Elachista, Sruoga & Sinev & Rocienė, 2017

Sruoga, Virginijus, Sinev, Sergey Yu. & Rocienė, Agnė, 2017, The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of Caucasus, with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4338 (2), pp. 241-262 : 245

Elachista sp. near triatomea ( Haworth, 1828)

( FIGS 10–16 )

Material examined. 1♂, KABARDINO-BALKARIYA, ZAPOVEDNIK (NATURE RESERVE), H=2200 M, 18–19.VII.1989, ZAGULYAEV LEG. GEN. PREP . VS362 (ZIN).

Remarks. THE SINGLE SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN CAUCASUS IS VERY CLOSE TO Elachista triatomea (fOR ILLUSTRATIONS REfER TO TRAUGOTT-OLSEN & NIELSEN 1977: fIGS 80, 324, 325 AND KAILA 1998: fIG. 8), HOWEVER, THE fOREWING IS WITHOUT TWO BROWNISH SPOTS ( FIG. 10 ). IN MALE GENITALIA, THE COSTA Of VALVA IS MORE CONVEX MEDIALLY AND MORE CONCAVE BEfORE CUCULLUS IN THE CAUCASIAN SPECIMEN ( FIGS 12, 16 ). IT MAY REPRESENT AN UNDESCRIBED SPECIES, BUT THE MATERIAL AVAILABLE IS TOO LIMITED fOR A SAfE IDENTIfICATION.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 16. Elachista sp. near triatomea. 10, adult male. Scale bar 1 mm; 11, head, latero-frontal view; 12, general view of male genitalia (phallus removed); 13, phallus. Gen. prep. VS 362. Scale bar 0.1 mm; 14, juxta region; 15, distal part of phallus and cornutus; 16, lateral view of male genitalia; 14 – 16, in glycerol before permanent mounting in Euparal.