Vulcaniella glaseri

Vulcaniella glaseri is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 10 millimeters. Head, thorax and tegulae shining white. The forewing shining dark golden brown. There is a brilliant white spot on the wing base. The white spots on the Costa loaders are large and not provided with raised metallic shiny scales. The spots on the wing inner margin and at the apex are silvery and sublime. The hind wings shine light gray. In some specimens from Turkey, the front wings are golden brown in color. The external features and the genital armature of the males but no differences were found.

In the males the right brachium runs distally to very pointed. It is bent outward and the apex is dilated and roundish. The left brachium tapers distally and slightly bent in front of the rounded apex slightly. The Valven taper distally gradually, however, they are thickened before apex. The right Valvella is shorter than the distal part of the aedeagus and slightly curved upwards. Ventral a large rounded lobe is formed. The left Valvella is short and extends outward. The distal part of aedeagus gradually tapers and is curved.

In females, the sterigma is trough- shaped. The rear sclerotisation 7th segment is square, the rear end is concave. The ductus bursae is slightly shorter than the corpus bursae. The corpus bursae is wrinkled, the two signals are large.

Dissemination

Vulcaniella glaseri is native to Asia Minor.

Biology

The biology of the species is unknown. Moths were collected in June and August.

System

From the literature the following synonym is known:

• Stagmatophora glaseri Riedl, 1966

Documents

• Cosmopterigidae
• Splendor falter