrowed distally. Antevaginalplatte the distal flat widened V-shaped. The sclerotization at the rear end of the 7th sternite is sac- shaped.
Dissemination
Vulcaniella fiordalisa is widespread in the Mediterranean region of Portugal and Morocco to the Balkans and Lebanon.
Biology
The caterpillars develop on Helichrysum serotinum, Italian Helichrysum ( Helichrysum angustifolium ), Mediterranean Helichrysum ( Helichrysum stoechas ) and Phagnalon species and nate both in the young than in the old leaves. The caterpillars live from April to June in a space mine, which is lined with silk. They pupate in the mine in a very loose weave. Moths were collected from May to August.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Stagmatophora fiordalisa Petry, 1904
- Stagmatophora gnaphaliella Chrétien, 1922