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

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scientific name	Elachista arenbergeri Traugott-Olsen, 1988
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Elachista arenbergeri Traugott-Olsen, 1988 View in CoL

Figs. 53 View FIGURES 48 – 58 , 120 View FIGURES 120 – 121 , 145 View FIGURES 145 – 146

Elachista arenbergeri Traugott-Olsen, 1988: 307 View in CoL .

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).

References

Kaila, L., Baran, T. & Mutanen, M. (2015) A revision of the Elachista dispilella complex (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea. Elachistidae). Zootaxa, 3963 (4), 517 - 560. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3963.4.3

Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M., Prosser, S. W. J., Hebert, P. D. N. & Kaila, L. (2015) One species in eight: DNA barcodes from type specimens resolve a taxonomic quagmire. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15, 967 - 984. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / 1755 - 0998.12361

Traugott-Olsen, E. (1988) The Elachista triseriatella Stainton complex, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Entomologist's Gazette, 39, 293 - 312.

Traugott-Olsen, E. (1990) The Elachista dispilella Zeller - complex, with descriptions of ten new species (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Entomologist's Gazette, 41, 35 - 68.

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).

Abbreviations

ZMUC	Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
DNA	Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport
MZH	Finnish Museum of Natural History
SMNK	Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)