Elachista arenbergeri Traugott-Olsen, 1988

Kaila, Lauri, 2015, The Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel) complex (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) revisited, with exceptional level of synonymy, Zootaxa 3980 (3), pp. 301-358 : 346-347

Elachista arenbergeri Traugott-Olsen, 1988

Figs. 53 , 120 , 145

Elachista arenbergeri Traugott-Olsen, 1988: 307 .

Material studied. Type material. Paratype ♂: Tunisia, 20 km W El Kef 18.–19.VII.1979 1 ♂ M. & E. Arenberger leg. ( ZMUC). Tunisia: 10 km NW Kasserine, Djebel Chambi N., 18. XI.2009, 4 ♂, T. Nupponen leg., L. Kaila prep. 5306–7, DNA samples 15321–4 (Coll. Nupponen, 1 ♂ in MZH). ‘ Mauretania’, Tunisia, Sud, Oase Metouia (Gabes), 28.IX–10. X.1980, 10 ♂, M. u. W. Glaser leg, L. Kaila prep. 5574, 5575, 5583, 5585 ( SMNK); Sud, Oase Tozeur, 28.IV–11. V.1981, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, M. u. W. Glaser leg., L. Kaila prep. 5582, 5584 ( SMNK).

Diagnosis. E. arenbergeri is a large species, white or pale yellow, often with ochreous dusting forming irregular, longitudinal stripes. The male genitalia are characteristic, with large, distolaterally pointed uncus lobes, as in species of the E. dispilella complex (cf. Traugott-Olsen 1990, Kaila et al. 2015). Unlike them, it has no cornuti. In addition, the corpus bursae contains no signum, and the ductus bursae is gradually widened anteriorly.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Tunisia, Morocco.

Remarks. E. arenbergeri is referred to as OTU 6 in Mutanen et al. (2015).

Figures

FIGURES 48 – 58. External appearance of Elachista spp. 48 – 50. E. triseriatella Stainton. 48. ♂ (Denmark). 49. ♂ (Spain). 50. E. gregori, holotype. 51 – 52. E. elsaella Traugott-Olsen. 51. ♂ (Sweden, Högsby, type locality of E. elsaella). 52. E. svenssoni Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 53. E. arenbergeri Traugott-Olsen, ♂ (Tunisia). 54 – 55. E. deresyensis Traugott-Olsen. 54. ♂ (Turkey). 55. ♀ (Turkey). 56. E. oukaimedenensis Traugott-Olsen, holotype. Figures 57 – 58. E. galactitella (Eversmann). 57. ♂ (Ural, near type locality). 58. E. madridensis Traugott-Olsen, holotype. Scale bar 2 mm.

FIGURES 120 – 121. Male genitalia of Elachista spp. 120. E. arenbergeri Traugott-Olsen (Tunisia, L. Kaila prep. 5265). 121. E. deresyensis (Turkey, L. Kaila prep. 3568).

FIGURES 145 – 146. Female genitalia of Elachista spp. 145. E. arenbergeri (Tunisia, L. Kaila prep. 5584). 146. E. deresyensis (Turkey, L. Kaila prep. 5805).