Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) albida Puplesis

Figs 18–22, 29–30

Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) turbidella; Van Nieukerken 1985: 31 [partim, only females from Iran].[misidentification]

Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) albida Puplesis, 1994: 179 . Holotype ♁ Turkmeniya: env. Kara-Kala [Garrykala], Aydere, 3.V.1981, leg. Nesterov (VPU).

Diagnosis. Ectoedemia albida is similar to E. turbidella and similigena and cannot be distinguished by external characters. Th e male genitalia have no demarcated valval tip, and the gnathos is narrow as in similigena . Th e female genitalia have the posterior apophyses not reaching beyond the anterior ones (similar to similigena) and the signa are intermediate between turbidella and similigena . A remarkable character is the hyaline bar in the vestibulum.

Partial redescription. Male forewing length 2.6 mm, antenna broken. Female wingspan ca 7.4 mm, forewing length 2.9–3.4 mm (n=2), antenna broken. Colour pattern as in E. turbidella, overall paler.

Male genitalia (Figs 18–22). Capsule length 335 µm. Tegumen produced into widely rounded pseuduncus. Gnathos with central element narrowly triangular, smooth. Valva length 215 µm, in ventral view basally widest, gradually narrowing