Elachista (Aphelosetia) bedellella ( Sircom, 1848 )

Kaila, Lauri, 2007, A taxonomic revision of the Elachista bedellella (Sircom) complex (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae), Zootaxa 1629, pp. 1-25 : 3-6

Elachista (Aphelosetia) bedellella ( Sircom, 1848)

( Figs. 1, 2 , 19 , 26–29 , 58 A–B, 60)

Microsetia bedellella Sircom, 1848: 2037

Poeciloptilia truncatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 300 , 305

Poeciloptilia nigrella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 305 [an unnecessary replacement name of truncatella ]

Material studied. Type material: Neotype, ď, (designated by Traugott-Olsen and Schmidt Nielsen (1977)): a slide labelled: “2647”, “ď Neotype ”, genitalia No. E1 8a, Bedellella acv era JWM, F. N. Pierce, F.E.S., Liverpool” (in Coll. BMNH). Lectotype of Poeciloptilia truncatella labelled: “ truncatella ”, “Zeller Coll., Walsingham Collection, 1910-427”, B. M. ď Genitalia Slide No. 20388”, designated by Traugott-Olsen & Schmidt Nielsen (1977) (in Coll. BMNH); a possible paralectotype of Poeciloptilia truncatella Herrich-Schäffer : Glogau (now Głogów) 25.V.1849 1 ď, Coll. Tengström, truncatella Z (in Zeller’s handwriting), 25.V.1849 1 ď, Coll. Tengström, Elach. bedellella Sirc. (in Zeller’s handwriting) ( MZH);

Other material: Austria: Grossglockner 1 ď Hellén leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4777, MZH); Stiria [now Steiermark], Graz 19.VI.1915 1 ď E. Lankiala leg. (L. Kaila prep. 383, MZH).

Denmark: 1 Ψ e. l. ex Avena pratensis , larva 21.VI.1925, eg. 12.VII.1925 C. S. Larsen leg. ( ZMUC); Møn, Høvblege 16.VIII.1965 1 ď E. Pyndt leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4104, ZMUC), 16.VI.1967 1 ď N. L. Wolff leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4195, ZMUC), 16.VIII.1965 1 ď, 12.VII.1973 1 Ψ E. Pyndt leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4344, ZMUC), 12.VII.1973 1 Ψ, 25.VI.1973 1 ď [collector not mentioned, Coll. J.-P. Kaitila)], 5.-6.1981 1 ď K. Gregersen leg. (Coll. J.-P. Kaitila); 1 Ψ e. l. ex Avena pratensis , larva 21.VI.1925, emg. 12.VII.1925 C. S. Larsen leg. ( ZMUC).

Germany: Kyffhäuser 22.VI.1901 ex Avena pratensis 1 ď [collector not mentioned] (ZMUC).

Italy: Alto Adige, Sesvenna group, Val d’Avigna, 1800 m, 10.VII.2004 1 ď O. Karsholt leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4272, Coll. ZMUC); Valle d’Aosta, above Cogne, 1800–2000 m, 24.VII.1989 1 ď O. Karsholt leg. Genital praeparat nr. N. 28.6.90 E. Traugott-Olsen, with identification label “ Elachista coeneni Tr. –O. det. Traugott-Olsen” (ZMUC); V. D’Aosta, La Magdeleine Chamois, 1800 m, 25.VI.1994 2 ď, Val di Rhéms, 1750 m, 13.VII.1994 1 ď; Piemonte, Caseletto (To), Falde del Musinè, M 405, 24.V.1995 15 ď, 26.V.1995 6 ď, 1 Ψ 1.VI.1996 2 ď, 19.V.1998 8 ď 1 Ψ; A282 4.VIII.1996 5 ď 2 Ψ, 6.VIII.1996 2 ď 3 Ψ, 7.VIII.1996 7 ď 6 Ψ, 2.V.1997 1 ď 1 Ψ, 4.V.1997 1 ď, 9.V.1997 1 ď, 21.V.1997 2 ď 1 Ψ, 25.VI.1997 1 ď 24.V.1998 7 ď 2 Ψ, 12.VII ..19981 ď 1 Ψ, 17.VII.1998 2 ď 1 Ψ; Piemonte da Trinità (Entraque, C) per Gias Fonan, 1200 m, 9.VI. 20015 ď. all P. G. Varalda leg. (Coll. Varalda, 3 ď 2 Ψ in MZH).

