Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) hispanica Van Nieukerken, 1985

van Nieukerken, Erik, Laštůvka, Aleš & Laštůvka, Zdeněk, 2010, Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition, ZooKeys 32 (32), pp. 1-82 : 11-15

Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) hispanica Van Nieukerken

Figs 5–6, 14–15

Diagnosis. E. hispanica resembles E. atrifrontella , both have a pale thorax, but overall hispanica is paler and less contrasting and the thorax more yellowish than in atrifrontella . Males of atrifrontella have a distinct humeral lobe, with distinct costal emargination, and large white hairpencil, hispanica has a shorter hairpencil without costal emargination. Male genitalia cannot be mistaken, the female genitalia are characterised by ductus spermathecae with 4 convolutions, the very large number of setae on tergites 7 and 8 and anal papillae, and relatively short signa.

Redescription. Male. Forewing length 2.5–3.3 mm, wingspan 6.2–7.2 mm. Head: frontal tuft and collar fuscous to black. Antennae long, with 46–56 segments. Thorax yellowish white, forewings brown, irrorate with yellowish brown, wing base as thorax, often an indistinct pale tornal spot. Cilia line indistinct, terminal cilia yellowish white. Hindwing with a short white hairpencil of at most one third wing length, surrounded by a few white scales; humeral lobe not pronounced, no costal emargination. Abdominal tufts yellowish white.

Female. Forewing length 2.3–3.0 mm, wingspan 6.0–6.6 mm. Antennae with 37–42 segments. Hindwing without hairpencil.

Male genitalia (Figs 5–6). See original description.

Female genitalia (Figs 14–15). Along anterior margin of T8 (partly on T7?) a crescent shaped field of about 80–90 very long setae, on rest of T8 ca 50 setae, scales absent. Anal papillae (T9) with ca 40 setae. Posterior apophyses reaching beyond anterior apophyses. Vestibulum wide, without distinct sclerotizations. Corpus bursae ca 1300 µm long, covered with pectinations, partly in concentric bands around signa; signa elongate, slightly dissimilar, resp 290 and 330 µm long (n=1), ca 5 cells wide. Ductus spermathecae with 4 convolutions.

Biology. Hostplants: not reared, most likely feeding on evergreen Quercus . Adults fly from 8 June to 23 August.

Distribution. Restricted to south-western Europe. Southern France: Laštůvka and Laštůvka 1997; Van Nieukerken et al. 2006; Portugal: Van Nieukerken et al. 2004a.

Remarks. Since the original description was based on just two worn males, the species is here redescribed. Th e material includes also that given earlier for France, Spain and Portugal (Van Nieukerken et al. 2004a; 2006).

Material. Spain: 3♁, 1♀, Almeria , Maria, 1200 m, 8–15.VII.2007, M. Delnoye ( RMNH) ; 1♀, Sierra de Baza , 1300 m, 18.VII.1987, G. Baldizzone & E. Traugott- Olsen ( GB) ; 2♁, Barcelona , Santa Maria d´Olo, 25. VI.2008, A. & Z. Laštůvka (AL) ; 2♁, Granada , Trevelez, 5 km SW, 1500 m, 31.VII.1999, J. Junnilainen ( JJ) ; 1♁, Malaga , Jubrique, 16. VI.2008, A. & Z. Laštůvka (AL) ; 1♀, Huelva , El Corchuelo, 19. VI.2007, A. & Z. Laštůvka (AL) ; 1♁, Tarragona , Baix Camp, Prades, Col de les Masies, 980 m, 13.VII.2006, E. Requena & De-Gregorio ( RMNH) ; 1♁, Tarragona , 3 km S Fayón, 8. VI.2009, A. & Z. Laštůvka (AL) .

Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) vivesi A. Laštůvka, Z. Laštůvka & Van Nieukerken sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:09EE7B26-02AA-4F7F-B52B-84F2EF481788

Figs 1–4, 11–13

Type material. Holotype ♁, Spain, prov. Málaga , Istán, 1.VII.1994, A. & Z. Laštůvka leg. (AL) . – Paratypes: Cyprus: 3♁, Laneia, N. Limassol, 23–29.VI.1997, M. Fibiger, A. Madsen, D. Nilsson & P. Svendsen leg. ( ZMUC, RMNH) ; Spain: 1♁, prov. Albacete, Socovos , 7.VII.2001, A. & Z. Laštůvka leg. (AL) .

Diagnosis. Externally similar to Ectoedemia hispanica , but thorax greyish brown and not pale and hindwing with a pale grey-brown hair pencil (white in hispanica ). Male genitalia very different from all other Zimmermannia species by presence of one pair of carinae (ventral) only and simple triangular valvae, more reminiscent of Ectoedemia s. str. Female as yet unknown.

Description. Male (Figs 1–3). Forewing length 2.8 mm, wingspan 6.0–6.2 mm. Head: frontal tuft and collar black; scape white; antenna with 49–51 segments, dark greyish brown. Th orax greyish brown with dark scales anteriorly. Forewing ground colouration greyish ochreous, covered densely with brownish black scales, nearly continuously in the basal half; cilia-line indistinct; cilia greyish ochreous; underside grey. Hindwing and its cilia dark grey, hair pencil pale greybrown, about one third wing length, bordered with fuscous scales in two specimens from Cyprus; no costal emargination; underside grey. Abdomen grey-brown. Legs ochreous grey.

Female. Unknown.

Male genitalia (Figs 4, 11–13). Capsule length ca. 350 µm. Vinculum distinctly concave anteriorly. Tegumen broad, blunt, with simple long setae. Gnathos large, lateral processes short and broad, central process long and acute. Valva length ca 225 µm, more or less triangular, with long distal process, distinctly curved towards middle, sublateral processes about one third transtilla length. Aedeagus ca 355 µm long, with only

Figures Ι–4. Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) vivesi male. Ι Paratype male, Spain, Albacete, Socovos 2–3 hindwings of male 2 Paratype, Cyprus, Laneia, N. Limassol 3 Holotype, Spain, Málaga, Istán 4 Male genitalia, paratype, Spain, Albacete, Socovos.

ventral pair of carinae, each with subapical spine; vesica with conspicuous cathrema, without any cornuti.

Biology. Hostplant unknown. Adults collected in late June and early July in Mediterranean macchia.

Distribution. Spain (Andalusia), Cyprus.

Remarks. Ectoedemia vivesi differs from all other Zimmermannia species by the absence of lateral and dorsal carinae on the aedeagus, therefore missing an important

Figures 5–Ι3. Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) species, male genitalia, ventral aspect. 5–6 E. hispanica , Spain, Granada, Pueblo Dn. Fadrique, slide RMNH.INS.22580 7 E. amani , Japan, Honsyu, Seibu, slide JCK15117 (USNM) 8–Ι0 E. reichli, Krk, Str. Krk-Vrbnik , slide RMNH.INS.22709 ΙΙ–Ι3 E. vivesi , paratype, Laneia, N. Limassol, RMNH.INS.23832. Scales 100µm.

apomorphy. Overall it resembles Zimmermannia species better in the combination of colour pattern, hair pencil, gnathos shape, valva and aedeagus shape than Ectoedemia s. str. We expect that this is also a barkminer, possibly of Quercus , but other hosts are also possible. Th e distributional disjunction is remarkable.

Etymology. Named after Dr. Antonio Vives Moreno (Madrid), in gratitude for his long lasting support of our investigations in Spain; vivesi is a noun in genitive case.