Published June 4, 2024 | Version v1
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Ematheudes punctellus

  • 1. Gazi University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ankara, Türkiye

Description

Ematheudes punctellus (Treitschke, 1833)

Image (Fig. 2j): The wingspan of the adults of this species is 23mm. The forewings are covered with scales ranging from straw yellow to light brown and bear rowed or scattered spots on them. The rear wings are light grey in color.

Tympanal organ (Figs. 3j, 4j): Bulla tympani is closed and concave. Tympanum and conjunktivum are on the same plane. Tympanum has an oval shape and the spinula structure on top of it is prominent. The conjunktivum is in a long U shape. The rugae odontinae structure is prominent. The fornix tympani is slightly thick. The tergo-sternal sclerite is long and curved, and the processus spiniforme is shaped like a thorn. The zona glabra tympani is wide. The venula secunda extends up to the half of the second sternite.

Notes

Published as part of Özyolci, Büşra & Çalişkan, Selma Seven, 2024, Morphological comparison of tympanal organs between Phycitinae and Pyralinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), pp. 127-136 in Zootaxa 5463 (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/11610400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Treitschke
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Ematheudes
Species
punctellus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ematheudes punctellus (Treitschke, 1833) sec. Özyolci & Çalişkan, 2024