Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847

Kaila, Lauri, 2015, The Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel) complex (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) revisited, with exceptional level of synonymy, Zootaxa 3980 (3), pp. 301-358 : 326

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3980.3.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6102551

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scientific name

Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847
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Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847 View in CoL

Figs. 31 View FIGURES 25 – 39 , 84–85 View FIGURES 84 – 85 , 135 View FIGURES 132 – 135

Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847: 893 View in CoL .

Material studied. Type material. Lectotype ♂ labelled: LECTOTYPE [rounded with blue margin]; 53 [rounded pale blue label]; Disemiella Z; Messin 9 Marz; B. M. ♂ Genitalia slide No. 19362; LectoTYPUS Elachista disemiella Z. teste U. Parenti 1973 ( BMNH). Other material. Spain: Castellet-Villafranca del Panadés (Barcelona), 200 m a.s.l., 1974, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, e.l. ex Amphelodesmos mauritanicus U. Parenti leg.; E. Traugott-Olsen prep. A 1.12.85, ( ZMUC), 28. V.1974, 1 ♀, J. Tabell prep. 4441; 4. VI.1974, 1 ♂, J. Tabell prep. 4393 (Coll. Tabell); Barcelona, Sitges 10 km NW, Viladellops, 165 m, 30. V.2009, 1 ♂, J. Tabell leg. & Coll., J. Tabell prep. 4372, DNA sample 0 5570 Lepid. Phyl.; larvae 12.III.2010, e.l. ex Amphelodesmos mauritanicus , 4 ♂, 4 ♀, emg. 8–13.IV.2010, J. Tabell prep. 4600, 4658, DNA sample 0 5596 Lepid. Phyl. (Coll. Tabell); Sitges 8 km NW, 100 m, Amphelodesmos mauritanicus 19.3.2010, e.l. 7.IV–5. V.2010, 6 ♂, 10 ♀, J. Tabell prep. 4677; Sitges 6 km NW, 90 m, Amphelodesmos mauritanicus , 12.III.2010, e.l. 6–10. IV.2010, 5 ♂, 1 ♀ (Coll. Tabell); 10 km NW Sitges, 100 m a.s.l., e. l. ex Amphelodesmos mauritanicus , 2 ♂, 2 ♀, emg. 12–19.III.2010, DNA sample Lepid. Phyl. 15301, 15302, 15303, 15304, J. Tabell leg. ( MZH); Mallorca, 9 km NE Sóller, Serra de Torrella, Col de Cals Reis, 710 m, 29. IX.2013, 1 ♂, 2. X.2013, 1 ♂, T. Nupponen leg., L. Kaila prep. 5821 (Coll. Nupponen). Tunisia: Ain Draham area, 5–18. V.1988, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Zool. Mus. Copenhagen Exp., E. Traugott-Olsen prep. D 17.8.89 ( ZMUC); Atlas Mts., 15 km NE Makthar Village, conifer forest, 1000 a.s.l., 3. V.2000, 1 ♂, DNA sample Lepid. Phyl. 11407, K. Nupponen leg., Coll. Nupponen; Atlas Mts., 40 km SE Le Kef, near El Ksour village, dry meadow close to chalk mine, 800 m a.s.l., 2. V.2000, 1 ♀, DNA sample Lepid. Phyl. 11406, K. Nupponen leg. (Coll. Nupponen).

Diagnosis. E. disemiella has distally grey forewing termen fringe scales. As such, it resembles E. maboulella . The differentiation of these species is explained in the diagnosis of E. maboulella .

Biology. The larvae of E. disemiella mine the leaves of Ampelodesmos mauritanicus (Poiret) T. Durand & Schinz (Poaceae) ( Parenti & Varalda 1994; J. Tabell, personal communication).

Distribution. Italy (Sardinia) and Spain, including Mallorca and Tunisia.

Remarks. E. disemiella is referred to as OTU 14 in Mutanen et al. (2015).

Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M., Prosser, S. W. J., Hebert, P. D. N. & Kaila, L. (2015) One species in eight: DNA barcodes from type specimens resolve a taxonomic quagmire. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15, 967 - 984. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / 1755 - 0998.12361

Parenti, U. & Varalda, P. G. (1994) Gli Elachistidi (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) e loro piante ospiti. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali - Torino, 12, 73 - 136.

Zeller, P. C. (1847) Bemerkungen uber die auf einer Reise nach Italien und Sicilien gesammelten Schmetterlingsarten. Isis (Leipzig), 1847, 881 - 914.

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FIGURES 25 – 39. External appearance of Elachista spp. 25 – 30. E. tribertiella Traugott-Olsen, all males. 25. E. tribertiella, holotype. 26. E. toveella Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 27. E. baldizzonella Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 28. E. veletaella Traugott- Olsen, holotype. 29. E. bazaella Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 30. E. louiseae Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 31. E. disemiella Zeller, lectotype. 32 – 39. E. glaseri Traugott-Olsen (all males). 32. E. glaseri Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 33. E. rikkeae Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 34. E. olemartini Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 35. E. bengtssoni Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 36. E. senecai Traugott- Olsen, holotype. 37. E. wadielhiraensis Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 38. E. rissaniensis Traugott-Olsen, holotype. 39. E. michelseni Traugott-Olsen, holotype. Scale bar 2 mm.

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FIGURES 84 – 85. Male genitalia of Elachista disemiella Zeller. 84. lectotype. 85. Spain (L. Kaila prep. 5704).

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FIGURES 132 – 135. Female genitalia of Elachista spp. 132 – 134. Signum of E. maboulella, all from Spain. 132. L. Kaila prep. 5728. 133. L. Kaila prep. 7529. 134. L. Kaila prep. 5730. 135. E. disemiella (Spain, L. Kaila prep. 5720).

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

DNA

Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport

MZH

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Elachistidae

Genus

Elachista