Luffia lapidella (Goeze, 1783)

Larsen, Knud, 2020, New information on the genus Luffia Tutt, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from the Canary Islands with description of a new species Luffia kirsteni sp. nov. from Fuerteventura, Metamorphosis 31 (1), pp. 1-3 : 2

Luffia lapidella (Goeze, 1783) .

Material examined. FRANCE. Ariége: Sinsat, 500 m. 2 specimens, 25.vii.1999 leg. et col. Knud Larsen. The locality is a humid valley just north of Andorra in the Pyrenees .

Male genitalia. Slide nb. 3508 ♂ K. Larsen ( Fig. 4) is shown for comparison with the new species Luffia kirsteni n. sp. ( Fig. 3a ). In the lapidella specimen from France the sacculus is much longer compared with the Fig. 129 on Plate 31 of the lapidella male in Arnscheid & Weidlich (2017), which also is from France. This could be a preparation artefact. The antenna ( Fig. 2b ) of L. lapidella is also figured for comparing the size of the pecten.

Figures

Figure 2 – a) Luffia kirsteni sp. nov. Antenna. Lajares. b) Luffia lapidella (Goeze, 1783). Antenna. France. Ariége.

Figure 3 – Luffia kirsteni sp. nov. Fuerteventura: Lajares, gen. prep. 3509 ♂ K. Larsen: a) valves, b) phallus. Scale is 1 mm.