Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov., and a genus new for Europe (Lepidoptera, Carposinidae)

By

Tokar, Zdenko
Srnka, Ľubomír
Mutanen, Marko

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-2-15

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

46

Pages

19--29

Subjects

Bondia galicicae , Carposinidae , Lepidoptera , new species , North Macedonia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.46.90182

 

Abstract

Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov. is described from specimens taken in two south-eastern European localities, the Galičica Mountain in North Macedonia, and Dubova in Banat, Romania. The new species belongs to the genus Commatarcha Meyrick, 1935, which is new for the European Lepidoptera fauna. It resembles some Asian species from this genus and also the American species Bondia comonana (Kearfott, 1907) in external characters. In the genitalia of both sexes, it is similar to C. oresbia Diakonoff, 1989 but differs markedly in the colour and pattern of the forewing. The immature stages of the new species are unknown. Colour photographs of the adults and of the habitat are included with illustrations of the female and male genitalia.