Oegoconites borisjaki Kusnetzov, 1941

Mey, Wolfram, 2025, First records of species of Gelechioidae from Bitterfeld amber (Insecta, Lepidoptera) and notes on two gelechioid species from Baltic amber, Zitteliana 99, pp. 63-73 : 63-73

Oegoconites borisjaki Kusnetzov, 1941

Figs 22 , 23 , 24

Material.

• 1 ♂, Baltic amber, coll. C. & H. Hoffeins (Hamburg), Nr. 1137 / 5 .

Preservation.

The male individual is completely preserved. The right wings are somewhat spread. Only the ventral side of the moth is visible (Fig. 22 ).

Remarks.

The individual is here associated with O. borisjaki, based on a comparison with the original drawings. However, originally included in the family Gelechiidae and later transferred to Oecophoridae , the current placement of the genus in Autostichidae ( Sohn et al. 2012) is apparently incorrect, at least with respect to wing venation (Fig. 23 ). The genus belongs to the depressariine complex of taxa, which encompasses several families today. With the available characters at hand, it is not possible to determine the correct systematic position within this complex. For the time being, the genus is left in Autostichidae , until new material and new characters are found that would facilitate a formal transfer of Oegoconites borisjaki to another family.

Figures

Figure 23. Oegoconites borisjaki, male, ventral view.

Figures 19–22. Symmoca sp., 19. Foreleg with epiphysis; 20. Labial palpus; 21. Male genitalia, lateral (scale: 0.5 mm); 22. Male genitalia, ventral.

Figures 24, 25. Oegoconites borisjaki, venation (scale: 0.2 mm); 25. Male genitalia, ventral view.