Oiketicoides villosa ( Brandt, 1938 )

Arnscheid, Wilfried R. & Sobczyk, Thomas, 2023, Taxonomic review of the Oiketicoides species (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae Acanthopsychini) from Anatolia, the Middle East and Central Asia, Zootaxa 5239 (3), pp. 373-394 : 380

Oiketicoides villosa ( Brandt, 1938)

( Figs 7, 8 , 36 )

Amicta villosa Brandt, 1938: 698 , syntypes unknown. Type locality: Iran, Sine-Sedif .

Material examined: 3 ♁ Iran, Elburs, vic. Shemshak , 12–13.viii.1977, 3000 m, leg. W. Thomas ; 1 ♁ ditto, 10– 11.viii1978; 6 ♁ Iran, vic. Kendevan , 14–18.viii.1977, 2500–3000 m, leg. W. Thomas ; 3 ♁ ditto, 8–15.viii.1978, leg. W. Thomas ; 1 ♁ Iran, vic. Ab-Ali , 10.viii.1978, ca. 2500 m, leg. W. Thomas ; 36 ♁ Iran, vic. Dizin , 16.viii.1977, 2400 m, leg. W. Thomas ; 21 ♁ ditto, 9.viii.1978, leg. W. Thomas ; 1 ♁ Iran, Fars, Strasse Ardekan-Talochosroe, Comée , ca. 2600 m, Juli 1937, coll. Brandt ; 2 ♁ Iran, Keredj , 1800 m, 25.viii.1936, leg. Brandt, coll. BytinskiSalz.

Redescription. Head. Frons and vertex long yellowish hairy. Eyes EI 0.56. Antennae of half forewing length with 30-32 pecten. Wings. Covered with short yellowish scales with two dentations and mixed with long hair-like ones. Wingspan 23–25 mm, forewing length 10–11 mm. Forewings stretched, costal margin straight or slightly concave in the basal third. Glossy light yellowish grey, hindwings with the same color. FI 2.2. Forewing venation with 10 veins from dc, r3+r4 and m2+m3 long stalked.

Abdomen only slightly protruding the anal margin of the hindwings.

Male genitalia. GP 4035, 4036, 4037 (fig. 36). Long and slender in general appearance. Tegumen more or less pointed, broadly folded laterally. When closed, valvae protrude the distal end of the tegumen, shorter than in O. schakuhensis . Valvae slender, clasper of the sacculus sclerotized, covered with 5–7 short thorns, slightly longer than in O. schakuhensis . Cucullus very short, directed downwardly. Vinculum variable, very narrow or triangular, the lobes laterally hardly pronounced or distinctly present. Saccus is relatively long, but shorter than in O. schakuhensis . Phallus slightly bent, hammer-shaped, two-lobed distally with a ventral inversion.

Female. Unknown. Larval case. Unknown.

Distribution. Widespread in Iran.

Figures

FIGURES 3–12. 3, Oiketicoides inquinata (Lederer, 1858) Israel, 6 km S Sede Boqer, Avdat, 14–15. x.1987, leg. Dorn. 4, Oiketicoides inquinata, ditto, 29–30.ix.1987, leg. Dorn. 5, Oiketicoides jordana (Staudinger, 1899) Jordan, Southwest, Ar Rajif, 1200 m, early summer 2002, LF, leg. G. M̧ller. 6, Oiketicoides schakuhensis (Heylaerts, 1885) Iran, vic. Kendevan, 14–18.viii.1977, 2500–3000 m, leg. W. Thomas. 7, Oiketicoides villosa (Brandt, 1938) Iran, vic. Dizin, 2400 m, 9.viii.1978, leg. W. Thomas. 8, Oiketicoides villosa (Brandt, 1938) Iran, vic. Kendevan, 2500–3000 m, 8.–15.viii.1978, leg. W. Thomas. 9, Oiketicoides taurica (Wehrli, 1933) Anatolia centr., Aksehir, Sultan Dagh, 1000 m, viii.34, ex coll. Pfeiffer. 10, Oiketicoides taurica (Wehrli, 1933) (Turkey), Amanus Mont., Ḑlḑl-Dagh, viii–ix.1931, einheim. Sammler leg., F. Daniel, M̧nchen (PT). 11, Oiketicoides armena (Heylaerts, 1885) Kleinasien (Turkey), Prov. Erzurum, Soğanlı Dağı, Ovit-Pass, 20 km NW Ispir, 1600 m, 11.viii–12.viii.1983, leg. de Freina. 12, Oiketicoides armena (Heylaerts, 1885) Türkei, Sivas, Çamlıbel-Pass, 1700 m, 20.viii.1992, P. Kautt & V. Weiss leg.

FIGURES 33–41. 33, Oiketicoides inquinata (Lederer, 1858) Israel, 6 km S Sede Boqer, Avdat, 14–15. x.1987, leg. Dorn, GP 4151. 34, Oiketicoides jordana (Staudinger, 1899) Jordan, Southwest, Ar Rajif, 1200 m, early summer 2002, LF, leg. G. M̧ller, GP 4152. 35, Oiketicoides schakuhensis (Heylaerts, 1885) Iran, Elburs, vic. Shemshak, 12–13.viii.1977, 3000 m, leg. W. Thomas, GP 4034. 36, Oiketicoides villosa (Brandt, 1938) Iran, vic. Dizin, 16.viii.1977, 2400 m, leg. W. Thomas, GP 4037. 37, Oiketicoides taurica (Wehrli, 1933) Syria sept., (Turkey), Amanus Mont., Ḑlḑl-Dagh, viii–ix.1931, einheim. Sammler leg., F. Daniel, M̧nchen, GP 4166. 38, Oiketicoides armena (Heylaerts, 1885), Ţrkei, Sivas, Camlibel Gecidi, 1700 m, 20.viii.1992, P. Kautta & V. Weiss leg, GP 4160. 39, Oiketicoides acutipennis (Kozhanshikov, 1956) Azerbaijan, Talysh Zuvand, Kalvaz vill., 1600 m, 22–27.vii.2008, leg. Pljushtch, GP 4159. 40, Oiketicoides acuta (Kozhanshikov, 1956) Azerbaijan, Talysh, Aurora, 12 km S Lenkoran, 350 m, 27.ix–12.x.1992, GP 4167. 41, Oiketicoides plotnikovi (Kozhanshikov, 1956), Uzbekistan, Chatkal Altai, Kyzyltcha vill., 1500 m, 10–20.x.1999, leg. Dimitri Molotow, GP 4158.