Poland: GiŻycko 17.V.1983 1 ď 1 Ψ J. Buszko leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4343, ZMUC); 5 ď unlabeled from Tengström’s collection, probably from Glogau (now Głogów), Zeller leg. (MZH); Glinki, Torùn 17.V.1999 1 ď T. Baran leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4331, MZH).

Russia: Ul’yanovsk obl., Shikovka, Povolzhye, Pavlovka distr., 200 km S Ul’yanovsk, 52°44’N 47°27’E 14.VI.1994 3 ď V. V. Zolotuhin leg. (Coll. Zolotuhin); Mar’evka, Novospasskoe distr., 120 km S Ul’yanovsk, 53°08’N 48°09’E, grass steppe 20.–22.VII.1999 V. V. Zolotuhin leg. (Coll. Zolotuhin); S. Ural, Bashkiria, 52°12’N 56°50’E, 400–500 m, near Suleimanovo village 14.VI.2001 1 ď 2 Ψ K. Nupponen leg.; Cheliabinsk oblast, 52°39’N 59°34’E, 350 m, Arkaim reserve near Amurskii village, 15.VI.1999 1 ď T. & K. Nupponen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3337); Orenburg oblast, 51°13’N 57°37’E, 350 m, 20 km S Mednogorsk, near Kidriasovo village 28.–29. V.1998 2 ď 2 Ψ J. Junnilainen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3338); Orenburg oblast, 51°23’N 56°49’E, 130 – 340 m, 6 km W. Donskoje village, Mount Verbljushka, Verbljushka 10.VI.1998 2 ď 2 Ψ T. & K. Nupponen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3335), 31.V.2004 1 Ψ K. Nupponen leg.; Orenburg oblast, 50°40–45’N 54°26– 28’E, 170 – 230 m, Pokrovka village 20 km S, Schibendy valley 3.–6. VI.1998 5 ď 7 Ψ T. & K. Nupponen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3336), 11.VI.2001 1 ď, 29.VI.2003 4 ď 6 Ψ, 2.VII.2003 1 ď K. Nupponen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4113, 4337, 4339, 4340, 4341, 4389); Orenburg oblast, 51°26’N 57°26’E, 250 m, 12 km SE Kuvandyk 14.VI.1998 1 ď 1 Ψ T. & K. Nupponen leg. (in Colls. Junnilainen, Kaitila, Nupponen & MZH); Orenburg distr. Orenburgskij Nat. Pk. 12.–17. VI.2001 1 ď J. Kullberg & M. Zalewski leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3575, MZH); SW. Buryatia 51°47–48´N 100°55–58´E E. Sayan Mts., 1450 m, 2 km E. Mondy village, forest steppe, 13.VI.2002 1 ď K. Nupponen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4151, Coll. Nupponen); Transbaikalia, Chita obl. okr. c. Kyra, 900 m, 17.VII.1997 1 ď A. Bidzilya, I. Kostyuk & O. Kostyuk leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4370, ZMKU).

San Marino: 7.VI.1981 31 ď 4 Ψ P. Grotenfelt leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4273, 4274, 4342, (MZH).

Slovakia: Vidová 17.–18. V.2001 1 Ψ I. Richter leg., Coll. Z. Tokár.

Slovenia: Laibach [now Ljubljana] 1 ď Palmén leg. (MZH); Meribor, 2590 m, 6.–7. VII.1984 1 Ψ K. Schnack leg. (L. Kaila prep. 4345, ZMUC).

Spain: Teruel, Albarracin, Valdevecar, 1200 m, 24.VII.1991 H. W. v. d. Wolf leg. (genital praeparat 6298 E. Traugott-Olsen, ZMUC).

Sweden: Kinnekulle 10.VI.1936 1 ď P. Benander leg. (L. Kaila prep. 384, MZH); Gtl. Visby 7.VI.1956 1 ď I. Svensson leg. (MZH); Uppl. Väsby, Fysingen 22.VII.1987 J. O. Björklund leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3340, MZH).

Switzerland: Wallis, Saas Fee, 1800 m, 15.VII.1982 1 Ψ H. W. v. d. Wolf leg. (ZMUC).

