L. fissurata fissurata Mabille

(Figs. 17, 45; Map 4)

Lithostege fissurata Mabille, 1888: 58 . Holotype Ƥ, ZSM (examined). Type locality: Tunisia.

Lithostege fissurata: Prout, 1914: 172, pl. 11b; Prout, 1937: 84; Prout: 1938: 241; Parsons et al., 1999: 546.

Material examined. 3 3, 5 Ƥ: 1 3, 1 Ƥ: [locality not mentioned] 1957, coll. L. Lhomme, gen. prep. 3 1045/2010 H. R.; in ZSM. 1 3: Algeria, Centre Hassi Bahbah Plantation, 24.IV.1930, Schwingenschuss; 1 3, 2 Ƥ: Algier, El Mesrane Predota, 26.– 27.4.1931, preps. 3 1608/2011 H. R.; 2 Ƥ: Algier, Roche de Sel, Predota, 18.41931; Biskra, Mars, 1910, V. Faroult; all in ZFMK. Preparations of genitalia: 2 3.

Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 19–28 mm. Forewing creamy white, with a short, curved, narrow apical dark grey line. Hindwing dirty white, without pattern (Fig. 17). Tergite A–8 (Fig. 45 c) strongly sclerotised, distally prominent and irregularly crinkled. Male genitalia (Fig. 45): Valve with its larger, proximal part densely sclerotised, with a small, rounded l projection more ventrally on its outer margin; harpe a small, rounded, somewhat elongate lobe at base of valva, dorsal projection short, semicircular, with a pointed tip; aedeagus straight. Female genitalia (see Hausmann & Seguna, 2005: 12, fig. 3) very similar to those of L. fissurata inanis .

Bionomics. Specimens studied are collected in April only.

Distribution. Western Algeria to Libya, Malta, Southeast of Egypt, Israel (Hausmann & Seguna (2005) (Map 4).