Coleophora impalella Toll, 1961

Takacs, Attila, Szaboky, Csaba, Boldog, Gusztav, Jordan, Sandor, Bozso, Miklos, Fueloep, David & Toth, Balazs, 2022, Biology and DNA barcode analysis of Coleophora lessinica Baldizzone, 1980 and Coleophora impalella Toll, 1961 (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) with description of their larval cases, Nota Lepidopterologica 45, pp. 191-205 : 191

Coleophora impalella Toll, 1961

Figs 6 , 8 , 9 , 18-23 , 24-26

Adults.

1 ♂, Hungary: Békés county, Bélmegyer, Fás puszta 29.iii.2021, ex larva, on Galatella sedifolia (L.), leg. A. Takács. 1 ♀, same data but 31.iii.2021. 1 ♀, same data but 13.iv.2021. 1 ♂, same data but 03.v.2021. 3 ♂ and 5 ♀, same locality but 12.v.2021, leg. Cs. Szabóky and A. Takács. 2 ♂ and 8 ♀, Békés county, Szabadkígyós, Kígyósi puszta, 12.v.2021, leg. Cs. Szabóky and A. Takács, slide Nos IgR31860 (Fig. 6 ), TB2148f, TB2149f (Figs 8 , 9 ).

Cases.

Hungary: 10 cases, Bélmegyer, Fáspuszta 24.ix.2020, on G. Galatella sedifolia . 3 cases, Békés county, Szabadkígyós, Kígyósi puszta, 17.viii.2021, on G. Galatella sedifolia , leg. A. Takács. 1 case, Békés county, Elek, 06.x.2021, on G. Galatella sedifolia , leg. G. Farkas. Romania: 1 case, Arad county, Grăniceri, 06.x.2021, on G. Galatella sedifolia , leg. G. Farkas.

Figures

Figures 6 - 11. Genitalia of C. impalella and C. lessinica. 6. Male genitalia of C. impalella, slide No. IgR 31860 (phallotheca right); 7. Male genitalia of C. lessinica, slide No. IgR 23392 (phallotheca right); 8. Female genitalia of C. impalella, signum broken, flattened, slide No. TB 2148 f; 8 a. Intact signum of C. impalella (enlarged), slide No. TB 2149 f; 9. Abdominal segments of C. impalella, slide No. TB 2149 f; 10. Female genitalia of C. lessinica, slide No. Bldz 17234; 11. Abdominal segments of C. lessinica. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Figs 6, 7: photo by Ignac Richter, figs 10, 11: photo by Janos Babics, figs 8, 9: photo by Balazs Toth.

Figures 18 - 23. Larval morphology of Coleophora impalella. 18. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 19. Head and thorax, lateral view; 20. Head and thorax, ventral view; 21. Prolegs on segments A 3 - A 6, ventral view; 22. Anal prolegs, ventral view; 23. Anal plate, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm, cranial direction top, caudal direction bottom, photos by A. Takacs.

Figures 24 - 27. Some stages and habitat of C. impalella. 24. L 5 case of C. impalella before overwintering, Belmegyer, 13. x. 2020; 25. L 4 case of C. impalella before overwintering, Belmegyer 24. ix. 2020; 26. Imago of C. impalella from Szabadkigyos, Kigyosi puszta, 12. v. 2021; 27. Habitat of C. impalella in Szabadkigyos, Kigyosi puszta, 20. v. 2021. Scale bar: 3 mm (24); 2 mm (25); 2.1 mm (26). Figs 24, 26: photo by A. Takacs, Figs 25, 27: photo by G. Boldog.