Polyochodes albidiscella ( Amsel, 1954 )

Akin, Kesran & Seven, Erdem, 2024, New data on Turkish Pyraloidea: a new species of Hyperlais Marion, 1959 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) and the first report of the little-known Polyochodes albidiscella (Amsel, 1954), Zootaxa 5437 (4), pp. 582-588 : 585

Polyochodes albidiscella ( Amsel, 1954) ( Fig. 3 )

Ardekania albidiscella Amsel, 1954 , Arkiv för zoologi 6 (16): 265. figs 55, 190. Holotype ♁: Iran, Binaloud-Gebirge (Meched).

Material examined. Türkiye, Elazığ Province, Maden district; 1♁ Altıntarla , 1360 m, 24.08.2016; 1♁ Hanevleri, 1602 m, 20.07.2017; 1♁ Kavak, 1350 m, 09.09.2017, leg. A. Çakır, in BEU .

Comparative material. Polyochodes farsella : 1♁ Türkiye, Bitlis Province, Nemrut Caldera, Yayla remnant road, South pit, 2360 m, 07.08.2017, leg. K. Akın & E. Seven ( Fig. 4 ) .

Distribution. Iran ( Amsel 1954) and Ţrkiye (new record).

Remarks. Amsel (1954) created a diagnostic key for the species of P. albidiscella ( Amsel, 1954) , P. farsella ( Amsel, 1951) and P. sefidella ( Amsel, 1954) that were in the genus Ardekania Amsel, 1951 . He used diagnostic characters such as antennae, forewing cells, m2 and m3 veins to distinguish these three species. P. farsella was previously reported from Türkiye ( Kemal & Koçak 2017a; Akın & Seven 2020). In this study, the identification of P. albidiscella was based on Amsel’s (1954) diagnostic key and compared with P. farsella . During the literature analysis about Polyochodes species a missidentification was found—the figures of P. farsella in Kemal & Koçak paper (2017b: Figs 88—90) relate precisely to P. albidiscella . Therefore, the distribution of P. albidiscella in Ţrkiye has been updated for Elazığ (Maden district) and Bitlis (Mutki district).

Figures

FIGURE 3: Polyochodes albidiscella (Amsel, 1954) (G.P. 385, K. Akın), a. Adult, b. Aedeagus, c. Genital armature, d. Culcita.

FIGURE 4. Polyochodes farsella (Amsel, 1951) (G.P. 425, K. Akın), a. Adult, b. Aedeagus, c. Genital armature, d. Culcita.