Gnathifera acacivorella ( Gaedike, 1968 )

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2018, New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), Zootaxa 4524 (1), pp. 33-50 : 39

Gnathifera acacivorella ( Gaedike, 1968)

( Figs 10 , 26 )

Ochromolopis acacivorella Gaedike, 1968: 612 , figs 30a–30b

Gnathifera acacivorella ( Gaedike, 1968) : Gaedike 1978: 208

Material studied. New South Wales: 1 ♀, Barren Grounds Fauna Res., 29.x.1977, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC, 1 ♂, CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, 20.xii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC .

Distribution. New South Wales (first record), Tasmania ( Gaedike, 1968).

Bionomics. Larvae in galls of Acacia sp.

The description of the male genitalia is presented for the first time ( Fig. 26 ):

Uncus straight, narrowing to rounded tip; gnathos nearly circularly swollen, covered with numerous minute bristles; valva short, more or less parallel, costal edge apically ending in a short digital process, at underside with a thin strongly sclerotized rod-like process, ventral edge with narrow longitudinal bristled fold, apodemes connected with vinculum, with digital process, nearly reaching apex of valva; phallus longer than valva, basal half narrower than apical half, with rounded tip.

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Adults. 7, Gnathifera bipunctata, ♂, W.A., Kununurra, emg. 3.v.1999, leg. A. Postle, Larva mining leaf of seedling Santalum album, genitalia slide ANIC 13890, ANIC. 8, Gnathifera luridicapitella, holotype ♂, 29 miles SW of Whyalla, S. A., 8 May 1970, [leg.] I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9240, ANIC. 9, Gnathifera queenslandi, ♀, Barren Grounds Fauna Res., N.S.W., 27.vii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC. 10, Gnathifera acacivorella, ♂, CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, N.S.W., 20.xii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9171, ANIC. 11, Gnathifera fuscostriata, holotype ♂, 27°34'S, 152°02'E, 400m, 6.5km E of Toowoomba, QLD, 6 Aug. 1985, [leg.] I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9197, ANIC. 12, Gnathifera fuscostriata, paratype ♀, Murphys Creek nr. Toowoomba, Q. 18 Oct. 1982, [leg.] I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9189, ANIC.

FIGURES 22–27. Male and female genitalia. 22, Gnathifera pseudaphronesa, ♀, Como West, N.S.W., 17.iv.1970, leg. L. Willan & V. J. Robinson, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9251, ANIC. 23, Gnathifera bidentella, ♂, 23°12'S, 150°46'E, 10km SSE of Yepoon, Q., 8.ixi.1981, leg. I. F. B. Common, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9200, ANIC. 24, Gnathifera luridicapitella, holotype ♂, 29 miles SW of Whyalla, S. A., 8 May 1970, [leg.] I. F. B. Common, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9240, ANIC. 25, Gnathifera queenslandi, ♀, 33°36'S, 115°49'E, 3km S by W of Donnybrook, W.A., 28.iv.1983, leg. E. S. Nielsen & E. D. Edwards, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9244, ANIC. 26, Gnathifera acacivorella, ♂, CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, N.S.W., 20.xii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9171, ANIC. 27, Gnathifera fuscostriata, holotype ♂, 27°34'S, 152°02'E, 400m, 6.5km E of Toowoomba, QLD, 6 Aug. 1985, [leg.] I. F. B. Common, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9197, ANIC