Elachista dispilella

Kaila, Lauri, Baran, Tomasz & Mutanen, Marko, 2015, A revision of the Elachista dispilella complex (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 3963 (4), pp. 517-560 : 521

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:752E44D7-8171-4DF0-9128-D0E20D1F26CE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6102312

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA280234-3A17-FFFB-FF24-FC5CFA49F830

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Elachista dispilella
status

 

Key to males of the species of the Elachista dispilella View in CoL complex

1. Antennae serrate...................................................................................... 2

- Antennae simple...................................................................................... 3

2. Gnathos oval-shaped......................................................................... E. flavescens View in CoL

- Gnathos rounded.............................................................................. E. implana View in CoL

3. One cornutus in phallus................................................................................. 4

- Cornutus formed of a cluster of elongate, spine-like cornuti....................................................8

4. Gnathos rounded or broader than its length.................................................................5

- Gnathos oval-shaped...................................................................................6

5. Gnathos 1.5. times as broad as long; spine of cornutus as long as width of basal plate of cornutus.............. E. cornuta View in CoL

- Gnathos as broad as long; spine of cornutus shorter than width of basal plate of cornutus.................... E. sitibunda View in CoL

6. Distal margin of juxta lobes with setose lobe laterally.................................................. E. laterotis View in CoL

- Distal margin of juxta lobes without setose lobe laterally....................................................... 7

7. Digitate process longer than juxta lobes.......................................................... E. vartianae View in CoL

- Digitate process shorter than juxta lobes........................................................... E. bazaensis View in CoL

8. Uncus lobes evenly tapered to apex.......................................................................9

- Uncus lobes narrowly or broadly sickle-shaped.............................................................10

9. Forewing white with one or two grey spots; wingspan 8–10 mm, juxta lobes strongly laterally produced.......... E. bruuni View in CoL

- Forewing unicolorous, creamy or dirty greyish white, wingspan 6–7 mm, juxta lobes not laterally produced... E. nitidulella View in CoL

10. Posterior margin of juxta lobes with posteriorly directed seta-bearing lobe laterally............................ E. ripai View in CoL

- Posterior margin of juxta lobes without lateral lobe..........................................................11

11. Posterior half of phallus dilated, diameter twice that in distal half....................................... E. turkensis View in CoL

- Posterior half of phallus not comspicuously dilated..........................................................12

12. Length of cornutus group over 1/3 of the length of phallus............................................. E. dispilella View in CoL

- Length of conutus group at most 1/4 of the length of phallus...................................................13

13. Apical spines of cornutus group bent, disproportionately long as compared to basal ones.................. .. E. curonensis View in CoL

- Spines of cornutus group straight, nearly evenly long or gradually lengthening towards distal part of phallus............14

14. At least some of the spines of cornutus group separate, or cornutus group divided into two separate groups.............. 15

- Spines of cornutus group in single conglomeration..........................................................16

15. Phallus shorter than valva................................................................... E. festucicolella View in CoL

- Phallus as long as valva....................................................................... E. bigorrensis View in CoL

16. Gnathos rounded............................................................................ E. teruelensis View in CoL

- Gnathos oval-shaped..................................................................................17

17. Forewing with plical and discal spots present; posterior margin of juxta lobes concave................... E. distigmatella View in CoL

- Forewing unicolorous; posterior margin of juxta lobes straight or convex........................................ 18

18. Forewing pale yellow; valva 4 times as long as wide................................................ E. filicornella View in CoL

- Forewing white; valva at least 6 times as long as wide.................................................. E. levasi View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Elachistidae

Genus

Elachista

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