Anomalotinea paepalella (WALSINGHAM, 1907)

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2009, New or poorly known Tineidae from Mauretania, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (Lepidoptera), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 59 (2), pp. 489-512 : 496-498

Anomalotinea paepalella (WALSINGHAM, 1907)

Morocco: 3 ♂, Maroc / Haut Atlas, Nord-Sahara, 1100 m, 40 km w. Ar-Rachidia, 27.iii.1995, leg. STENGEL; Coll. Derra; DEI. New country record .

Anomalotinea wernoi sp. n.

Material:

Holotype, ♂ “ Marokko ED Tinn Passhöhe, Strassenrand [roadside], 29°43'35" – 09°16'33", Lichtfang 16.05.2005, leg. ANDREAS WERNO;” “Gen. präp. [genitalia slide] GAEDIKE NR.: 5355;” “ Holotypus ♂, Anomalotinea wernoi sp. n. det. R. GAEDIKE 2008;” Coll. WERNO.

Paratypes: 2 ♂, same location , one specimen with genitalia slide No. 5344; “ Paratypus ♂, Anomalotinea wernoi sp. n. det. R. GAEDIKE 2008;” Coll. WERNO; DEI ; 1 ♂, same location, but 17.05.2006; “ Paratypus ♂, Anomalotinea wernoi sp. n. det. R. GAEDIKE 2008;” Coll. WERNO .

Description ( Fig. 6 ):

Wingspan 13 mm; head brush clay-coloured, antenna dark grey, labial palp outside dark grey, inside cream-coloured, second segment with numerous dark bristles; fore- and midlegs grey-brown, overlaid with lighter scales, tips of the tarsal segments light cream-coloured, hindlegs clearly light- er; thorax and forewing clay-coloured; hindwing grey-brown.

Male genitalia (Figs 32-33). Uncus characteristic for the genus with pointed tip apically in the middle; gnathos arms strong, hook-shaped, the last third more curved, with pointed tip; vinculum broad, saccus long; valva with long transtilla, divided into a ventral and dorsal part, ventral part shorter than dorsal part, broader, blunt pointed, dorsal part narrower and longer than ventral part, with rounded tip; phallus as long as uncus+vinculum+saccus, wsith two cornuti, one of them hook-shaped, the other more straight.

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Life history: Unknown.

Etymology: Named in honour of ANDREAS WERNO, the collector.

Remarks:

The new species is superficially similar to some other members of the genus. The shape of the genitalia, especially the valva, divided into two parts is similar to derrai . Differences to derrai are the prolonged dorsal part of valva, with rounded tip and the broad, blunt pointed ventral part. Other differences are the stronger, more compact gnathos arms and phallus with one straight and only one hook-shaped cornutus.

Anomalotinea derrai sp. n.

Material:

Holotypus ♂, “ ♂ ”; “[genitalia slide G. DERRA] 5473”; “ Marokko, Mittlerer Atlas , Mischliften, 2000 m, 29.x.1993, leg. STENGEL”; “ Holotypus ♂ Anomalotinea derrai sp. n. det. R. GAEDIKE 2009”; Coll. DERRA .

Description ( Fig. 7 ):

Wingspan 14 mm; head creamy, scales proximally lighter than apically, labial palpi outside browngrey, inside nearly white, scapus creamy, mixed with darker scales, flagellum dark; thorax sandcoloured with light pink shimmer; forewing with the same colouration; hindwing grey.

Male genitalia ( Figs 34-36 ). Uncus characteristic for the genus with pointed tip apically in the middle; gnathos arms after 1/2 hook-shaped, subapically with very small thorns; saccus long, broad, bluntly pointed; valva with long transtilla, divided into a nearly rounded ventral and a longer dorsal part, edged on the basal side, the dorsal part apically somewhat broader than base, rounded, with a short nose-shaped tip ventrally; phallus somewhat longer as saccus, narrow, with two hook-shaped cornuti.

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Life history: Unknown.

Etymology: Named in honour of GEORG DERRA, who made it possible for me to study many interesting specimens from Morocco.

Remarks:

The light pink shimmer distuingishes superficially the new species from other members of the genus. The genitalia are similar to wernoi , but clear differences are the shape of valva with the rounded ventral part and the nose-shaped point of dorsal part, together with the thorned apical part of gnathos arms.

Figures

Fig. 6: Anomalotinea wernoi sp. n.

Fig. 7: Anomalotinea derrai sp. n.

Figs 34-36: Anomalotinea derrai, ♂: (34: Saccus and valva - 35: uncus-tegumen - 36: phallus).