Pectinivalva quintiniae
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Nepticulidae
Genus: Pectinivalva
Name
Pectinivalva quintiniae Hoare, Robert J. B., 2013 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Pectinivalva quintiniae Hoare, Robert J. B., 2013, ZooKeys 278: 41-42.
Description
Description. Male (Fig. 15). Wingspan 4.7-4.8 mm. Head: frontal tuft ferruginous; collar inconspicuous, consisting of shining pale grey scales; eyecaps basally white, exteriorly shining grey with violet reflections; antennae shining dark grey, whitish beneath, ca. 35-38 segments. Thorax, tegulae and forewing uniform shining fuscous with strong blue to violet reflections; cilia greyish fuscous. Hindwing unmodified, grey; cilia grey. Underside: forewing dark greyish fuscous; hindwing grey. Abdomen shining dark greyish fuscous; anal tuft inconspicuous, fuscous. Female (Figs 16, 128). Wingspan 5.0-5.8 mm. Similar to male, but antenna with ca. 27 segments, and forewing rather broader. Male genitalia (Figs 55-57, 67-69). Capsule ca. 425-465 [my]m long, ovoid. Anterior edge of vinculum rounded, without excavation. Tegumen rounded, without ventral extensions. Uncus rectangular, bilobed, lobes strongly produced, with ca. 6 setae on each. Gnathos central element long, reaching just beyond uncus, tapering apically. Valva (Fig. 56) ca. 305-320 [my]m long, rounded caudally; apically fringed with numerous spine-like setae on dorsal surface; pectinifer absent, but apex of valva thickened and well-sclerotized. Long sublateral processes present. Juxta a subrectangular plate. Aedeagus (Figs 57, 69) ca. 455-480 [my]m long, a curved spine arising towards apex on left. Vesica basally with many broad, short cornuti, grading into field of much larger longer cornuti towards apex. Female genitalia (Fig. 78, 79, 95-97). Total length ca. 950 [my]m. T9 produced on each side into prominent anal papillae, each with a group of 5-6 setae. Apophyses anteriores moderately narrow, curved inwards; apophyses posteriores narrow, straight, distinctly shorter than anteriores. Lateral sclerotizations of vestibulum strongly developed, thick, not forked but with outer tooth-like process at ca. 1/2 length. Ductus spermathecae with 21/2 convolutions. Posterior part of corpus broad, folded, without markings; anterior part rounded, with faint pectinations; signum consisting of broken linear sclerotization surrounded by oval sclerotized ring with blunt dentitions; an elongate band of scobination opposite signum. Larva. Green. Head as in Fig. 108; length of head ca. 410 [my]m; width ca. 450 [my]m. Thorax: prothoracic sternite hourglass-shaped; no additional sclerites. Chaetotaxy and spinosity: T2 with 11 pairs of setae (L3 present); otherwise as described for subgenus Casanovula. Anal rods not forked posteriorly.
Biology and Ecology
Biology. Host plant: Quintinia verdonii F. Muell. (Paracryphiaceae). Egg: on either side of leaf. Mine (Fig. 122): a long, meandering gallery, central line of blackish frass taking up most of mine width except near end where gallery broadens and frass takes up only 1/2 width; exit-hole on underside, a semicircular to oval hole. Cocoon: reddish brown. Occupied mines have been collected on 13 July and 19 August.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Superficially very similar to Pectinivalva (Menurella) acmenae, but lacking the pale tornal forewing spot of that species.
Distribution
Distribution. Northern N.S.W. (Border Ranges National Park); Southern Queensland, (Lamington National Park).
Taxon Treatment
- Hoare, Robert J. B.; Nieukerken, Erik J. van; 2013: Phylogeny and host-plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with new subgenera and species ZooKeys, 278: 41-42. doi
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