Clepsis semiana ( Chretien , 1915) Chretien, 1915

Zlatkov, Boyan & Huemer, Peter, 2019, Remarkable confusion in some Western Palearctic Clepsis leads to a revised taxonomic concept (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), ZooKeys 885, pp. 51-87 : 51

Clepsis semiana ( Chretien, 1915) stat. nov.

Cacoecia unifasciana var. semiana Chrétien, 1915: 296 (Tunisia)

Material examined.

Holotype ♂: pinned, with 4 labels: "Cacoecia / unifasciana / v. semiana" [handwritten] “Type” [red, printed] “8.6” [handwritten] "Holotype / Clepsis semiana / ( Chrétien, 1915) / Zlatkov & Huemer, 2019 des." [red, printed].

TUNISIA • 1 ♂; MNHN.

Remarks.

The male genitalia of C. semiana ( Fig. 10C ) are very similar to those of C. striolana . However, there is a clear difference in the wing pattern. Though the lectotype of C. unifasciana var. semiana is poorly preserved, some poorly defined markings can be detected ( Fig. 2O ). The physical distance between the populations of this taxon and C. striolana is considerable and it is very unlikely that var. semiana is conspecific. The synonymy between C. semiana and C. consimilana proposed by Obraztsov (1955) is not justified. Apparently, it is rooted in the initial incorrect assignment of var. striolana to Cacoecia unifasciana , but the latter turned out to be a junior synonym of Clepsis consimilana (see below). The taxon var. semiana was mechanically moved to the synonymic list of C. consimilana without studying the genitalia of the type specimen.

Figures

Figure 2. Adults of Clepsis neglectana species group A-C C. neglectana: A lectotype of Tortrix neglectana B male, Southern Germany C Female, Germany D-G C. striolana: D lectotype of T. striolana E paralectotype of T. striolana F male, Austria, South Tyrol G female, Austria, South Tyrol H-K C. trivia: H holotype of T. trivia I-J males, Crete K female, Crete L-M C. acclivana: L lectotype of Cacoecia acclivana M paralectotype of C. acclivana N T. severana holotype O Cacoecia unifasciana var. semiana holotype. Scale bar: 5 mm, all to scale.

Figure 10. Male genitalia of the Clepsis neglectana species group (some without phallus) A-B C. acclivana: A Cacoecia acclivana lectotype B C. acclivana paralectotype, right valva intentionally not cleaned from scales C Clepsis semiana, holotype of Cacoecia unifasciana var. semiana. Scale bar: 500 μm, all to scale.