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Nepticuloidea
Acalyptris maritima Laštuvka, A. & Z., 1997
Acalyptris maritima
Diagnostic description:Diagnosis. A very pale species with fascia hardly visible, much paler than A. limonii or lesbia. Female slightly darker, fascia inconspicuous, separated from limonii by absence of anal tuft; A. lesbia female is darker and has a conspicuous fascia. Male genitalia as A. limonii and lesbia, separated by very wide triangular gnathos, uncus much shorter than in other two and aedeagus relatively short compared to lesbia. Female genitalia differ from A. lesbia and limonii by the sparse setae of the anal papillae and the absence of many setae on S7.
Morphology:Description. Male. Forewing length 2.3–2.6 mm, wingspan 5.0–5.5 mm. Head: frontal tuft and collar pale ochreous to ivory white; scape ivory white with few brown-tipped scales. Antenna with 32–36 segments. Thorax and forewing cream white, with brown-tipped scales (tips ca 1/4 of scale length), leaving narrow fascia at 2/3; cilia silvery white, cilia line present. Hindwing silvery white, with costal bristles. Underside of forewing darker yellowish brown, underside of hindwing yellowish brown, small white hairpencil arising near frenulum. Abdomen yellowish grey, anal tufts conspicuous, ochreous.
Female. Forewing length 2.1 mm, wingspan 4.5 mm. Antenna with 32 segments. Abdominal tip rounded, without anal tufts.
Male genitalia. Measurements: see Table 3. Vinculum anteriorly rounded, with ventral plate narrow, posteriorly with triangular ventral process; lateral arms slightly expanded ventrally. Tegumen forming slightly produced, rounded pseuduncus with many setae dorsally. Uncus with short, pointed central element, slightly curved posteriorly. Gnathos with broad triangular central element with cuspidate tip, lateral arms ‘swollen’. Valva basally broadest; tip slightly produced inwards, with many thick setae dorsally; transtilla with very straight, long transverse bar and short sublateral processes. Aedeagus with ventral carina bifurcate, pointed; lateral carinae strongly curved dorsad. Vesica without cornuti.
Female genitalia. No tufts on T7, no sockets visible. T8 trapezoid, slightly indented mesially, with few setae and scales. T9 in total with ca 26 setae. S7 with short setae only near abdominal tip. Vestibulum and bursa flimsy, without sclerotisations, bursa hardly reaching beyond segment 7. Ductus spermathecae with 2 narrow convolutions.Associations:Hostplant: Limonium cf. vulgare (see under group description), growing in salt marshes.
Egg on either side of leaf. Mine a full-depth mine, gallery throughout, starting much contorted, often spirally, later a full-depth mine with narrow broken, brown, frass, running more straight through leaf. Larval exit hole on leaf upperside. Mines not separable from those of A. limonii or A. lesbia.
Cocoon white, usually spun on leaf underside.Distribution:Coasts of Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas: recorded from Croatia (new record), Greece and Italy.
Citation:This taxonomic description is based on Van Nieukerken (2007).
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Acalyptris maritima is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the coasts of Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas, where it has been recorded from Croatia, Greece and Italy.
The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Limonium vulgare. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a full-depth gallery, starting much contorted, often spirally, later becoming a full-depth mine with narrow broken, brown frass, running more-or-less straight through the leaf. The larval exit hole is located on the upperside of the leaf. The cocoon is white and usually spun on the underside of the leaf.
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