Elachista occidentalis Frey, 1882

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 100

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scientific name

Elachista occidentalis Frey, 1882
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Elachista occidentalis Frey, 1882 View in CoL

Elachista occidentalis Frey, 1882: 372 View in CoL . Type locality: Switzerland, Vaud, Crassier ( Frey 1882: 372). Lectotype ♂, in NHMUK, designated by Parenti (1977: 28).

Biselachista buvati Traugott-Olsen, 1994: 327 . Type locality: Italy, Piemonte, Val Curone ( Traugott-Olsen 1994: 328). Holotype ♂, in ZMUC. Synonymized by Kaila & Varalda (2004: 226).

Biselachista ruthae Traugott-Olsen, 1994: 330 . Type locality: Austria, Teriolis meridionalis., Kreuzberg (Traugott- Olsen 1994: 331). Holotype ♂, in ZMUC. Synonymized by Kaila & Varalda (2004: 226).

Biselachista occidentalis: Traugott-Olsen (1994: 331) .

Subgenus: Elachista View in CoL ; tetragonella View in CoL species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Russia (Caucasus), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland.

Larval host plant(s): Carex digitata L., C. ericetorum Pollich (Cyperaceae) ( Kaila & Varalda (2004).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977) (as Biselachista freyi ), Traugott-Olsen (1994), Kaila & Varalda (2004).

Remarks: Parenti & Pizzolato (2015b) suggested that E. occidentalis is probably conspecific with E. juliensis Frey , based on extensive variation on genitalic characters. However, their conclusion was based on a misinterpretation of Kaila & Varalda (2004). DNA barcodes (unpublished) strongly suggest that two clusters of taxa are involved, in accordance with the view of Kaila & Varalda (2004). The suggested but not formalized synonymy of E. juliensis and E. occidentalis by Parenti & Pizzolato (2015b) is not followed here.

Frey, H. (1882) Zweiter Nachtrag zur Lepidopteren-Fauna der Schweiz. Mitteilungen der schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft, Zurich, 6, 349 - 375.

Kaila, L. & Varalda, P. G. (2004) The Elachista juliensis complex revisited (Elachistidae). Nota lepidopterologica, 27, 217 - 237. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631296 X 00061

Parenti, U. (1977) Revisioni degli Elachistidi (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) paleartici. IV. Le specie di Elachistidi descritte da H. Frey e P. C. Zeller. Bollettino del Museo di Zoologia dell'Universita di Torino, 3, 19 - 50.

Parenti, U. & Pizzolato, F. (2015 b) Revison of European Elachistidae. The genus Biselachista Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977, stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 43, 537 - 575.

Traugott-Olsen, E. & Nielsen, E. S. (1977) The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Klampenborg, 6, 1 - 299.

Traugott-Olsen, E. (1994) Identity of Biselachista freyi (Staudinger, 1870) and Biselachista occidentalis (Frey, 1882), description of five new species (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 22, 323 - 348.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Gelechioidea

Family

Elachistidae

SubFamily

Elachistinae

Genus

Elachista