Repetekiodes kraussi ( Rebel, 1903 )

Tsvetkov, Eugene & Trofimova, Tatyana, 2024, Description of two new species of the genus Repetekiodes Amsel, 1961 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) from Central Asia with faunal notes on the genus, Zootaxa 5424 (2), pp. 176-188 : 181

Repetekiodes kraussi ( Rebel, 1903)

Nephopteryx [sic] kraussi Rebel, 1903 . Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 53: 408–409. TL: Algeria, Sahara.

= Ambesa umbriferella Mabille, 1906

= Tephris obliquivitella Rothschild, 1913

= Nephopteryx [sic] biformis Rothschild, 1915

= Ambesa umbriferella var. fasciferella Dumont, 1928 (infrasubsp.)

= Ambesa umbriferella var. nigrifasciella Dumont, 1928 (infrasubsp.)

= Ambesa umbriferella var. lepigreella D. Lucas, 1948 (infrasubsp.)

Type material examined. Lectotypus of kraussi ♀, “Krauss, Sahara, Ouargla-Ghard., Ou. Nuemra, Nachtfang, 14.4.1893 ” | “Stgr. 1914” | “ Nephopteryx [sic!] kraussi Rbl. , Type” | “ U.Roesler / Lectotype” | “ U. Roesler GU ♀: 9867” ( NHMW) .

Holotypus of umbriferella var. lepigreella ♂, “El Arifane, Biskra—Zoggourt, 14.5.[19]39. Coll. Lepicre ” | “ Ambesa umbriferella Mabille var. lepigreella D. Lucas ” | “ Ambesa umbriferella var. lepigreella D. Luc. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1948, 53, p. 90” | “Type, Bullin’. Ste’ Entomologique de France, 1947” | “Type” | “ Muséum Paris. Coll. D. Lucas, 1952” | “ U. Roesler GU ♂: 5456” ( MNHN) .

Preparation of Lectotypus of umbriferella var. nigrifasciella ♀, “ Ambesa umbriferella var. nigrifasciella Dum. Mus. Paris Type” | “Genitaluntersuchung, Nr.: 5480 U. Roesler praeparavit” ( MNHN) .

Preparation of Holotypus of umbriferella ♂,“ Ambesa umbriferella Mab.Mus.Paris Type”|“Genitaluntersuchung, Nr.: 5447 U. Roesler praeparavit” ( MNHN) .

Material examined. Algeria: 1 ♀, Tamelhart, 29.iii.1989, leg. Kuchler ( CWS) .

Biology. The species occurs in semi-deserts. Preimaginal stages and host plant are unknown. Adults fly from the end of March to the end of May.

Distribution. North Africa, Sahara ( Speidel & Hassler 1989; Slamka 2019): known from Algeria and from one of the type localities in Tunisia (Nefta).

Molecular data. No barcodes are available for R. kraussi .