Elachista nitidulella Herrich-Schaffer 1855

• Main Authors: Kaila, Lauri, Baran, Tomasz, Mutanen, Marko
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Elachistidae; Elachista; Elachista nitidulella; Marko; Lauri; Baran; Ahola; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6102331; https://zenodo.org/record/6102331

Elachista nitidulella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Figs. 17, 68 Poeciloptilia nitidulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 302, 314. Material studied. Austria: Austria inf., Herzograd 19.– 24.IV. 1968 1 ♂ J. Klimesch leg. (ZSM); [no locality], Hoffmann leg. (MZH); Kyrgyzstan: nr. Lake Song-Köl, 3050 m, 11. VIII. 1987, 1 ♂, V. Mironov leg. (ZIN). Russia : S. Ural, Arkaim, 14. VI. 1996, 1 ♂, K. Nupponen, J.-P. Kaitila, J. Junnilainen & M. Ahola leg. (Coll. Nupponen); Ul’yanovsk obl., Akulovka, Nikolaevka distr., 150 km SWS Ul’yanovsk, limestone steppe, 5306 ’N, 4729 ’E, 24. V. 1996, 1 ♂, V. V. Zolotuhin leg. (MZH); Vjazovka, Radishchevo distr., 160 km S Ul’yanovsk, 5253 ’N, 4826 ’E, 3. VI. 1993, 1 ♂, V. V. Zolotuhin leg. (Coll. Zolotuhin). Ukraine: Homutovskaya step, 15. VI. 1996, 1 ♂, A. Bidzilya leg. (ZMKU). Diagnosis. Elachista nitidulella is a small species with a dirty white forewing and a relatively dark grey hindwing. The male genitalia are characterized by the narrow and elongate uncus lobes. Superficially, the most similar species is E. curonensis for distinguishing these species see the diagnosis of E. curonensis . The male genitalia are most similar to those of E. bruuni . For differentiation of these species, see the diagnosis of E. bruuni . The female genitalia of E. nitidulella were not studied. The illustrations given by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977) and Traugott-Olsen (1990) are superficial and give little details that would be useful in characterization it. The signum, however, appears to be shorter than in most species according to the illustrations. Molecular characterization. No material was available for genetic study. Distribution. Kaila (2009, in FaEU) lists the following European countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland. In addition, material has now been examined from Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Ukraine. Remarks. We follow the long accepted identity of this species, which is supported by the identity of the possibly only surviving, apparent syntype that was studied by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977). : Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, Baran, Tomasz & Mutanen, Marko, 2015, A revision of the Elachista dispilella complex (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 517-560 in Zootaxa 3963 (4) on pages 539-540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/253431 : {"references": ["Traugott-Olsen, E. & Nielsen, E. S. (1977) The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 6, 1 - 299.", "Traugott-Olsen E. (1990) The Elachista dispilella Zeller - complex, with description of ten new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Entomologist's Gazette, 41, 35 - 68.", "Kaila, L. (2009) Fauna Europea: Elachistidae. In: Karsholt, O. & Nieukerken, E. J. van (Eds.), Fauna Europaea: Lepidoptera, Moths. Fauna Europaea version 2.0. Available from: http: // www. faunaeur. org"]}