Oiketicoides chottella ( Lucas, 1934 )

Sobczyk, Thomas & Arnscheid, Wilfried R., 2021, Taxonomic revision of the North-African species of the genus Oiketicoides Heylaerts, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae), Zootaxa 4975 (3), pp. 483-508 : 493

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Oiketicoides chottella ( Lucas, 1934)

( Figs 7 View FIGURES 7–14 , 27 View FIGURES 19–30 , 36 View FIGURES 35–44 , 61 View FIGURES 51–66 )

Amicta chottella Lucas, 1934: 122 . Type locality: Tunisia, Kébilli. Holotype ♂: MNHN.

Examined Material. TUNISIA centr.: • 4 ♂♂, WNW Kasserine, m NP Jebel Chambi, 1150–1500 m, N 35°06‘ E 08°43‘, LF, 26.vii.2006, leg. L. Lehmann & T. Lange; 4 ♂♂, WNW Kasserine, m NP Jebel Chambi, 1500 m, N 35°06‘ E 08°43‘, LF, 21.vii.2006, leg. L. Lehmann & T. Lange ( CTS, CWA).

Supplementary description. Medium-sized Oiketicoides species with uniformly grey-brown scaled wings. Wingspan 25.0– 27.7 mm, body length 12.0–13.0 mm, forewing length 11.8– 12.8 mm, FI: 2.0–2.1.

Head. Antennae length 5.7–6.3 mm, with 36–42 segments, dorsally densely brownish scaled. Longest pecten of twelve times length of antennal segment. Frons straw-coloured hairy, vertex dark grey long hairy, densely covered with scales. Eyes large, black-grey, EI: 0.67–0.71.

Thorax. Forewings elongated, venation r3+r4 one third length stalked, emanating in combination with r5 from one point or separated, m2+m3 short stalked. Venation on hindwing m1+m2 very short stalked or separated, sc and rr fused and at a quarter length connected to dc by a bar. Wings densely covered with medium brown narrow scales. Scales distally undulated or notched (classes 2–3), scattered scales one-pointed, fringes narrowly lanceolate, multipointed ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 19–30 ).

Abdomen. Dorsally and ventrally densely covered with long brownish yellow, hair-like scales.

Male genitalia. (GU-25-1993, Sobczyk). Total length 2.6 mm, width 0.6 mm. When closed the valvae reach approximately the distal end of the tegumen which is rounded, distally hardly notched, with scattered setae. The anellus is wider than the width of the valvae, distally covered with fine setae. Valvae broad, sacculus narrower distally, rounded, covered with 4-6 short spines arranged in two rows. Saccus short, laterally widened where attached at the vinculum, drop-shaped. Phallus length 1.65 mm, elongated tubular, distally widened with a distinct thorn-shaped extension ( Figs 36 View FIGURES 35–44 , 61 View FIGURES 51–66 ).

Distribution. Only known from central Tunisia ( Lucas 1934; present publication).

Similar species. O. hurei , O. pseudochottella sp. nov. and O. maroccensis sp. nov. q.v.

Remark. The here examined specimen was erroneously treated as O. tedaldii in our previous paper ( Sobczyk et al. 2014) but corrected later ( Arnscheid & Sobczyk 2020).