Holocacista rivillei (Stainton)

Nieukerken, Erik J. van, Wagner, David L., Baldessari, Mario, Mazzon, Luca, Angeli, Gino, Girolami, Vicenzo, Duso, Carlo & Doorenweerd, Camiel, 2012, Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle, ZooKeys 170, pp. 29-77 : 47

Holocacista rivillei (Stainton) Figs 83348-5254, 55

[Unnamed] Godeheu de Riville 1750: 177 [extensive description from Malta].

Alucita vitella Vallot, 1822: 253. [Preoccupied by Alucita vitella Fabricius, 1775].

Elachista rivillei Stainton, 1855: 87. [Malta, Godeheu de Riville, 18th century, mines on Vitis ] Renamed after Riville´s description in 1750. [types probably not existing].

Antispila rivillei ; Stainton 1869: 310 [repetition of description by Godeheu de Riville].

Antispila rivillella Rondani, 1877: 288 [Redescription, parasitoids].

Holocacista rivillei ; Walsingham and Durrant 1909: xxix [new genus, first recorded from France].

Differential diagnosis.

Moth (Fig. 33) much smaller than Antispila species, with 3.5-4 mm wingspan. Forewing pattern without apical spot, costal spots further away from wingbase than dorsal spots. Male genitalia (Figs 48-50) with slightly bilobed uncus, valva more elongate, pecten with 8-10 teeth; juxta with pair of lateral teeth; phallus extremely slender and long, ending posteriorly in long curved spine and row of small spines below that. Juxta bilobed apically. Venation reduced, rather similar to that of Antispila oinophylla (see Fig. 8).

Biology.

Hostplant: Vitis vinifera .

Leafmines

(Figs. 54-55). Mine beginning with relatively long, slender gallery, later a small blotch with small cut-outs. Cocoons often attached to stems or leaves.

Distribution.

Southern Europe, western and Central Asia: Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, SE Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan ( Voigt 1931; Berro 1934; Marchi 1956; Dovnar-Zapol’skij 1969; Bournier 1977; Puplesiene 1996; Maček 1999; van Nieukerken 2011).