Phragmataecia castaneae ( Hübner, 1790 )

Saldaitis, Aidas, Prozorov, Alexey M., Müller, Günter C. & Yakovlev, Roman V., 2023, Phragmacossia bozanoi-a new species from southern Greece with some notes on Phragmataecia and Phragmacossia (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae), Zootaxa 5374 (2), pp. 211-228 : 214

Phragmataecia castaneae ( Hübner, 1790)

( Figs 1 , 16 )

Material examined. Very long series of adults collected from Western Europe to Central Asia and southwestern Siberia.

Male genitalia and diagnosis. Uncus elongated with pointed apex; gnathos reduced; valva narrow, semilanceolate, broadly rounded distally; juxta somewhat hexagonal with short lateral tubercle like extensions; saccus relatively wide, broadly rounded distally; phallus longer than valva, slender, slightly c-shaped; vesica without cornuti. The species differs from Ph. albida by darker forewings with spotted pattern, longer uncus, broader distal margin of valva, wider and shorter saccus.

Distribution. Wide in Palearctic: from North Africa and Europe, trough Middle East and Central Asia to western China ( Yakovlev 2011; Yakovlev et al. 2015a, b; Yakovlev & Witt 2016b).

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Phragmataecia spp.: adults, dorsal view. Depositories of the specimens: 1 and 4 in MWM/ZSM; 2 in ZISP; 3 in MNHW. Scale bar—1 cm.

FIGURES 14–18. Phragmacossia bozanoi sp. n.: adults, dorsal view. Depositories of the specimens: 14 in WIGJ; 15 in MWM/ ZSM; 16 in GMM; 17 in TMF; 18 in AMM. Scale bar—1 cm.