Ukraine: Zhaporoshkaja obl. Volnjanskiy reg. z. Baltsankaja 22.VI.1997 1 ď A. V. Shjakov leg., (ZMKU).

U. K. ( England): Sussex, Harting Rown, 20.VI.1980 1 ď R. J. Heckford leg. (slide No Heckford 204, in Coll. Heckford).

Diagnosis. Traugott-Olsen & Schmidt Nielsen (1977) give a detailed description of this species. It is a rather small species as compared to other species treated in the present paper. It is darkest of all the species with brownish grey forewing ground colour from where the median fascia and another fascia consisting of the medially joint costal and tornal spots are clearly visible ( Figs. 1, 2 ). Externally, E. bedellella varies a lot in size, and to some extent in the darkness of the ground colour. This variation is largely attributed to the presence of two generations per year, the first generation usually somewhat larger and paler than the second. The male genitalia of E. bedellella are characterised by the rather broad phallus with one rounded cornutus with very short blunt tooth ( Figs. 58 A, B). The juxta lobes are ’average’ in length and width among the species of the E. bedellella complex, strongly curved ( Fig. 19 ). The female genitalia are characterised by the barrelshaped, expanded caudal part of ductus bursae similar to that of E. lugdunensis ( Fig. 60 ). The female genitalia of these species differ by the shorter ductus bursae of E. bedellella , being as long as the corpus bursae, while that of E. lugdunensis is twice longer than corpus bursae ( Fig. 61 ). E. lugdunensis has a small, rounded and spinose signum; in E. bedellella the signum is lacking.

Distribution. Widely distributed in Europe. Outside Europe distributed in Russia: Transbaikalia and Buryatia.

Remarks. New to San Marino. Some of the country records listed in Kaila (2004) may prove to be attributable to one or other of the other taxa now considered valid species.

Figures

FIGURE 58. Male genitalia of Elachista species (phallus in lateral view). A: E. bedellella (Sircom), L. Kaila prep. 3414; B: E. bedellella (Sircom), L. Kaila prep. 3340; C: E. lugdunensis Frey, lectotype, BM 19385; D: E. lugdunensis Frey (paratype of E. coeneni Traugott-Olsen), L. Kaila prep. 4106; E: E. titanella Kaila & Jalava, paratype, L. Kaila prep. 3416; F: paratype, L. Kaila prep. 4111; G: E. antonia sp. n., holotype, L. Kaila prep. 3258; H: paratype, L. Kaila prep. 4388.

FIGURES 1 – 6. External appearance of Elachista species. Fig. 1: E. bedellella (Sircom), ♂ (Italy); Fig. 2: E. bedellella (Sircom), Ψ (Italy); Fig. 3: E. lugdunensis Frey, ♂ lectotype (Germany); Fig. 4: E. lugdunensis Frey, Ψ (Spain); Fig. 5: E. lugdunensis Frey, ♂ (France); Fig. 6: E. lugdunensis Frey, Ψ (France).

FIGURES 19 – 25. Male genitalia of Elachista species (juxta in lateral aspect). Fig. 19: E. bedellella (Sircom), L. Kaila prep. 4113; Fig. 20: E. lugdunensis (Frey), L. Kaila prep. 4393; Fig. 21: E. titanella Kaila & Jalava, paratype, L. Kaila prep. 4112; Fig. 22: E. slivenica sp. n., paratype, L. Kaila prep. 4386; Fig. 23: E. dorinda sp. n., paratype, L. Kaila prep. 4871; E. versicolora sp. n., paratype, L. Kaila prep. 4109; E. camilla sp. n., paratype, L. Kaila prep. 4115.

FIGURES 26 – 29. Male genitalia of Elachista bedellella (Sircom). Figs. 26, 27: general view, 28, 29: juxta in ventral view. Figs. 26, 28: Denmark, L. Kaila prep. 3414; Figs. 27, 29: Sweden, L. Kaila prep. 3340.

FIGURES 60 – 61. Female genitalia of Elachista species. Fig. 60: E. bedellella (Sircom), Italy, L. Kaila prep. 4346; Fig. 61: E. lugdunensis Frey, Spain, L. Kaila prep. 4390.