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| Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, in Tokár, Srnka et Mutanen, 2023. DOI: 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.
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| Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov., female, holotype, Galičica Planina, 27–29.vi.2016. Scale bar: 3.0 mm. |
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| Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov., heads 4. Female, holotype, Galičica Planina, 27–29.vi.2016; 5. Male, paratype, Galičica Planina, 14.vii.2021. 2-3. males, paratypes, Galičica Planina, 14.vii.2021. Scale bar: 3.0 mm. |
Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov.
Diagnosis:
The male and female genitalia of Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov. closely resemble those of C. oresbia. The male genitalia of the new species differ from C. oresbia mainly in having an indistinct uncus, and the vinculum and saccus wide and V-shaped, whilst in the latter the uncus is a small, sclerotised triangle, and the vinculum and saccus is long and rather slender. In the female genitalia, the new species can be distinguished from C. oresbia by the different characters of the ostium and ductus bursae; posterior margin of the ostium bursae and the margins of the colliculum being concave, whilst in C. oresbia they are convex.
In addition, both species differ significantly from each other in external appearance. Externally the new species is somewhat similar to several Chinese Commatarcha species (C. acidodes, C. convoluta, C. fanjingshana), but perhaps the most similar looking species is the American species Bondia comonana. However, all these species differ considerably in the structure of the genitalia of both sexes.
Etymology: The specific name galicicae, a noun in the genitive case, is derived from the Galičica Mountain, where the first specimens of the new species were discovered.
Zdenko Tokár, Ľubomír Srnka and Marko Mutanen. 2023. Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov., and A Genus New for Europe (Lepidoptera, Carposinidae). Nota Lepidopterologica. 46: 19-29. DOI: 10.3897/nl.46.90182
