Coleophora lessinica Baldizzone, 1980

Takacs, Attila, Szaboky, Csaba, Boldog, Gusztav, Jordan, Sandor, Bozso, Miklos, Fueloep, David & Toth, Balazs, 2022, Biology and DNA barcode analysis of Coleophora lessinica Baldizzone, 1980 and Coleophora impalella Toll, 1961 (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) with description of their larval cases, Nota Lepidopterologica 45, pp. 191-205 : 191

Coleophora lessinica Baldizzone, 1980

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Adults.

1 ♀, Hungary: Fejér county, Kőszárhegy, 16.viii.2020, light trap. 1 ♀, same locality, 17.viii.2020, light trap; det. Giorgio Baldizzone (Asti), slide No. Bldz 17234 (Figs 10 , 11 ). 1 ♀, Veszprém county, Litér, Mogyorós-hegy, 21.viii.2017, leg. Cs. Szabóky.

Cases.

Hungary: 11 cases, Fejér county, Gánt-Gránás 09.x.2018, on Artemisia alba Turra, leg. A. Takács. 23 cases, same locality but 15.x.2019, on Artemisia alba , leg. A. Takács. 15 cases, same locality but 22.x.2020, on A. alba , leg. A. Takács. 25 cases, Fejér county, Csákberény, Bucka-hegy 10.x.2018, on A. alba , leg. A. Takács. 45 cases, same locality but 16.x.2019, on A. alba . leg. A. Takács. 10 cases, same locality but 22.x.2020, on A. alba , leg. A. Takács. 5 cases, Csákvár, Haraszt-hegy, 15.x.2021, on A. alba , leg. A Takács. 35 cases, Baranya county, Nagyharsány, Szársomlyó, 11.xi.2018, on A. alba subsp. canescens , leg. Cs. Szabóky, B. Tóth. 5 cases, same locality but 05.x.2019, on A. alba subsp. canescens , leg. Cs. Szabóky, B. Tóth. 3 cases, same locality but 22.x.2020, on A. alba subsp. canescens , leg. Cs. Szabóky, B. Tóth. 3 cases, Veszprém county, Balatonfüred, Nagymező, 10.x.2020, on A. alba , leg. Cs. Szabóky. 12 cases, Várpalota, Barbély-völgy, 18.x.2018, on A. alba , leg. Cs. Szabóky.

Figures

Figures 1 - 5. Larval morphology of Coleophora lessinica. 1. Head and thorax, dorsal view; 2. Head and thorax, lateral view; 3. Head and thorax, ventral view; 4. Prolegs, ventral view; 5. Anal plate, dorso-lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm, cranial direction top, caudal direction bottom, photos by A. Takacs.

Figures 6 - 11. Genitalia of C. impalella and C. lessinica. 6. Male genitalia of C. impalella, slide No. IgR 31860 (phallotheca right); 7. Male genitalia of C. lessinica, slide No. IgR 23392 (phallotheca right); 8. Female genitalia of C. impalella, signum broken, flattened, slide No. TB 2148 f; 8 a. Intact signum of C. impalella (enlarged), slide No. TB 2149 f; 9. Abdominal segments of C. impalella, slide No. TB 2149 f; 10. Female genitalia of C. lessinica, slide No. Bldz 17234; 11. Abdominal segments of C. lessinica. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Figs 6, 7: photo by Ignac Richter, figs 10, 11: photo by Janos Babics, figs 8, 9: photo by Balazs Toth.

Figures 12 - 17. Cases of C. lessinica and C. absinthii. 12. Flower case of C Coleophora lessinica. Csakbereny, Bucka-hegy, 20. x. 2020, on Artemisia alba; 13. Sheath case before overwintering of C. lessinica. Csakbereny, Bucka-hegy, 27. x. 2020, on A. alba; 14. Sheath case before overwintering of C. lessinica. Csakbereny, Bucka-hegy, 20. x. 2020, on A. alba; 15. Flower case of C. absinthii. Pakozd, 25. viii. 2021, on A. absinthium. The larva is feeding in the third inflorescence, which will be incorporated to its case; 16. Flower case of C. absinthii. Pettend, 30. viii. 2021, on A. absinthium; 17. Sheath case before overwintering of C. absinthii. Pettend, 04. ix. 2021, on A. absinthium. Scale bars: 0.5 mm, photos by Attila Takacs.