Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847

Kaila, Lauri, 2015, The Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel) complex (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) revisited, with exceptional level of synonymy, Zootaxa 3980 (3), pp. 301-358 : 326

Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847

Figs. 31 , 84–85 , 135

Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847: 893 .

Material studied. Type material. Lectotype ♂ labelled: LECTOTYPE [rounded with blue margin]; 53 [rounded pale blue label]; Disemiella Z; Messin 9 Marz; B. M. ♂ Genitalia slide No. 19362; LectoTYPUS Elachista disemiella Z. teste U. Parenti 1973 ( BMNH). Other material. Spain: Castellet-Villafranca del Panadés (Barcelona), 200 m a.s.l., 1974, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, e.l. ex Amphelodesmos mauritanicus U. Parenti leg.; E. Traugott-Olsen prep. A 1.12.85, ( ZMUC), 28. V.1974, 1 ♀, J. Tabell prep. 4441; 4. VI.1974, 1 ♂, J. Tabell prep. 4393 (Coll. Tabell); Barcelona, Sitges 10 km NW, Viladellops, 165 m, 30. V.2009, 1 ♂, J. Tabell leg. & Coll., J. Tabell prep. 4372, DNA sample 0 5570 Lepid. Phyl.; larvae 12.III.2010, e.l. ex Amphelodesmos mauritanicus , 4 ♂, 4 ♀, emg. 8–13.IV.2010, J. Tabell prep. 4600, 4658, DNA sample 0 5596 Lepid. Phyl. (Coll. Tabell); Sitges 8 km NW, 100 m, Amphelodesmos mauritanicus 19.3.2010, e.l. 7.IV–5. V.2010, 6 ♂, 10 ♀, J. Tabell prep. 4677; Sitges 6 km NW, 90 m, Amphelodesmos mauritanicus , 12.III.2010, e.l. 6–10. IV.2010, 5 ♂, 1 ♀ (Coll. Tabell); 10 km NW Sitges, 100 m a.s.l., e. l. ex Amphelodesmos mauritanicus , 2 ♂, 2 ♀, emg. 12–19.III.2010, DNA sample Lepid. Phyl. 15301, 15302, 15303, 15304, J. Tabell leg. ( MZH); Mallorca, 9 km NE Sóller, Serra de Torrella, Col de Cals Reis, 710 m, 29. IX.2013, 1 ♂, 2. X.2013, 1 ♂, T. Nupponen leg., L. Kaila prep. 5821 (Coll. Nupponen). Tunisia: Ain Draham area, 5–18. V.1988, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Zool. Mus. Copenhagen Exp., E. Traugott-Olsen prep. D 17.8.89 ( ZMUC); Atlas Mts., 15 km NE Makthar Village, conifer forest, 1000 a.s.l., 3. V.2000, 1 ♂, DNA sample Lepid. Phyl. 11407, K. Nupponen leg., Coll. Nupponen; Atlas Mts., 40 km SE Le Kef, near El Ksour village, dry meadow close to chalk mine, 800 m a.s.l., 2. V.2000, 1 ♀, DNA sample Lepid. Phyl. 11406, K. Nupponen leg. (Coll. Nupponen).

Diagnosis. E. disemiella has distally grey forewing termen fringe scales. As such, it resembles E. maboulella . The differentiation of these species is explained in the diagnosis of E. maboulella .

Biology. The larvae of E. disemiella mine the leaves of Ampelodesmos mauritanicus (Poiret) T. Durand & Schinz (Poaceae) ( Parenti & Varalda 1994; J. Tabell, personal communication).

Distribution. Italy (Sardinia) and Spain, including Mallorca and Tunisia.

Remarks. E. disemiella is referred to as OTU 14 in Mutanen et al. (2015).

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 39. External appearance of Elachista spp. 25 – 30. E. tribertiella Traugott-Olsen, all males. 25. E. tribertiella, holotype. 26. E. toveella Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 27. E. baldizzonella Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 28. E. veletaella Traugott- Olsen, holotype. 29. E. bazaella Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 30. E. louiseae Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 31. E. disemiella Zeller, lectotype. 32 – 39. E. glaseri Traugott-Olsen (all males). 32. E. glaseri Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 33. E. rikkeae Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 34. E. olemartini Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 35. E. bengtssoni Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 36. E. senecai Traugott- Olsen, holotype. 37. E. wadielhiraensis Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 38. E. rissaniensis Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 39. E. michelseni Traugott-Olsen, holotype. Scale bar 2 mm.

FIGURES 84 – 85. Male genitalia of Elachista disemiella Zeller. 84. lectotype. 85. Spain (L. Kaila prep. 5704).

FIGURES 132 – 135. Female genitalia of Elachista spp. 132 – 134. Signum of E. maboulella, all from Spain. 132. L. Kaila prep. 5728. 133. L. Kaila prep. 7529. 134. L. Kaila prep. 5730. 135. E. disemiella (Spain, L. Kaila prep. 5720).