Elophila obliteralis Walker
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3494.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E31EF0DC-825E-4D60-8AED-3127019CF8F0 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6499290 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C387FB-FFD1-6569-FF43-41F3FBCEC283 |
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Elophila obliteralis Walker |
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Isopteryx? obliteralis Walker, 1859: 399 View in CoL .
Hydrocampa proprialis Fernald, 1888: 37 .
Type locality: U.S.A.
Described by Munroe (1972) and Shaffer (1968).
Imago (Figs. 24, 25): Male wingspan 10–13mm. Head dark fuscous; labial palpus tufted, porrect, pale fuscous; antenna dull fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous. Forewing predominantly dark fuscous; pale subbasal fascia and a postmedian fascia mixed whitish, orange and fuscous; discal spot white, ringed dark fuscous; termen chequered white and dark fuscous. Hindwing dark fuscous; an orange tornal spot preceded by whitish scales. Legs fuscous, darker on joints. Abdomen dark fuscous, paler on edge of each segment.
Male genitalia (Fig. 96): Uncus long, spatulate, slightly broader beneath apex, gnathos narrow 2/3 length of uncus, bearing a series of spines on the dorsal edge, valva simple; aedeagus fairly broad, bent near apex and bearing a thick cornutus, the apex being surrounded with spines.
Female genitalia (Fig. 146): Ostium wide, ostial chamber narrowing and then broadening into corpus bursae which bears sclerotised patches.
Tympanal organs: Venulae widely separated, slightly divergent.
Diagnosis: Distinguished by its lack of crosslines on the wings.
Biology: Larva on a variety of aquatic plants, in the USA recorded from Nymphaea , Potamogeton , Lemna etc.
Distribution: South Africa, presumed to have been introduced, either accidentally or deliberately, from North America.
Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: 7♂ 1♀ Gauteng: Rietondale 25˚ 45´S 28˚ 12´E associated with Azolla filiculoides and Eichhornia crassipes M.P. Hill, 1995, Transvaal; KNP Skukuza 25˚ 00´S 31˚ 35´E xii. 1993 Krüger & Dunning; BOTSWANA, 1♀ Mashati Tuli G.R. Limpopo River, 534m ( AJK) .
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Pyraloidea |
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Acentropinae |
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Elophila obliteralis Walker
Agassiz, David J. L. 2012 |
Hydrocampa proprialis
Fernald, C. H. 1888: 37 |
Isopteryx? obliteralis
Walker 1859: 399 |