On species of the Elachista bedellella group (Gelechioidea, Elachistidae, Elachistinae) similar with E. rudectella Stainton, 1851 and E. graeca Parenti, 2002, with descriptions of five new species

By

Kaila, Lauri
Nupponen, Kari
Sruoga, Virginijus

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-2-25

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

48

Pages

103--136

Subjects

Asia , Microlepidoptera , mining moths , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.48.142483

 

Abstract

The species of the Elachista bedellella group with their male genitalia similar with those of E. graeca Parenti, 2002 and E. rudectella Stainton, 1851 are treated. The species share the presence of a cornutus in the male vesica. We restrict species here treated further by the shape of the juxta lobes. The species assemblage considered here apparently does not form a monophylum. The rationale is to narrow down the large group of unrevised species to more manageable units using distinctive characters. Known and named species close to the ones treated here are included in the diagnoses. Twelve species are here treated in detail, five of which are described as new: Elachista belona Kaila & Sruoga, sp. nov. (Russia: Tuva), E. granicorna Kaila & Sruoga, sp. nov. (Tajikistan), E. lagotara Kaila & Sruoga, sp. nov. (Turkmenistan), E. phantasma Kaila & Sruoga, sp. nov. (Kyrgyzstan) and E. scolopsa Kaila & Sruoga, sp. nov. (Lebanon). The females of E. multipunctata Sruoga, 1990, E. graeca Parenti and E. derbendi Parenti, 1981 are described for the first time.