Catoptria spodiellus ( Rebel, 1916 )

Bassi, Graziano & Huemer, Peter, 2025, Taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes on the Catoptria coulonellus (Duponchel) species group with description of five new species from Western Balkans (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae), Zootaxa 5719 (3), pp. 301-326 : 310

Catoptria spodiellus ( Rebel, 1916)

( Figs 28 , 32 , 48 )

Crambus spodiellus Rebel, 1919 . Type locality: Russia, East Tannu-Ola Mountains. Holotype male: Ost Tannuola, Schawyr, 2500 m, Bang-Haas 1914, GS 3702 SB, Crambus spodiellus Type Rbl, NHMW, examined.

Other material examined: Russia: 1 male, 2 females, Amur Region, Tonkinsky Stavik ridge, 1520 m, the source of the Tuskan River , N 50°44’52”, E130°33’57”, E.I. Malikova, GS PC019, PC031 and PC060, ZISP ; 1 male, Chita Oblast, 40 km S of the Novaya Chara village, Udokan ridge, Naminga village , 1370 m, July 16, 1991, P. Ustyuzhanin, GS PC018, ZISP ; 2 males, same labels but 10- 16.06.2002, A. N. Streltzov, GS PC032, ZISP .

Diagnosis: The habitus of C. spodiellus ( Fig. 28 ) is uniformly grey-brown to brown in the forewing, with only the postmedial band being traceable, a feature that never occurs in related species. In the male genitalia ( Fig. 32 ), the upcurved pars basalis and thin cornuti in the main row are distinctive features. In the female genitalia ( Fig. 48 ), the large, rounded ostium bursae with a folded sterigma and the basally twisted and then narrow ductus bursae are unlike those of any other congener.

Distribution: Russia: South Siberia eastwards to the Amur and Jewish Autonomous regions ( Sinev 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 23–28. Catoptria spp., habitus. 23–24. C. biformella biformella (Rebel): male lectotype. Transcaucasia, photo S. Gaal-Haszler and H. Bruckner (NHMW) (23); C. biformella biformella (Rebel): female paralectotype (24). Transcaucasia, photo S. Gaal-Haszler and H. Bruckner (NHMW); 25. C. biformella roesleri (Ganev), male, Bulgaria, Rila Mountains, 2000 m., 31.vii.1932, Coll. Osthelder; 26–27. C. biformella majorella (Drenowski), female, Bulgaria, Pirin Mountains, 1700 m, 15-25 July [19]33, legit Thurner (26); male, Bulgaria, Pirin Mountains, Liljanovo, 5-600 m., J. Gelbrecht legit (27); 28. C. spodiellus (Rebel), male holotype.

FIGURES 29–32. Catoptria spp., male genitalia. Arrows show short row of cornuti. 29–29a. C. combinella ([Denis & Schiffermüller]), Austria Nordkette, Innsbruck, 2200m, 26.vii.[19]71, Burmann legit GS 6926 GB (29); the same, apex of phallus magnified (29a); 30–30c. C. coulonellus (Duponchel): Italy, Alto Adige, (BZ), Passo Sella, 18-1900m, 8.vii.1998, U. Parenti legit, GS 6927 GB (30); the same, right valva, France, Isère, Col des Ayes, 1545 m, 22.vii.1937, Coll. G. Praviel, GS 6986 GB (30a); the same, right valva, Polonia Tatry, Beskid, 2000 m, 30.vii.1948, Bleszynski legit, GS 6977 GB (30b); the same, apex of phallus magnified, Italy,Alto Adige, (BZ), Passo Sella, 18-1900m, 8.vii.1998, U. Parenti legit, GS 6927 GB (30c). 31–31a: C. orientellus (Herrich-Schäffer), neotype, Transylv.Alp., Negoi, 14.7, Sammlung Disqué, GS 6975 GB (31); the same, apex of phallus magnified, Retyezat Mts., 10.vii.23, Uyhelyi, GS 2073 GB (31a). 32: C. spodiellus (Rebel), holotype and apex of phallus magnified, GS 3703 Bł., photo S. Gaal-Haszler and H. Bruckner (NHMW).

FIGURES 45–48. Catoptria spp., female genitalia. 45. C. combinella ([Denis & Schiffermüller]), Italy, Veneto, Monte Baldo, 1300 m., 14.vii.1987, U. Parenti legit, GS 6954 GB. 46. C. coulonellus (Duponchel): Switzerland, Valais, Vallon de Susanfe, 2000 m., 25.vii.1896, G. Audéoud, GS 6969 GB. 47. C. orientellus (Herrich-Schäffer), Transylv. Alp., Negoi, 14.7, Sammlung Disqué, GS 6985 GB. 48. C. spodiellus (Rebel), Russia, Amur Oblast, photo A. N. Streltzov (St. Petersburg, Russia).