Callima icterinella (Mann, 1867), 2024
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Callima icterinella (Mann, 1867)
Figures 4 View FIGURES 4–10 , 11 View FIGURES 11–14 , 17 View FIGURES 17–20 .
Identity of Oecophora icterinella Mann, 1867 . Josef Mann (1867) described Oecophora icterinella from an unspecified number of specimens collected by Erber «bei Budua in Dalmatien im Juli». Thanks to NHMW Lepidoptera image collection, H. Bruckner, we could study photos of the type material preserved in NHMW in Vienna. In NHMW there are two specimens collected in Dalmatia by Erber. One is labelled «Erber, Budua, 1868». 1868 is the year after the publication of the description, so it is not a syntype. The other specimen is labelled
Berggren & Aarvik: Callima icterinella , a complex consisting of seven species
«Erber, Dalm., 1867», and must be regarded as one of the type specimens. It has lost the abdomen but is otherwise in good condition. This could conveniently be selected as the lectotype. The forewing pattern, palps, and antennae of the two Dalmatia specimens agree with the material we have studied from elsewhere and the interpretation of the name icterinella presented here.
Diagnosis ( Figure 4 View FIGURES 4–10 ). Wingspan 10–13 mm. Head brownish above, frons lighter greyish brown; labial palp mottled brownish grey, lighter on inside, segment 3 basally and terminally white. Scape and flagellum dark grey, lightly ringed, rings becoming more distinct towards tip. Thorax yellow, anteriorly variably suffused with orange and brown. Forewing costa ochre, with greyish suffusion; median yellow blotch and dorsal yellow blotch connected in some specimens. Legs brownish grey, underside lighter, tarsi with lighter rings. C. icterinella differs from C. levantina sp. n., C. klimeschi sp. n. and C. kos sp. n. by having the upper side of the basal segments of the flagellum dark (the upper side of the basal segments are white in C. levantina sp. n., C. klimeschi sp. and C. kos sp. n.). It differs from C. cretensis sp. n. in the lighter forewing costa. In C. libanotica sp. n. the dorsal dark blotch is triangular, whereas in C. icterinella the dorsal dark blotch is trapezoidal having a broad lower margin. In the male genitalia ( Figure 11 View FIGURES 11–14 ) the dorsal edge of the valva is strongly convex, with the sclerotized margin broad basally; the juxta lobes are slender and of nearly the same length as the phallus (the phallus is distinctly longer than the juxta lobes in C. libanotica sp. n. and C. cretensis sp. n.). The phallus in C. icterinella is less widened terminally than in C. cretensis sp. n. In the female genitalia ( Figure 17 View FIGURES 17–20 ) the antrum is narrow, constricted medially, and its unique bulbous termination extends well beyond the anterior margin of segment 7.
Examined material: BULGARIA: Vlas , 9–12.VII.1981, 1♂, GP KBE 15136 ; same locality, 16–19.VII.1981, 1♀, GP KBE 15133 , leg. V. Zouhar , coll. ZMUC ; GREECE: Parga Province, Parga beach, 13–27.VII.1990, 2♂♂ 1♀, leg. A. Mikalsen, coll. NHMO ; Lakonia, Monemvasia , 17. VI .1980 2♂♂; same locality, 23. VI .1982, 1♀, leg. B. Skule & S. Langemark, GB KBE 15132, coll. ZMUC ; Lakonia , 5 km S Monemvasia 15– 17.VII.1981, 1♂, leg. B. Skule & S. Langemark, GP Lvovsky 18, coll. ZMUC ; same locality, 26. VI .1981, 1♀, leg. G. Christensen, coll. ZMUC ; Evros , 5 km S Krki, 17.VII.1998, 1♀, leg. B. Skule & S. Nilsson, GP KBE 15144 , coll. ZMUC; Delfi , 700 m. a.s.l., 26.VII.1984, 1♀, leg. M./ E. Arenberger, coll. ZMUC ; Smolikas, 10 km W Ag. Paraskevi, by Konitsa , 27.VII.1990, 1♀, leg. M. Fibiger, GP KBE 15160 , coll. ZMUC; Litochoro , 3.VII.1997, 1♂, leg. Z. Tokar, GP KBE 15137 , coll. ZMUC; Ceroplatanos , 800 m. a.s.l., 24.VII.1990, 1♀, leg. M. Fibiger, coll. ZMUC ; Lakonia , 10 km S Githion, V .1994, 1♀, leg. O. Karsholt, coll. ZMUC ; Alexandropolis, Kirki , 24–27.VII.1985, 1♂ 7♀♀, leg. P. Grotenfelt, GP KBE ♂ 15229 + GP KBE ♀ 15233, coll. MZH ; MONTENEGRO: Ulcinj, 5.VII.1965, 1♂ 1♀, leg. H. Steuer, coll. ECKU ; TURKEY: Adana, Saembeyli , 18 km N, 1700 m.a.s.l., 6.VIII.1997, 1♀, leg. K. Larsen, GP KBE 15157 , coll. ZMUC; Nigde, Bolkar Daglari, N. side, 1800 m.a.s.l., 26.VII.1994, 1♂, leg. K. Larsen, GP KBE 15159 , coll. ZMUC.
Distribution. Bulgaria, Greece (excluding Crete), Italy ( Pinzari 2019) Montenegro and
Turkey. The record from Israel (Lvovsky et al. 2016) represents C. libanotica sp. n., see below.
Remarks. The type locality, Budua (also spelled Budva), is situated in present day Montenegro.
In the book by Tokár et al. (2005) fig. 46a and 46b on plate 6 (adults), fig. 46 (male genitalia) and fig. 46 (female genitalia) correctly depict C. icterinella . However, fig. 46 on plate 6 (the top one of the three specimens) shows C. klimeschi sp. n. from Rhodos.
Three specimens from Greece have been DNA-barcoded, and results from this have kindly been made available by Peter Huemer. The closest species is C. cretensis sp. n., and the divergence is 4.81 %.
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