Triaxomasia caprimulgella (STAINTON, 1851)

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2011, New and poorly known Tineidae from the Western Palaearctic (Lepidoptera), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 61 (2), pp. 357-370 : 359

Triaxomasia caprimulgella (STAINTON, 1851)

Material:

France: Corse, 1 , 3 km N Monacia d’Aulcènne, 200 m, 24.vi.2005, leg. B. SKULE; ZMUC. First record for Corse.

The recent records fill up the distribution gap in the Mediterranean region. Previously known from Iberian Peninsula through France and Italy to Greece, eastwards through Romania to Ukraine, northwards through Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia to Denmark and Sweden.

The two new species, which were described below, differs from the other known members of genus Neurothaumasia by having head brush only in the middle of the head, the basal part from neck to insertion antennae and the apical part above palpi is covered by flat scales. In the male genitalia gnathos arms are absent.